Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 44: Citizen Assembly
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"Turiy again! Selfish Turiy! Damn Turiy! May the goddess of doom curse them!" Cornelus gritted his teeth.
It can make a good person who has always been kind to others hate this way. Daves can guess the reason (Acchita told him), but he pretends to be curious and asks: "Master Cornellus, I remember the picture Riyi and Amendorara are allies, but you seem to hate Turri very much."
"The Turyes threatened us to leave Amendorara temporarily and help them defend Turriy. Otherwise, once the Lukanians besieged Amendorara, they would not provide any help. At the time, it was considered that Lu The Kanyas all invaded from the south, and the north was safe. We reluctantly carried a large amount of supplies to open the city gate and prepared to move to Turei. As a result...then we were unsuspected by...we were risked from the Sinni River. The drifting Lucanians took advantage of the illusion to invade... In the past six months, we have suffered a lot... Temples were defiled, women were insulted, children were starved to death, citizens were slaughtered... "Speaking of which, Cole Nerus was already in tears: "All of this stems from Turri's selfish decision, but their own city is still intact! Every one of us Amendorah hates Turri more than Luca. Nia!"
"Oh!..." Daves sighed, not knowing what to say.
"I heard your soldiers say that it was your own decision to retake Amendorara, not Turri's order?" Cornelus asked, wiping his tears.
"Yes."
"That's good, we don't have to owe Turey any more! We pay you twice as long as you stay for how much they hired you," Cornelus said resolutely.
Daves said helplessly: "Why is this? We have 3,000 mercenaries. The money and food consumed every month is not a small amount. Amendorara is not a wealthy city-state, and we accept it. Your employment, when the deadline is reached, we will still leave. We are people without a home, and we must continue to go out to accept employment tasks and earn money to make a living..." Daves looked sad, but his words reminded Corneiro. S: "No home..." He blurted out: "Then stay."
As soon as the words were spoken, he seemed to be encouraged, and said loudly: "Yes, all stay! Become a citizen of Amendorara!"
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Before, the square of Amendorara was used by the Lucarias as the location of a military camp. It was also the only place where mercenaries encountered decent resistance in the city last night. This afternoon, the square has been cleaned up, only the remaining blood stains on the marble floor reveal that there had been fighting here.
The surviving people of Amendola, except for young children, including women and underage teenagers, gathered in the square.
At this moment, standing on the wooden platform in the center of the square are the five remaining famous citizens of Amendorara, headed by Cornellus. Cornelus looked at almost all of the people in Amendorara. The old were old and the young were few. Most of the others were women. Most of them were physically weak now, and even needed mercenary soldiers and doctors to help him again. The sadness comes from the heart: think about it a year ago, there were 4,000 citizens of Amendora Laguang (the citizens of the Greek city-states can only be adult men), the total population of more than 10,000, but now only the old, young, women and children are the mainstays. The poor one thousand people, let alone defending the country, planting wheat, grazing cattle and sheep, these daily labors cannot be completed smoothly, and he strengthened his determination.
"Citizens, women, and children of Amendorara, I, Cornellus, a member of the Senate, today we have gathered everyone to the square because there is an important thing that requires us to work together. Decided! Our ancestors left Subaris more than two hundred years ago and came here to build a city. Two hundred years ago, with the nurturing of the Cisno and Burano rivers, and the blessing of the Amendora Mountains, our lives are stable. , The supplies are abundant. Even if the mother state Subaris is destroyed, our land has never been affected by the war. But... Since last year, our citizens followed Turíi into the territory of the Lucanians, we..." Cornelus was a little choked, and many people in the audience cried bitterly.
"My wife did not want to be insulted by the Lucarias and committed suicide... One of my children also fell ill and died... You all in the audience have the same tragic experience as mine... For two hundred years, Amendorara only encountered this war, and this time, Amendorara was almost the same as our mother Bangxbaris. When we prayed for the salvation of Zeus at the temple day and night, Zeus responded to our call. , Sent our saviors, they are mercenaries from the Ionian region of Greece, our compatriots!" Cornelus pointed to the rear of the people, Daves took the team officer, some soldiers, and witnesses Archita was wearing casual clothes, standing there, waiting quietly.
"They defeated the ferocious Lucarias, saved us from suffering, and cared for us with enthusiasm! To be honest, I have seen many mercenaries before, but they are completely different, just like relatives. !..." Cornelus' words won the approval of many people in the audience, especially those women who are full of emotions.
"But they are about to leave us and leave Greece!" As soon as his voice fell, many people began to panic.
"They are gone, what should we do? Who will ensure the safety of Amendorara? Turriy?" Cornelus paused briefly, and the audience scolded.
"No! I would rather be destroyed by the Lucaria than be deceived by the Tury!"
"The selfish Turiyi people are not allowed to enter the city of Amendorara!"
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Amidst the anger of the people, Cornelus took advantage of the situation and said loudly: "The painful lesson this time taught us that our homeland can only be guarded by ourselves! But Amendorara is very weak now, that What should we do?" Cornelus stared at the people in the audience, and said this question again, causing them to think deeply.
"The consuls of Amendorara are all dead. As a member of the Senate, I, Cornellus, propose an important proposal to apply for a civic assembly and vote to decide whether to pass it. Because there are too few citizens now, And this matter is related to the interests of each of us Amendoras, so I specifically ask all Amendoras to participate in the vote. "Corneiros just finished speaking, before there was a commotion in the audience. Four other people on the stage expressed their support.
The majority of the women in the audience are excited for the first vote in their lives, and naturally those who oppose it cannot make waves,
"I've heard people say that Cornellus of Amendorara is a good person, but he doesn't seem to have much assertiveness in politics. I didn't expect that there would be such an amazing move today!" Acetaban It was surprised and half skeptical that Davers said. After all, letting women vote to determine city-state events has never happened in Greek city-states, and perhaps only appeared in ancient times. According to legend, Athena can become the patron saint of Athens, and women's votes play a key role.
Daves smiled, did not speak. It is of course his idea to let women participate in the vote. Compared with men who value interests more, women are more emotional and eager for the protection of the strong. Faced with the mercenary soldiers who have saved them and treated them kindly, their choices are It is conceivable.
"Since everyone agrees with this approach, then, next, my proposal is—" Cornelus glanced at Daves and the others in the distance: "Accept our benefactor-save Amendola All the mercenary soldiers in Lara become citizens of Amendorara, so we no longer have to worry about the security of the city-state!"
The people in the audience were in an uproar. After all, it is not easy for a freedman to become a citizen of a Greek city-state, not to mention that it is very rare to accept more than 3,000 people as a citizen of a city-state at one time (Greece is not Rome after all).
But after a commotion, when a woman first raised her right arm and yelled: "Agree!" After that, the voice of "Agreement" was heard everywhere in the venue.