According to Spartan law, the throne was inherited by the eldest son; But if the eldest son is born before the king succeeds to the throne, then he will give way to the eldest son born after the succession; If the deceased king has no heirs, the throne will be inherited by a male relative closest to him; If the heir is still young, the regent will act in his place (Laikugus, the founder of the existing government in Sparta, is the regent).

Archis had only one son, Leotizides, twenty-three years old, and it was logical for him to take over as king, but whether Leotizides was born to Agis has always been a topic of gossip among the Spartan people. Because during the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian general Alcibiades defected to Sparta, and King Archis was very important to him, but he didn't expect this handsome Athenian to seduce his queen, and even the whole city of Sparta knew about it. The humiliated Archis threatened to break Alcibiades into pieces, but Alcibiades learned the news in advance and cleverly ran back to Athens, and it didn't take long for Archis's wife to become pregnant, so the Spartan people naturally had doubts about making Leotizides king.

And Akis's younger brother, forty-five-year-old Agesilaus, has always performed well, and in the eyes of the people, he is a traditional and pure Spartan, although he is lame, but he also has the support of many people.

It is conceivable that the next succession to the throne will be enough for the elders to worry about, and how can they have the heart to deal with such a trivial matter as Dionia.

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The Corinthian merchant Theos was the second time he came to Turi, and after a few months he did not see him, the port changed greatly: first of all, the Dioans dug inward on the north bank of the mouth of the Klatty River, thus enlarging the port, two long poured stone bulices like the arms of giants, encircling the merchant ships entering the port, and the wharf was no longer as rudimentary as it had been the last time it came, wooden trestle bridges plunged deep into the shore, and on the shore were neatly ordered stone houses and buildings, and there were flat and wide transportation avenues......

Although there are many merchant ships coming and going at the mouth of the sea, the management personnel of the port still command them to dock and unload cargo in an orderly manner, which is quite orderly and efficient. The porters at the wharf are also very neat in their work, and there are few bad performances of laziness and slippery or even bullying.

From time to time, Theos saw men in white Burton walking from dock to dock with paper and pen in hand, and the laborers were more diligent wherever he passed. Later, when I asked the other merchants, I found out that they were public officials sent by the Registry of Dionya, and they were responsible for examining the performance of these freemen who wanted to become citizens of the Union, and if they had bad deeds, it would be difficult to obtain the status of a probationary citizen when the time came.

Of course, the two or three squads of soldiers in the port, who are heavily armed and patrolling back and forth, also maintain order in the port.

As Theos walked into the port, he found that the Dionian League had enclosed the port with a thick and towering wall, and the market was located outside the wall.

Coming to the market, it is also a noisy area, the original market wall has been demolished, because there are too many shops, the speed of market expansion can not keep up with the speed of the increase of shops, one by one, shops, workshops row upon row, occupy all the open space, leaving only a wide passage for customers to buy and sell, transport goods and firefighters to fight the fire.

In addition, there are two special buildings that are independent of the market.

One is a hospital. The doctors of the Dionian League were so skilled that most of the Greeks in northern Greater Greece now knew it, and some even said: "Much better than the doctors of Crotone!" Moreover, Davos has created an unprecedented general hospital in the whole of Greece, which is obviously different from the previous clinics, in terms of facilities, systems and management are very standardized and strict, which is an unprecedented treatment for patients, and that sense of sacredness makes patients feel half better before the doctor even starts the treatment. For doctors, it is like a magnet that attracts their attention, and it is said that if it were not for the tense relationship between the Dionian League and Crotone, many doctors in Crotone would want to come here to study and visit. Naturally, every day, the front of the hospital is overcrowded.

The other building, which was also watched by a large number of onlookers, was inquired by Theos and learned that it was the Dionian League that had set up a special court for the market and port of Turiyi, in order to deal with the various trade disputes and conflicts that frequently arose here every day, and to facilitate merchants, customers, and a large number of sailors and laborers. Tios was intrigued by this initiative, which no other Greek city-state had, and squeezed into the crowd.

The establishment of the post of judge by the Dionian Union was at the beginning of November, mainly because after the influx of a large number of foreign populations, the regular administrative affairs alone were enough for the city administrators, and they also had to deal with more elaborate and cumbersome legal disputes. In the Athenian court, there was not even a judge, and the verdict was made by a jury. In Dionia, as the sole consul, Davers of course had the supreme jurisdiction, but he was busy with affairs, except for major cases, and ordinary case disputes could not be dealt with by him, so this power was initially delegated to the chief executives of the cities), who were responsible for supervising the lower judges stationed in the cities and handling appeals. Among the names to be elected by the Senate was Polyxis, and when it was submitted to Davers for review, he did not say anything, but Proxilaus was the one who won the election (because of Davers's strong recommendation).

Proxilaus was supposed to be in charge of the courthouse in the city of Turiyi (although it was not yet fully built), and the court next to the market was in charge of his subordinates. But the fledgling alliance was like the morning sun in full swing, and the people were busy with their own affairs, and there were few complicated and high-impact cases for him to deal with, so the new judges, who were energetic and idle, came to the market and seized the power of their subordinates to try the cases themselves.

"What's next?" Proxilaus had just finished dealing with a dispute when he asked impatiently.

The second judge, Fraucleon, gave him a wry look. Fraucleon was originally a subordinate of Cuno Gorata, and he was already assisting the chief executive in handling legal affairs at the city hall, after the law was separated this time, there were not many people in the alliance who were proficient in law, and Fraucleon was recommended by Cuno Gorata and was quickly promoted to a low-level judge, which can be regarded as entering the ranks of the mid-level officials of the alliance, who knew that within a few days of happiness, he was occupied by Proxilaus, and he didn't dare to say anything, after all, Proxilaus was not only a senator of the Senate, but also a senior judge, and its status was equally prominent, As soon as it was established, Davers was promoted to the position of second only to the city administrator in order to show the importance of the law in the League, and as Fraucleon's immediate boss, Proxilaus had the right to report his work to the Senate Public Service Management Committee and recommend him if he was to be transferred.

"The wife of a Union citizen sued a Lijim businessman for discriminating against her." Fraucleon said.

"Discrimination?" Proxilaus was a little puzzled.

"The woman is from Lucania." Fraucleon whispered.

"Oh." Proxilaus nodded: "Then bring both the plaintiff and the defendant with you." ”

The court in the market is not large, and can only accommodate judges, clerks, programmers, guards, and other public officials, and the plaintiff and defendant can only stand outside the court in the open air, and the open space behind it is fenced off by iron railings, and the people can watch at will outside the railing, so that the people and Gentiles can understand the laws of the union, and achieve the role of preaching and edification, and at the same time let the judges be supervised by the people.

A man and a woman entered the courtroom, and under the guidance of the programmer, they first chanted the names of the three inquisitors of Hades, Menos, Radamantos, and Aiku, and swore by their names: what is said is true.

This is followed by the plaintiff's submissions.

The young Lucalian woman spoke a strangely pronounced but fluent Greek language: "Honorable Judge, I am the wife of Izzam, a citizen of the Union. Today I came to the market to buy a clay bottle of olive oil, but when I got to his shop—" The woman pointed to the merchant beside her, and said, "I found that he sold a lot of pottery, and that it was very good-looking, so I decided to buy it from him, and because it took more time to choose pottery, he suddenly became angry with me, and said, 'Damned barbarian, do you not buy it or not, and if you can't afford it, don't touch my bottle with your dirty hands, or it will be broken, and it will not be enough to make you a slave to me!'" And he said...... He also said......"

"Your Excellency, she's lying! I've never said anything like that! The merchant shouted.

"You stop talking first, and then it's your turn to say it when she finishes speaking!" Proxilaus scolded, then said to the woman, "Go on. ”

"And he said—" The woman blushed, glared at the merchant, and gritted her teeth, "and said, 'A savage woman like you is not worthy of such noble pottery, and it is better to come and be my slave girl, and let me ...... Make me happy, and when I'm happy, maybe I'll reward you with a piece of pottery—'"

Notes: 1. The involvement of Alcibiades' third party is described in another of my books, From City-State to Empire.

2. This provision on the succession to the throne of Sparta "If the eldest son is born before the king succeeds to the throne, then he will give way to the oldest son born after the succession", there seems to be a similar tradition in Persia, and one of the main reasons why Cyrus the Younger rebelled at the beginning is that he was the eldest son born to his father after his accession to the throne, and his brother Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, was not, so he thought that he should be king, which was "the emperor's birth".