A few days later, the bedridden Kunogorata heard of a revolt in the Turi'i Stone Mine, defeated the guards guarding them, and fled from the Turii, and some of the slaves had fled to Amendolara to ask for protection, and the Turi's messenger arrived and demanded that Amendolara send the slaves back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this moment in the Senate of Amendolara, the Turii envoy and the representative of the fugitive slaves were glaring angrily.

Plesinas, the new general of Turiyi, if Kunogorata were here, he would have recognized this man as one of the main instigators who incited the people of Turiyi to expel him, and at this moment he faced the senators of Amendolara and loudly accused: "Amendolala is an ally of Turiyi, is this how he treats the envoys of the allies?!" It is a disgrace to Turii to have a lowly slave and the noble general of Turriy stand alongside! If Amendora does not respond kindly to Turri's request, Turii will reconsider the covenant with Amendora! ”

As soon as these words came out, the elders sitting on the wooden chairs in the venue were in an uproar.

At this time, Inspector Antonios stood up and said, "Honorable Turriyi envoy, we have not yet begun to discuss Turii's request. Unexpectedly, as soon as you came in, you took the initiative to walk to the center of the venue. Forgot to remind you that your location is here. Antonios pointed to a position on the side of the front party in the room: "I think that the noble emissary from Turiy should know more about the diplomatic etiquette of the city-state than we know, and that the foreign emissary should be quiet without permission." ”

The patriarchs burst into laughter.

Plecinas was not embarrassed at all, and pointed at the slave without hesitation, and continued to say loudly: "I have never heard of a slave sitting in the audience when a major issue is discussed between the city-states!" What a sacred place the Senate of the city-state of Amendora was, how could a lowly slave be allowed to desecrate! ”

"This is because as a representative of slaves who fled to Amendolala, and his demands concern those of Amendolara and Turiyi, I think it is necessary to let him speak his demands once again, so that we, noble people, may have a fair discussion and judge whether his demands are justified or not. So, dear Turii emissary, are you prepared to stand there all the time and keep our meeting from officially begining?! Davers, who sat at the front of the room in the middle of the room, spoke calmly and with a majesty, causing Plesinas to sit down in his seat in a huff.

"Slave, now you can say what you want." The rotating chairman of the Senate, the city's chief executive, Cornelus, said loudly.

The slave saluted respectfully and said, "Dear gentlemen, my name is Aristocrates. First of all, I want to make it clear that I was not born low. My father was a nobleman in Cyrenaica, who mainly dealt in Silfion grass, with hundreds of slaves and a large farm. Eight years ago, my father took me on a boat to Olympia to watch the Games, and I encountered pirates during the voyage...... My father...... The father was killed...... I was sold to the ...... of Turriyi"

Aristocrates took a deep breath, suppressed the sadness that welled up in his heart, and continued: "Despite the misfortune, I didn't complain much, perhaps this is the punishment of the gods. In Turiyi, I dutifully completed the work assigned by my master, and I never slackened...... It wasn't until two months ago that the city-state gathered us and marched us to the mercenary camp, and you, my lord, stood before us and called us to fight for Turiyi. Aristocratic bowed respectfully to Davers again: "You also said, 'If we win, we will be free!'" 'For the sake of freedom, we, who have never taken up arms, have taken up arms! For the sake of freedom, we who have never killed anyone fight against the vicious Lucanians! And it was these vicious Lucanians who defeated Turii, but freedom gave us nothing to fear! We fought valiantly, and when the war was won, only a little more than 1,000 of our more than 2,000 slaves remained......"

Aristocrates sniffed slightly, leaving the new citizen elders in a trance, as if they were once again in the midst of a fierce battle of death and death.

"We waited for the exciting moment to come, but what we waited for was cold knives and guns! Turij was saved, and we were taken back to the dark, damp cavern, where we continued to carry the heavy ore. We protested, but all we received was beatings and fasting...... In our desperation, we heard the news that the mercenary slaves we had fought with were now freedmen and could one day become citizens of the city-state. Why are they all slaves, and they are all fighting to the death for Turiyi, but there are two completely different results! So we were unwilling to attack the guards of the mine and fled here, just to ask your lordship, does the oath you made in the name of God still count?! ”

Aristocrates' affectionate narration touched the senators present, and the venue fell silent for a while. Only Plecinas shouted: "He's lying!" They are not the same group of slaves who participated in the battle at all!! ”

Antonios immediately got up and said, "We have a way to confirm the question of whether they were slaves in battle. For the free people of the city-state had fought with them, spent a night and a day together, and were more familiar with them. I have sent them to the slave barracks for identification, and I request that representatives of the freedmen be allowed to testify in the Senate. ”

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!!"

The senators were in favor, and Plecinas's opposition was completely drowned out.

Taking advantage of this free time, Davos looked with great interest at Aristocrates, who had a thick beard, a few scars on his face, dark skin, and a somewhat rickety figure, but still vaguely showed a young face, and asked, "What you just asked me, I will answer you in a moment." I would now like to ask you, judging by what you just said, you are obviously well-educated, why did you become a slave to mining? "A well-educated slave like Aristocrates, who is generally very expensive, will never be too wasteful to do the dirty, hard work that only ordinary slaves do.

Aristocrates smiled wryly: "I was first bought by a wealthy merchant in Turiy to help him manage his vineyard and winery, and I did a good job, and he trusted him, and he said that he would give me freedom...... It's a pity that he fell ill and died...... His wife soon got married, and my new master gave me to the city-state of Turriy, which was in short supply of mining slaves, so he took me to ......"

There must have been some complicated circumstances in this, but seeing that Aristocrates looked calm, obviously having seen it, Davers said appreciatively: "I see that the gods are not punishing you, but training you!" ”

When Aristocrates heard this, his heart suddenly became excited, and he obviously heard something from this words.

At this time, the representatives of the freedmen entered the meeting hall and, after swearing in front of the gods, they gave the answer: these fugitive slaves were indeed involved in the battle!

Plesinus did not agree, he stood up, and retorted: "It is not uncommon for the city-state to involve slaves in battle!" For example, Sparta often let the helots fight with them, and the victories were countless, did Sparta let the helots get free? Apparently not! With the many years of friendship between Turiyi and Amendolara and the busy trade during this time, I don't think it is possible for Archon Davers to make such a promise, this slave is clearly lying! It was a Greek virtue to return lost property to its owner! I once again ask the Senate of Amendora to return these slaves, who were the property of the Turiyi, to the Turiyi! ”

Aristocrates' expression changed slightly, and he looked at Davers.

Davers looked at the arrogant and tough Plesinus, and sneered in his heart: This Turiyi was actually implicitly threatening him and Amendolara just now!

He stood up and said to Aristocrates with a serious expression, "I can answer what you just asked me." I'm Davers. The lifelong consul of Amendolara made a promise that will never be extinguished like a burning fire of hell! That's right, I'm promising to give you freedom when the battle is won! As you are Turi'i slaves, I asked Burkos to bear witness and have him write my promise on paper, and hurried back to the city of Turriy to ask the generals to sign it. Before the battle began, when Bulkos came to try to persuade us to come back, I reaffirmed my promise to Bulks, but I did not expect that you are still in shackles to this day! ”

Davers's expression was sad, and he said loudly, "You saved Turiyi, and Turiyi owes you nothing!" You have helped the mercenaries, and Amendolara owes it to you! I beg the Turii messengers, please grant them freedom! ”

As soon as Davos finished speaking, the patriarchs shouted in unison, "Give them freedom!" Since you have sworn to God, you should give freedom to these poor and honorable slaves, Turii! ”

Plesinas looked flustered, and he playfully said, "Turrij has never seen a deal that gave them freedom!" I haven't seen it either! Master Davers, you must be mistaken! Yes, it must be a mistake! ”

Note: Silfion grass, said to be a type of string-leaved rosin vanilla, was abundant in the city-state of Cyrenaica in ancient times, as a valuable feed to promote the fertility of livestock, as well as a condiment for food, and most importantly it is said to improve the function of men, so it was very popular in various countries of the ancient Mediterranean, became the pillar industry of Cyrenaica, and earned a lot of money, so that coins minted in Cyrenaica even had its pattern printed on it. Unfortunately, there were too many males in need of it in the Mediterranean, which eventually led to its extinction, and now the real Silfion grass can no longer be found.