Chapter 45: The Unification of Greece
The Elders' Hall of Sparta was filled with a solemn atmosphere, with the two Spartan kings sitting at the top of the throne, which was supposed to be the power of the king, and under the king, 28 Spartan elders from all the Spartan constituencies.
Cleomemoni II and Archidamus III did not speak to each other, the two kings did not speak, and the elders, who had understood the situation, were equally afraid to speak.
In the Spartan tradition, the Spartan king and the 28 elders and the five inquisitors ruled the country together, which was a dictatorship, but the Spartan king had two at the same time, and in peacetime he had the right to rule the city-state except for the right to sacrifice to the gods, and only in times of war did he have the power to rule the army, which sounded like the king of Sparta was a mascot.
In fact, the king of Sparta is not a puppet, in Greece, which believes in the gods, the king as the chief priest naturally has authority, and Sparta, which is full of martial virtues, has not fought for many years, as long as it can win the war, it will naturally gain prestige and authority, after all, the highest authority in Sparta is the citizens' assembly, and the Spartan tradition is that the citizens are soldiers.
The power of the king of Sparta often depended on the ability and prestige of the king of Sparta, as long as he could overpower another king, he was able to suppress the elders of the council of elders, and with the support of the citizens (army), he was able to elect the procurators who were according to his heart.
Of course, the king of Sparta with this ability must have strong military and political ability and rule the world for a long enough time, only in this way can he make his partner a co-king, otherwise if he wants to gain absolute power, he must become a tyrant.
"Great Hercules, we are willing to surrender to you, after all, you are a god-like Hercules."
The long wait was finally answered, and King Archidamus III of Sparta spoke slowly, and after he spoke were the elders with shocked faces, although he said this in a bit of a violation, even if he was a king, he had no right to decide this matter, but in the current circumstances, only he as a king could surrender on behalf of Sparta.
Sparta did not surrender to any city-state, not to Thrace, but to a "god", according to Hercules' nephew Iolaus, Hercules had the qualifications to become a god because he had completed the twelve great feats arranged by Hera, and as long as he could unify the whole of Greece, he would be able to marry Heber, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and become a high god.
Whoever dares to prevent Hercules from marrying Heber is the enemy of the alternate god.
Sparta had already witnessed the great divine power of Hercules, and they had even heard that Hercules held a statue of Hera fifty meters high, which simply had the strange power to support the sky, like the mythical god of the sky.
The people don't fight with the officials, and as mortals, they naturally don't dare to fight with the gods.
"I will now be King of all Greece, King of kings, who of you is for and against."
Hercules sat on the throne that Sparta had built for himself, and legends about him spread throughout Sparta.
Who can oppose it, who dares to oppose it, the elders present are silent one by one, in the Spartan tradition, only those who have reached the age of 60 are eligible to become elders, and those who can live past the age of 60 and be elected to power in this era are all wealthy families from all parts of Sparta, and naturally have enough political wisdom.
"I'm against it!" Cleomemonus II rose from his throne in exasperation, "Only the Citizens' Assembly can decide the war and peace of Sparta, only the Citizens' Assembly can decide whether Sparta surrenders or not, how can we surrender to an unknown ......"
Cleomemonus II said with emotion, he was still haunted by the fact that he had been shot away by Hercules, and he wanted to give a speech to encourage the parliamentarians to stand up and support him, as he had done before, but before he could finish his sentence, a large black dog appeared on the throne, and Cleomemoni II disappeared from the throne.
At this time, everyone in the audience couldn't help but shudder, and their own king, Cleomemonus III, was turned into a big black dog by Hercules.
Turn humans who offend themselves into animals, yes
The Greek gods not only turned themselves into animals, but also turned the humans who offended them into animals.
The maiden who thought she was better at weaving than the goddess Athena was turned into a spider, the hero Acteon who peeked at the bath of the goddess Artemis was turned into a fawn, and the beautiful Io was turned into a cow by Hera.
"Who else is against it now." Hercules said calmly, and the monkey charm quietly returned to his pocket.
Everyone did not dare to speak, or even ask Hercules to turn Cleomemoni II back into a human, and offending the gods was enough to lose the throne.
"Well, since you are not opposed, then I declare my decision, I want the whole of Greece to be united, and therefore I want to make the Panhellenic League, which was previously formed to resist Persia, into the center of all Greece, and I want to set up a new administrative center there, a new Supreme Court, where each city-state can determine the Council of Elders in proportion to the number of citizens."
Hercules said slowly, there are many forms of unity, Qin Shi Huang's style of unity is indeed happy enough, the book is the same text, the car is the same track, but in Greece, although all the city-states are not substantially unified, but a lot of work has been done.
All Greece is based on the culture of Athens as the culture of Greece, Athens is also known as the school of all Greece, there are four major tournaments for the whole Greek city-states to participate in this truce, religiously the temple of Delphi is unique, because of neutrality, so during the Greco-Persian Wars, the temple of Delphi essentially led the whole of Greece.
Therefore, it is enough to make the whole of Greece a loose confederation, and the unification of Qin Shi Huang is only the beginning, and what we really want to thank is actually the great cultural unification of the Han Dynasty for 400 years and the governance of the emperors of successive dynasties, and it is precisely because of the 400 years of governance of the Han Dynasty that everyone was united into a nation.
However, because of the work of Qin Shi Huang's pioneers, the world will only remember Shi Huang, which is exactly the status he wanted.
Then take the trial of the king of Athens as the birth and authority of the All-Greek Confederation, as long as the organization is established from the beginning, for its own survival and continuation, it will naturally compete for its own power and position, just like the former European Community, now the European Union.
The Destiny Three Gold Coin began to get hot, and William felt it at this time, and he could leave this world only if he did it well.