Ancient Greece

1 . Revolt at Mytilene

There has been a revolt on the island of Mytilene in the Aegean Sea . It is requested that the people of Athens form an army to quench this uprising . Unlike war law today much of the Greek rules of war were unwritten and at that time only the army of a city state would have been needed to fight the revolt , as the hoplite was very popular form of warfare during this time

As the messenger I would first visit the pnyx were I would speak at a

general meeting . The pnyx is a structure found at the top of the hill where all of the men of the city could gather to hear citizen 's problems . This is where the assembly meets and any person could speak This announcement would be of concern to the boule . The boule is a council of citizens that attend to the day to day running of the city It supervised the state 's finances , navy and any other important activities

Authorization for war was given by the assembly which is housed in the ekklesia . The assembly would debate the benefits to going to war and vote for either war or peace . The magistrates , elected by the people would have the final say about issues of war and peace . It met a few times a month and the issue with Mytilene would be brought up at the next assembly

Once war had been agreed upon then the Strategion or army...