Legal City-State System

The city-state was in turmoil for years, the citizens' assembly quarreled endlessly, and the nobles and commoners held different opinions. A stranger proposed: Let the law be the only king. Everyone laughed at his naivety. Instead, he took a piece of pottery, engraved the word "Law" on it, and placed it in the center of the meeting hall. That night, civil strife broke out again, and everyone looked at the piece of pottery in unison. For the first time, the quarrel was replaced by silence. From then on, the city-state had a real system.