Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 26: Farewell Tim Ma Song

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After discussion, everyone decided to watch the development first. After all, the Greeks left the seashore and occupied the mountainous areas of the indigenous people. There is no successful precedent in the history of the Greeks colonizing the Western Mediterranean. Even if the Tua Alliance captures Niutum, how can their little people suppress the resistance of the Lucanians in the mountains full of Lucarians? How to deal with the next attack by the Lukanians united by the army? This is the next big question.

The city hall also decided to send merchant ships to establish trade relations with Pixis as much as possible in order to keep abreast of the developments in the Lucania area.

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Ephesus, located on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, was the famous city of the original Lydia kingdom across the bay from Samos. It is said to have been built by the Athenian colonists around 900 BC. After hundreds of years of development, it has become the three most dazzling jewels of the Greek states in Asia Minor, not too far from Miletus and Samos in the south.

At the center of the triangular area formed by these three prosperous city-states is the Mt. It used to be the place where the Greeks of Asia Minor met to celebrate their alliance. Although it has lost its glory, it is still a place where the Greeks of Asia Minor often worship. At the same time, the influence of another temple is increasing day by day, and the influence is getting bigger and bigger. This is the stunning masterpiece built by Ephesus-the Temple of Artenis.

A hundred years ago, when Ephesus was still attached to Lydia, it had become the business center of Asia Minor. Citizens from various city-states flocked to it. After doing business and labor, they naturally wanted to worship the temple for spiritual comfort. As a result, the Ephesians found that the original Artean altar could no longer meet their needs. The believers often clashed in order to occupy a good position to worship. Therefore, building a temple became a top priority. At the time, the wealthy Lydian king Crois Generously donated money (the king, who later donated huge sums of money to Delphi, asked for an oracle, was misled and went to war with Persia, and finally perished), built a new temple on the original simple altar position, the most famous building at that time Designers and sculptors are invited to participate in the design of the temple.

The built temple is 100 meters long and 55 meters wide. There are 127 huge columns with a height of 18 meters supporting the huge roof of the temple. The whole temple is basically a huge five to eight meters long The stone is masonry, it looks grand and heavy. In the temple, the bronze statue of Artenis is two meters high, wearing a crown on his head and holding a bow, with a kind face, vivid appearance, delicate and vivid. There is no roof over it, so believers can look up to the sky and be with God in the temple...

After the completion of the Temple of Artenis, it soon became another holy place for the Greeks in Asia Minor. Even if many events such as the fall of the Lydian Kingdom and the outbreak of the Hippo War occurred one after another, it did not diminish its status. The Greeks who worship it are in an endless stream, which has been the case for hundreds of years.

On this day, a strong Greek came hurriedly outside the temple. While looking around, he walked straight to the temple gate with the flow of people.

The temple is too big, and the steps alone are dozens of steps. After walking through the steps, he is a little bit of breath after training.

"Tima Song!" a somewhat familiar voice yelled in front of him.

He followed the prestige, and a man dressed in purple and precious Bolton stood at the gate of the temple and waved to him.

"Agarcia?!" Timathon walked towards the seemingly extraordinary man in disbelief.

"Please call me Master Agarcia! I am now the veteran of the Tua Union Senate!" Agarcia shook his sleeves, exposing his left hand, and then lightly held the sleeve of the robe, half of it at his waist (this is The so-called aristocratic action that the veteran of Turiyi often did in meetings), this was just a joke.

"You really, as the rumors say, have become the...masters of a city-state?!" Timathon looked at him and asked with a trembling voice.

"It is not one city-state, but the master of two city-states!" Agarcia stretched out **** and said seriously: "Daves is the lifelong consul of the alliance of these two city-states!"

"Consultant for life?! It's really hard to believe..." Tima Song murmured: You know it's been more than half a year, and the memories of the separation from Daves and the others are still very clear. Firth's status is already a world of difference? !

"What I said is the truth! If you don't believe it, Artenis is in it, I will go in and swear to her!" Agarcia was a little anxious, pointing to the temple behind him, and said seriously.

Tima Song shook his head and looked at Agarcia thoughtfully: "I believe you! What can I do if you come to see me this time?"

"Although we have successfully changed our status and status, we have not forgotten our comrades who were born and died!" Agarcia stretched out his hand and said sincerely: "The Archon Daves sent me to invite you to Great Greece! "

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Tiburon has been suffocating recently.

Since he himself was sent to Asia by the Spartan Council of Elders and served as the governor of Sparta in Asia, he led the army against the Governor of Persian Asia Minor Tisafonis, captured many Persian cities, and persecuted Tisav. Nice did not dare to attack the Greek city-states in Asia Minor, thinking that he had done a great job for Sparta. It was just because he encountered some difficulties when attacking Larissa, and he failed to win for a few months, but suffered some small losses. The **** inspector actually asked him to abandon Larissa and attack the Carria area. ! Indignant, he didn't dare to fail.

Since Lysander gained great prestige due to his defeat of the Athenian navy in the late period of the Peloponnesian War, in order to strengthen his power, he proposed some bills to the Council of Elders and passed them, one of which was to expand With the power of the ombudsman, these civilian-born ombudsmen can go out with the army and find problems, whether they are ordinary generals or kings, they can ask questions at any time, and once the problem is serious, they can also propose to the elders council for punishment.

Tiburon reluctantly led his army back to Ephesus, preparing to rest here for a while, and then set off to attack Kalia. Unexpectedly, within a few days, he heard bad news: several Greek city-states in Asia sent envoys to Sparta, accusing him of indulging his soldiers to rob Sparta's allies in Asia.

He threw down all the precious statues in the living room angrily, and then he suffered from gains and losses, because the accusations of these small Asian city-state envoys were facts. At the beginning, there were 5,300 soldiers he brought to Asia, including 1,000 liberated Black Laos, 4,000 other Peloponnesians, and 300 Athenian cavalry. Of course, this force cannot compete with the powerful Persia. After arriving in Asia, with the help of allies, many soldiers were recruited. Most of them were mercenaries who had participated in the expedition to Persia with Cyrus, bringing the force to 10,000. With five thousand soldiers, there is almost no real Spartan in this huge team. The salaries of so many soldiers cannot be sustained for a long time only with the donations of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor, so they robbed the occupied Persian cities and territories. Looting and scouting became inevitable. However, when the troops passed by their allies, the mercenaries who had regarded plundering as a habit could not control their hands and feet, and they often robbed their compatriots. Tiburon didn't use military discipline to restrain him, instead he thought: Since you are fighting hard for you, you should pay a price!

Now the revenge of the Greeks in Asia Minor is coming.

That night, Tiburon had trouble sleeping.

The next day, Ombudsman Ke Rethorpes came over and told him coldly: "Tiburon, the Council of the Elders has sent Dekiridas to replace your position, and you have to return. Sparta is under investigation! You must stay in this house now and are not allowed to leave without permission until Dekiridas arrives!"

Tiburon sat down and watched Kerrythorpes arrange the soldiers to guard his door. He couldn't help but shouted: "Don't worry, I won't run away like Clearkus! Even if I return to Si Bada is investigated and I will be acquitted!"

Kerry Thorpes didn't even look at him, and replied: "I hope so!"

Kerithorpes walked out of Tiburon's house, finally heaved a sigh of relief. For the Senate's investigation of Tiburon, he is very welcome, because he is behind the scenes!

Krythorpes had no choice but to do this, because he knew very well: Sparta made a big determination and spent a lot of money to fight Persia. There were strategic considerations. The Spartan radicals headed by Lysander believed that while defeating Athens and regaining the overlord of Greece, they should step out of the small Greek mainland, extend their power to the wider and fertile Asia Minor, defeat the Persians, and become the protection of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor. He then became the overlord of the Eastern Mediterranean, fulfilling the dream of generations of Spartans. It is precisely because Kelithorpes has been with the expeditionary army to the hinterland of Persia and has seen the vastness and fertility of the Mesopotamian plains, so he is in favor of the radicals and deeply understands Lysander and their painstaking efforts. But Tiburon was a pure Spartan warrior. In his head, apart from fighting and killing people, he did not consider anything else. While attacking the Persians, he condoned the soldiers to looting in the allies, making the allies of Asia Minor complain about his troops. At the same time, Also began to feel dissatisfied with Sparta.

Just seeing that more than half a year's hard work will be wasted, Crythorpes warned Tiburon several times. Tiburon pretended to obey but refused to implement it, and then he simply refused to listen.

In desperation, Keli Thorpes secretly urged the allies of Asia Minor to go to Sparta to file a complaint. Now the goal has finally been achieved. For the upcoming Dekiridas, he has always been known for his resourcefulness. He is a Spartan general who can use his brain to think about problems. Kerrythorpes believes that he will not make Tiburon’s mistakes and will cooperate with himself. good.