Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 82: Conflict in contract negotiation

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Two days later, in the evening, the Palace of Dionia held a grand banquet. In addition to King Davos and Xenophon, there were Hiros, Alexis, Amintas, and Fili. Husseus, Agarcia, Tormid, Capus, Antonios, Epithenes, Matonis, Olivers, Geogris... and even Princess Christia also attended the banquet.

At the banquet, everyone recalled their adventures in Persia, and thanked Davos and Xenophon and other mercenary leaders for finally taking them out of danger, and toasting them one after another. The scene was quite lively.

Some people also lament the wealthy life they are enjoying today, and regret the wrong choices made by Kriano, Timathon and Xenophon.

Of course, some people persuaded Xenophon to leave Sparta and settle down in Dionia, and enjoy the rest of his life with his former comrades-in-arms. Xenophon was perfunctory by Xenophon.

When the banquet was about to end and Xenophon made a toast to Daves, he boldly asked, "Dionia is so powerful now, facing Sparta to end the friendly agreement ahead of schedule. Why behave so tolerant?"

Daves squinted his drunken eyes, and calmly told the story: "A few years ago, Mauritania sent a few elephants to the kingdom to show its respect. Because of fear, the hound barked at its dog from a distance, but the elephant was always very quiet and treated it as nothing. After a while, the hound stopped barking and the two sides were in peace..."

Xenophon has visited the zoo in the past two days, knowing how big the elephant is. After listening to it, he was silent for a while.

The Spartan envoy quickly returned to Sparta. After learning that King Dionia had calmly accepted the "Spartan Ending Friendship Agreement" without any intention of punishment, the elders and inspectors Relieved.

It’s just that Xenophon gave a detailed account of his experience in the Kingdom of Dionian when he visited Agsilius, and solemnly reminded: "Although Dionian has no malice against Sparta now, But it is better to re-sign the contract with Dionia as soon as possible and restore friendship!"

This is an obvious question, but Agsilius thought about it for a while before he said solemnly: "You are right. Our peace talks with Thebes and Athens must be held as soon as possible, and the contract must be as soon as possible. After signing, Sparta has the confidence to negotiate with Dionia."

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In the spring of 371 BC (the 23rd year of the Holy Kingdom of Dionian), the Thebes War that had lasted for many years finally ushered in the dawn of peace. With the support of Persia, the two sides of the war will hold peace talks, and the place of the peace talks will be in the city of Sparta.

Because it is the home stadium of Sparta, the major city-states of the Peloponnese League sent envoys to participate in this peace talks, and they arrived at the venue first. Then came the Athenian Mission, the chief general of Athens, Calistratus, as the main person in charge, and his assistant was Calias, the torch bearer of the Eleusis Secret Ceremony. The last one arrived was the Envoy of Thebes, headed by Ipamirunda. In addition, Persia also sent envoys to participate in this meeting.

As soon as the meeting began, Athens attacked Sparta. Callias and Callistratus successively accused the Spartans of arbitrariness and oppression of the allies. They were the chief culprits of this war, and at the same time they were compassionate. He pointed out the harm caused by the war to the city-states of the Greek mainland, which caused the sympathy of the envoys of the city-states present.

But Agsilius and Archidamus, who were attending the meeting in Sparta, seemed to feel wrong about it, and they did not immediately refute them. Therefore, all the envoys present quickly reached a consensus: stop the war.

It seems that the Athenians still stand on the side of Thebes against the Spartans, but in fact, through the contact between Tamagoras in Persia and Lutikli, the two sides have secretly reached a certain tacit understanding. As a result, this tacit understanding was revealed in the discussion of the subsequent negotiation and signing of the contract.

Athens and Sparta both declared: According to Persia’s proposal, the basis for establishing peace is still the principle determined by the'Great King’s Agreement', that is, all city-states must withdraw their troops stationed in other states (whether it is an army or Navy), any alliance must be dissolved, so that all Greek city-states remain independent.

In this way, there is a big problem. This is also a problem that was not resolved after the conclusion of the Corinthian War and the signing of the "Lord Agreement": the League of Athens and the League of Peloponnes did not comply with the regulations and should be Disbanded.

So Ipamironda, who had been watching the Athenian performance before, immediately pointed out this problem loudly.

Who knows that Athens and the Spartans have been prepared for a long time. Callistratus immediately admitted that the original'Great King's Agreement' was indeed improper. He believed that it should be revised and the provisions should be changed to: No Forcing any city-state to become a member of the alliance, but different city-states can cooperate with each other according to their wishes, but no treaty is allowed to make rigid provisions.

Agsilius immediately agreed with this, and he believed that such a modification was more reasonable and more acceptable to all city-states.

Other Peloponnese city-state envoys also expressed their approval successively, and coupled with the support of the Persian envoy, the terms of the contract were confirmed, and it was awaiting an oath to sign.

One by one, the envoys of the Peloponnesian city-states rushed to sign the name of the city-state, Athens and Sparta also signed, and finally it was the turn of Thebes envoy, and everyone's eyes focused on them.

Ipamilunda stood up with a solemn expression, solemnly took the oath in the name of Zeus, then took the pen and wrote the name on the oath.

Most of the people in the field breathed a sigh of relief, but they heard Agsilius say in a deep voice: "People of Thebes, you signed the wrong name.

Ipamilunda said very confidently: "I have confirmed that there is no wrong signing!"

At this time, the other people in the venue felt that the situation was not right, and rushed to take the vows and took a look, only to see that it was clearly written: Piotsia, Ipamirunda.

Agsilius said angrily: "Ipamirunda, are you fooling us? Everyone knows that Piosha is a region, and Thebes is just a city-state in this region. , What right do you have to sign on behalf of all the city-states in the Piotia region!"

Ipamilunda was not afraid. He looked at Agassilaus and said calmly: "What's so strange about this, you can think of Piotsia as Laconia ( Laconia is the area where the Spartans live), or—"

Ipamilunda turned to look at Karistratus again, and said very forcefully: "Attica, not the Peloponnesian League or the Athenian Maritime League!"

As soon as these words came out, the messengers of other city states in the venue were all surprised: The ambitions of the Thebes were fully revealed, they wanted to unify Piotsia!

Karystratus immediately retorted: "When the Greeks talk about Athens, they are not just referring to the city of Athens, but the entire Attica region; when the Greeks talk about Sparta, It also refers to the entire Laconia region; but when people talk about Thebes, do they mean the entire Piotia? Obviously, they only refer to the city-state of Thebes.

Why is this happening? That's because Athens and Sparta have merged a region into one body a long time ago, and after a long time, other Greeks have agreed with this. Regrettably, they could not agree that Thebes represented Piosia, because until now many city-states in the Piosia area are still independent. "

Agsilius then said with a stern voice: "According to this pledge, Thebes must disband your newly formed Piotia Alliance, and let every Piotia city-state under your control gain independence and freedom!"

Ipamilunda’s uncompromising sentence pushed Agsilius back: "If your Sparta allows every town in Laconia to gain independence, then our Piosha Alliance will Disband!"

Then, he looked at Agcilius and Callistratus with a resolute expression, and verbally defended: "You Spartans have no right to interfere in Piotja’s internal affairs, just like We Thebes have no right to interfere in the internal management of Laconia; Laconia, Piotsia, and Attica represent completely different political systems. Under the witness of Zeus, each political system is legitimate. It is natural for Piotia to form an alliance and develop into a city with Attica. This process is as legitimate as Lagnia’s development into an oligarchy under Sparta——"

Agsilius’ son Archidamuss interrupted him loudly: “You’re talking nonsense! You Thebes just want to continue to wage war and attack other Piosha city-states. Depriving them of their independence and freedom is absolutely not allowed!"

Ipamilunda sneered: "You Spartans did this before! Shamelessly conquered our city, and sent garrisons and officers to other Piosha city-states, depriving them of their freedom of independence. It is precisely because of your aggression that we Piotsia have realized that we must be united in order to guarantee the freedom of our Piotsia people!"

Archie Damus was speechless for a while.

Ipamilunda then sternly said to Agsilius: "For this Piotia alliance, we Thebes did adopt some powerful measures, but you Spartans have no right to interfere, because in In the ancient times when no one could accurately time the clock, your ancestors took tougher and coercive measures. The kingdom you maintain was built by them in this tough way.

Now the friendly allies of Thebes and Piosia have also decided to adopt the same method as your Spartans to establish a united and unified Piocia alliance that encompasses all Piocia city-states, in order to achieve this A great goal, our citizens will not fear death! "