Davers's words caused Patroclus to bite his lip.

Davers looked at him directly: "Then becoming my son-in-law will only make your future more difficult, are you still willing to marry Cynthia?" ”

As soon as Davers's words fell, Patroclus blurted out, "I do!" I'm willing to go to Cynthia as a wife! And I will make more achievements to prove my ability and change the prejudice of others! ”

Davers looked at the confident and high-spirited young man in front of him, and his eyes showed appreciation: "Tomorrow night, I will hold a private banquet at home, and invite you and your parents to the banquet to discuss your engagement with Cynthia. ”

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The Dawni were conquered, and the next step was to govern the newly conquered land.

In the Dionian Senate, the governors of the towns of Dawny were elected by the senators, and were approved by Davers, only the most controversial town - the governor of Lusenia, Davers never approved, until Antaoris proposed a name that has been almost forgotten by everyone - Antonios, and was supported by most of the former mercenary senators, Lucanian senators, Bruti senators, etc., and the wise senators realized that this was from Davers's instructions.

Antonios, who had been at home and had not seen any strangers, received a letter of appointment signed by Davers from the court herald, Aristiras.

During this time, he was accustomed to seeing the once bustling mansion and then the deserted mansion, and he was also accustomed to his wife, whose father was imprisoned and his brother was executed, cried in his ear every day, complaining that he did not help at all. Antonios has experienced so much in just a few months, and at this moment, looking at the appointment letter in his hand, he can't help but feel a lot of emotion, and the corners of his eyes are moist: after all, King Davos has not forgotten him, and it can be seen from this appointment that Lusenia, as the central town of Dauni, can only be its administrator, and the only people who can serve as its administrator are the elders who have made outstanding achievements and are highly valued by Davers.

"Your Majesty asked me to convey a word." Aristiras said expressionlessly: "'I hope you will learn the lessons of the past, govern Luthenia well, and let the Daoni people integrate into Dionya as soon as possible.'" ’”

"I will not disappoint Your Majesty!" Antonios said emotionally.

He declined the invitation of Cappus, Pherisius, Amintas, and other former mercenary elders to hold a banquet to celebrate his comeback, and in the early morning of the next day, with only two retinues, he quietly rushed to Lusenia to take up his post.

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Celeutias, brother of King Agesilaus of Sparta, led the Spartan army unhurriedly northward until the spring of the following year (i.e., the 11th year of the Kingdom of Dionia, 382 BC), when he arrived at the peninsula of Calchidic, and was warmly welcomed and greatly aided by the Macedonian king Amintas, who provided a large number of cavalry, and Tellutias, after winning two battles, advanced to the city of Olintus. However, during the siege, the Spartan army was defeated by reinforcements from the allies of Calkiddic, who supported Olintus, and its commander Telutias was killed.

When the news reached Sparta, there was a shock.

Agosilaus was even more heartbroken, and even induced illness and was bedridden.

The Council of Elders decided that it would never compromise with the Carchidic League led by Orintus, and that it would continue to attack it until it was destroyed, otherwise it would not be able to restore Sparta's prestige in Greece.

As a result, Sparta began to mobilize the allies of the Peloponnese, preparing to gather a larger coalition to fight in Northern Greece, and the commander of the army was another Spartan king, Agosipolis.

The fall of Thebes during this time was always uneasy for the Athenians, so they helped the exiles in Thebes to establish multiple shelters in the mountains between Attica and Piosia. But Athens, though wary of Sparta and unwilling to openly enmity with it, especially now that Sparta is so strong, they only keep a close eye on the Spartans.

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In the northwestern suburbs of Athens, in the northwestern suburbs of Athens, in the sacred grove of Academia, on the banks of the Kephissos River, there is an academy called Accademi.

The gate of this garden, which stands on the banks of the river, where the water flows, the grass is green, and the flowers are blooming, and the garden gate is a quaint arch with the inscription "Those who do not know geometry are not allowed to enter."

In a small pavilion in the school park, more than a dozen young people sat around,Listening carefully to a middle-aged man's lecture。

This middle-aged man has a broad forehead, deep eyes, broad shoulders, and although he is not too tall, he is burly, but he gives people an elegant and quiet temperament. He was Plato, the famous scholar in all of Greece.

Plato came from a prominent family, so he was well educated from an early age. When he was young, he was still fond of poetry and drama, until one day he met Socrates at a poetry contest and had a conversation with others. So he threw his poems into the fire on the spot, and took Socrates as his teacher, turning from a passion for literature to philosophical research.

That year, Plato was 20 years old.

After Socrates was tried and finally executed, Plato, who was greatly disillusioned with the Athenian government, began his travels, visiting Megara, Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyrenaica, Sicily, and finally returning to Athens due to an accident.

Because of his family, Plato was still interested in politics, but he was disappointed again by the political conservatism of Athens after the loss of Thraciblos and the fact that the factions were busy with strife. After a long period of investigation of other Greek city-states and countries outside Greece, in addition to increasing his experience and knowledge, he also deeply felt that it was not easy to manage a city-state, without special knowledge of governing the city-state, without a group of like-minded friends, not only would he achieve nothing, but he might also have to pay the price of his life. Therefore, after returning to Athens, with the financial support of friends, Plato founded this Academy of Akademi, trying to cultivate a group of talents who can understand philosophy, natural science, and govern the country through it, and through them to change the status quo of Athens and other Greek city-states, and indirectly realize their political ideals.

It has been five years since the establishment of the college. Not only did many young Athenians become his students, but also some young Gentiles came to his disciples, and the Academy of Akademi gradually became famous.

At this time, Plato said in a calm but rather magnetic voice: "...... Yesterday I already talked about why I think the royal government of the ancient era was the best form of government, and today I will talk about why such a royal government will decline. ”

The young people immediately lifted their spirits and listened.

"Although the lawgivers of the royal government always made it possible to give the rulers of the city-states the best overall education possible, so that they would be full of wisdom and able to discern things with what they had learned, and to act rightly. However, just as the growth and development of animals and plants is affected by time, so is the marriage and childbearing of human beings. The legislators of the city-state could not always choose the right time for the rulers of the city-state to have children by observing their senses and thinking rationally, and they sometimes made a mistake and gave birth to some children inappropriately......

The rulers chosen from these degraded descendants could not be the best, and after taking over the power of their fathers, they would despise the philosophists of the city-state, and despise music education and physical exercise, so that the young people in the city-state became increasingly uneducated...... As a result, they and their descendants gradually lost the qualities that a true ruler should have, and lost the ability to distinguish between gold, silver, copper, and iron, and iron mixed with gold and silver, creating imbalances, inconsistencies, and discords, which, when they appeared, gave rise to wars and hatreds......"

The students fell into deep thought.

After a while, one of the students asked, "Teacher Plato, do you mean to say...... Marriage at the wrong time, mixing of bloodlines, and loss of purity were the main causes of the decline of the royal government? ”

"Aureas, your understanding is correct." Plato praised the student, and then said: "When a conflict arises, the two groups within the ruler will develop in different directions: the copper and iron groups tend to be private, annexing land and houses, and collecting gold and silver treasures; The gold and silver group, on the other hand, because of the real wealth in its own heart, still tends to virtue and the traditional order. The two groups fought each other and then reached some kind of compromise...... So they took the land and houses of the city-state for private ownership, and turned their former friends and dependents into frontier people and slaves...... This led to the creation of a new form of government, which I call the government of honor. ”

The students were thoughtful.

One of the students asked suspiciously, "Teacher Plato, how can we get married at the right time?" ”

"Spitipus, that's a good question, you're stumped on me." Plato said this, but said with a smile: "In fact, even the gods can't match at the right time, otherwise there would not have been so many powerful monsters in ancient times. But after thinking about it for a long time, I have some of my own understanding of this issue, which I also elaborated in the book "Ideal Country", that is, let the excellent and the excellent marry and have children in the best period.

What is an excellent person? Not only for the men of the city-state, but also for the women. The city-state should treat men and women equally, so that women can also receive a good education. Let them receive physical training, literature, music, mathematics...... In this process, we can find out whether she is gold, silver, iron, or bronze, and choose her excellent and excellent people to combine, but do not give birth too early. (https:)

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