Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 27: Those things about Sparta

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"Diobetis, are you really a Spartan?!" Lysander sneered, "Don't forget Demaratos!"

The elders are in an uproar, Demaratos—that's a long-lasting shame for the Spartans.

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Although Spartan warriors advocate killing and despise pleasure, they do not dislike beautiful women. The best criterion for judging future wives is easy fertility. At the same time, whether a Spartan woman is beautiful or not is also a judgment as a future mother of a child. Whether its morality is a noble ready-made standard. And participating in training with men from an early age also gave Spartan women their own unique beauty. They have long blonde hair, toned bodies, and elegant calves. And giving birth to an ugly daughter will make her parents feel frustrated, but there is still a chance for change, that is, to come to an ancient sanctuary next to Helen’s grave and pray to the bronze statue of Helen, which is said to make the child grow up and become beauty.

A hundred years ago, a pair of Spartan parents prayed to Helen for their ugly daughter. The ugly priestess in charge of the sanctuary grabbed the child’s long hair. Stemon's cutest woman.

Time passed, this girl really became a famous beauty. Her charm made the King of Sparta fascinated, so he was snatched from her husband with royal power. Only more than seven months later, the new queen Gave birth to a son. Is the child's father the king or the commoner? The Spartans did not delve into it. The child grew up and eventually succeeded to the throne as King. He was Demaratos.

When Demaratos succeeded to the throne, another Spartan king Keleomés had been on the throne for five years. His succession was much more difficult because his father was back then. Unable to get his wife pregnant, the law enforcement elders asked him to divorce his wife and marry again. He hesitated and chose bigamy. Soon after the second wife gave birth to three sons for him, his first wife gave birth. Kle Omenez got off. However, the king had already loved his second wife deeply, and naturally preferred the child she gave birth. Kleormenez was not favored by his father. His half-brother, Dolius, was trained by the king and was appointed. As the legal heir, people also think that Dolius is the most outstanding of his peers. However, after the king’s sudden death in battle, the observant Spartans believed that Keleomnes, born to the king’s first wife, had the right to inherit the throne, so Keleomnes who succeeded to the throne sent Dolius to the throne. He exiled several of his brothers for colonization in the Western Mediterranean.

Keleomenes is quick-thinking, capable of making good decisions, ambitious, and powerful. How could Demaratos, who had just succeeded, be his opponent? Overhead. Keleomenes has dominated the power of Sparta for more than 20 years, defeating Argos, controlling Arcadia, intervening in Delphi, interfering in the political situation of Athens... Sparta's power expanded to Northern Greece. At this moment, the Persian King Xerxes was ready to invade Greece again and learn from Darius’s lesson. He sent a large number of spies to Greece to divide and separate the city-states, Aegina-from the east side of the Peloponnese Peninsula. An island city-state not far away offered soil and water to Persia. Kleormenez scolded the apostasy and decided to punish Aegina.

The Aegina hurriedly asked Demaratos, another Spartan king, for help. Demaratos was very happy to cause trouble for his political opponents, so he secretly joined the Council of Elders and was unwilling to go to war with Persia. The elders actively provide support. This angered Kleormenez, and he finally decided to solve this unbearable collaborator once and for all. So at the council meeting of the elders he initiated, he questioned Demaratos’ life experience. Not only did he win over the people of Demaratos and most of the elders, but he also bought out the priests of Delphi, so that the oracle he asked for was also detrimental to Demaratos. As a result, Demaratos, who had been in power for 24 years, was defeated. Deposed the throne, defected to Xerxes, and became a traitor who led the way.

But the victorious Kleormenez couldn’t take long. He leaked the bribery to Delphi. The Spartans were very angry. He was found guilty. He first fled from Sparta and then returned. But After being dismissed from power, he drank, beat and yelled, everyone said he was crazy. His two half-brothers Leonidas and Criombrots declared that he was insane. , Locked him in the temple. The next day, it was discovered that he was dead, the flesh on his body was sliced ​​off piece by piece, and a knife was at his hand.

This caused a lot of sensation! Everyone is preaching that this is a blasphemous punishment for Keller Omenes, and it is generally recognized by the public: suicide.

Soon, Leonidas became king. But in private, rumors spread from time to time: Kleormenez died at the hands of two brothers.

The reason why Leonidas led the Three Hundred Kings Guards to the Hot Spring Pass to defend against the Persian army was because of the situation and the desire to prove his innocence to the Spartans.

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That is a history that is erratic for the Spartans, and it can even be said to be a shame to Spartans. In the meeting place, it fell silent for a while.

The Speaker Kleostida simply announced: "Start to elect a new king!"

Whether Agcilius or Leotizides, both candidates have their shortcomings and have their supporters, so the debate between the two sides is mainly a fight for neutral elders... and the final vote The result-Agsilius wins.

Leotitchides looked at the elders who congratulated Agsilius with humiliating tears, and then quietly left...

The speaker, Kleostida, asked the guards to welcome in the five inspectors who had been waiting outside the assembly hall and announce the results of the election to them.

So, the prosecutors came to Agsilius, who stood with solemn expression, and listened to them reading aloud: "The great Zeus is here. According to the results of the election of the Council of Elders, we declare the sacred The blood of Hercules——Agsilius is the king of Sparta!"

Agsilaus can hardly maintain a calm expression, his voice trembling swears: "I swear in the name of Zeus, I, Agsilaus, will govern and rule the Spartans in accordance with the existing laws of the city-state. Up!"

The inspectors responded at the same time: "As long as you abide by your oath, we will ensure that your kingship is forever!"

In February 398 BC, Agsilius became king of Sparta.

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At the southeastern tip of Sicily, Dionysius led Syracuse’s 80,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and more than 400 warships on the sea to accompany him along the southern coast of Sicily to the west. March.

In the easy liberation of the city-state of Carmenlina, which was forced to pay tribute to Carthage, Dionysius received the news that "Dionia defeated Crotone", he was silent for a while, and then The attendant next to him said: "Write to Felistos immediately, saying that I have agreed to Lockley's request and send them reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Then he asked the messenger to urge the army that had been about to rest for a day to continue marching west.

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"Crotone has made peace with Dionia!" Tarantum Archon Yomacas said in surprise after receiving the news from Crotone: "I didn't expect it for a year. The former Dionia was still a small city-state that needed our protection to survive. Now it has rapidly developed into a powerful alliance of Great Greece!"

Former consul and current Senate veteran Disitimas sighed: "Fortunately, we and Dionia are allies!"

"Tarantum's safety cannot depend on the promises of others!" Umakas shook his head and said firmly: "We should speed up the conquest of the Mesapi people, and expand the power of Tarantum as soon as possible. I have the confidence to speak when facing Dionia!"

"The attack on Manduria has caused a lot of casualties to our citizens! But if you want to attack Brindisi, there will be more Tarantum citizens sacrifice! How could the Senate agree to your radical approach !" Dixitimas pointed angrily.

Yumakas looked at Dicitimas with a trace of contempt in his eyes: "Dicitimas, my friend, have you still not figured it out yet! This is not only the wish of most of the senators in the Senate It is the will of the people! Stimulated by the rapid rise of Dionia, the people are tired of decades of inaction in the Senate! They hate to endure the harassment of the Mesapi every year! They ask us to make changes! Although Citizens were killed or injured, but we have mastered Manduria, and Mesapi will find it harder to invade our territory! Now, Lord Diomilas is about to return to Tarantum, and Archita continues to lead the offensive. Brindisi. I believe that Archita will step up his offensive against Brindisi without our urging when he learns that Crotone was forced to make peace with Dionia!"

Di Sitimas fell into silence. After a while, he hesitated and said: "I am a little worried that such a large-scale attack will stimulate the Puchetti to the north. They are from the same race as the Mesapi. ……"

"Don't we attack, they won't hate us?!" Eumarcus retorted, "As long as we capture Brindisi, not only can we cut off the connection between the Mesapi and the north, but also connect Trade with the Adriatic Sea, this has many advantages... If you really meet the Puchetti you said, see the emptiness in our city and take the opportunity to attack, then we can still—"

Yumakas looked at Desitimus, and Desitimus understood what he meant, and sighed: "Seek help from our ally, Dionia!"

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Although Lucias tried his best to defend Miron, the Citizens Assembly still made a sentence of "deport Miron and not return for ten years."