Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 248: End of curtain

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"Dion, I heard that you organized the children to play games on the boat these days, which saved us a lot of trouble. Good job!" Dionysius praised.

"I can't help you with your affairs. I can only help you by doing what I can." Di Ang said neither arrogantly nor arrogantly.

"What a good one to do what you can do!" Dionysius exclaimed, and he turned to look at his father-in-law: "I think in 20 years, Dion can become a talented Syracuse. Zha Chongchen!"

Hiparinus, who is usually serious, smiled.

A heavy minister? Felistos curled his lips insignificantly.

"Stop! You can't enter!" The guard shouted from outside the door, making Dionysius' heart tense. He just wanted to ask who it was when he heard the sound of fighting outside the door.

Angry roars and screams continued to reach the ears of the people in the cabin, and everyone's complexion changed drastically.

Hiparinus hurriedly guarded the two children behind him.

"I'll go out to see the situation." Felistos said nervously.

"No need to go! At this time, Megan Collis should have arrived with mercenaries. It's not so easy to threaten Dionysius!" Dionysius is still calm, but his face is extremely unpleasant. Good-looking, he roughly guessed who the attacker was, as if a stormy sea was set off in his heart.

There was a bang, and the hatch was kicked open. Little Dionysius was so frightened that he burst into tears.

Dionysius, Philistos, and Hyparinus were pale, they saw a Spartan warrior wearing a scarlet cloak, long hair, thick beard, and a bloodstain holding a shield and spear. , Broke into the cabin.

Dionysius and Philistos glanced at each other, their faces full of shock.

When the messenger behind the scenes stepped into the cabin, Dionysius roared angrily: "Phoebedas, what do you mean?!"

"That's what you mean." Phoebedas's eyes were cold, and five or six Spartans in front of him put on a fighting posture, flashing cold light at the tips of their lancets.

The young and mature Di Ang has seen such a terrible scene, clutching his father's hand and trembling all the time.

"I...I said I wouldn't go to Sparta, do you have to... force me to fail!" Dionysius hissed, trying to suppress the fear in his heart.

"I didn't say I would take you to Sparta." Phoebedas's cold words made the three of them chill.

"Phoebe Das, you swore to Hercules to safely send us out of Sicily to where we are going!" Felistos reminded Phoebe eagerly: "Sparta is the overlord of the Greek city-states! The blood of Hercules! It has always been the example of all Greeks! Is it going to break my vows!"

"I didn't violate it." Phoebedas smiled triumphantly, making his entire face look a little weird: "I said,'Guaranteed to send you to Sparta safely', but you refused. I went to Sparta, so of course this oath no longer exists."

"It turns out... so you have planned for a long time." Dionysius suddenly realized.

"Aren't you also prepared to deceive me from the beginning!" Phoebe Das sneered.

After the initial shock and fear, Dionysius calmed down again. He asked: "Even if I don’t want to go to Sparta, I will not let you use a knife or gun against the wishes of your council of elders. Come... deal with me, why?"

Phoebedas looked at him, did not answer him directly, but showed a clear look, and smiled: "I know you are delaying time and look forward to mercenaries to rescue you."

Phoebedas's calm expression made Dionysius feel uncomfortable.

"Meji ​​Collis!" Phoebe Das shouted, and soon the figure of the mercenary leader appeared at the hatch.

Dionysius and the others are ashamed.

"Compared with you when you go to remote places to suffer and suffer, and cannot enjoy a good life, they are more willing to follow Sparta to win honor and land." Phoebe Das said proudly.

"But...Meggie Collis, are you stupid? Spartan is poor and can't pay you at all! But we can. If you don't think the money is too small, we can increase it!..." Shiparinu Si yelled furiously, trying to change Meggie Collis' heart.

Phoebe Das laughed and said: "I have no money in Sparta, but you do. Those cargo ships are full of silver coins, and the mercenaries have long been greedy!"

The situation is very critical. Dionysius finally lowered his arrogant head and pleaded in a low voice: "Phoebe Das, for the friendship of the past, let us go!...Ah!...Silver coins, gold coins, you guys All can be taken away, as well as those warships and cargo ships, just let us leave...let us leave! Trust me, I can retake Syracuse again and provide even greater help to the hegemony of Sparta!... "

Phoebidas watched him.

For a moment, he whispered: "I'm sorry, Dionysius, I just acted on the order of the Council of Elders..."

"Why?! Why?! You know that the gang of Herolis can't control Syracuse at all! They can't deal with the more powerful Dionia! Only me! I can suppress Dionia's expansion I can help you stabilize the Western Mediterranean!..." Dionysius roared out of control, his hideous expression scared the little Dionysius crying louder.

"...Sparta has signed a long-term friendly agreement with Dionia..." Although this matter is not allowed to be made public, Phoebe Das feels that it does not matter if they hear it: "There is one of them. Just to kill you Dionysius..."

"...So that's it...Daves...Daves who should go to hell!..." Dionysius was so distraught that he suddenly felt his legs become soft and his body shook a few times. Fell to the ground.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!...Dad!..."

"Brother-in-law!"

"Dionysius!"

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These concerned voices spread into his ears, making him feel extra warm. In the past, he was fascinated by his hegemony. He had never noticed these, looking at the tearful son, the trembling Dior, and Qiang. As a calm Philistos and a bloodless Hiparinus, he suddenly turned his head and said to Phoebe Das: "Phoebe Das, you can kill me and give my... head to Dai Firth! But I think my family and my friends must not be included in the treaty you signed, so... So please let them go!... Even if you let them go to Sparta with you! Ah!... "

"Dionysius, my best friend!" Philistos exclaimed excitedly.

Dionysius reached out his hand to stop him talking, and said in a deep voice: "Philip, I'm afraid my family will be taken care of by you!"

Philipstos nodded hesitantly with tears in his eyes.

"The treaty really only requires your life." Phoebe Das said: "But in order to persuade the mercenaries, I agreed to Megan Collis' request."

"What's the request?!" Dionysius was surprised again, and surrendered his eyes to Meji Collis, who had been keeping his head down.

At this moment, he has raised his head, and his usual submissive and flattering face is full of fierce expression: "Master Dionysius, every time you let us slaughter the city, you will clearly remind,'Don't let it go. An enemy, so as not to cause trouble to Syracuse in the future!'I also followed your instructions today."

Dionysius did not expect that what he had done over the years would be retribution to his family. At this moment, he had no time to confess to the nemesis. He walked a few steps on his knees, kneeling and begging: "Meggie Collis, you know what I have done to your mercenaries over the years! Not only are you well paid, but you are also allocated land. Treating you is much better than treating my brothers! I trust you like this, you are like this Come to repay me!... Think about it, when you first came to Sicily, you couldn't eat enough to eat every day..."

Phoebedas is already a little intolerant of Dionysius' sensational narration, he glanced at Meji Collis: "What on earth should be done, you decide as soon as possible!"

Mejicolis looked at Dionysius who was kneeling on the ground, helpless and sad, but the tyrant who repelled the army of Carthage under the city, immediately broke his promise and ordered Mejico. Liss led the mercenaries and arrested the democrats and relatives and friends who had ousted him. A total of 127 households. Dionysius did not hesitate to issue the order "all men, women, young and old, to be executed", and the executors It was Meggie Collis, and Dionysius's cold eyes were firmly imprinted in his heart.

We are definitely not the Syracuse democrats who lost their lives because of stupid compromise! Meggie Collis felt fierce, and immediately shouted: "Brothers do it!"

A dozen heavily armed mercenaries stormed into the cabin.

Phoebe Das saw this and said: "Let's go."

The Spartan warriors surrounded him and retreated outside the cabin. He didn't want to see Dionysius killed with his own eyes, let alone let the Spartan warriors be contaminated with the blood of Dionysius and his family.

Who knows that the desperate Dionysius jumped up, and the mercenaries who had just rushed in were caught off guard, and he snatched the spear from his hand.

He held a spear, quickly stepped back, and protected the little Dionysius behind him, and at the same time let out a nasty tearing laugh like a night owl: "Hahaha... Phoebe Das, you Sparta Da thinks he has signed a peace treaty with Dionia and everything is safe. I yuck! I bet that within 30 years, Sparta will be destroyed by the growing Dionia! By then, the world will be destroyed. No more Spartans, I will be waiting for you in Hell!! Meji Collis, you betrayed me today, and the Spartans will abandon you tomorrow! The Spartans will deceive me, let alone treat me You lowly mercenaries!!..."

Phoebedas's face changed slightly. He didn't expect Dionysius to be imminent and still sow discord. At this moment, Megan Collis looked at him subconsciously, and Phoebe Das immediately shouted: "Don't kill them yet, what are you waiting for!"

"Yes! Yes!" Megan Collis gave the order immediately.

A dozen mercenaries rushed up with shields and spears. How could Dionysius be able to resist them?

He was shot three times and fell to the ground.

At the time of his death, the screams of his son and friends could no longer stir the ripples in Dionysius' heart. In a trance, he saw his respected teacher, the great commander of Syracuse, and defeated the Athenian army and the Canadian army. Hermokrates of the Taiji people, and the daughter of Hermokrates, his beloved wife, the two are smiling at him...

He stretched out his hand happily...

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At this moment, Davos, the new king of Dionia, led the first army to return to Turíy, passing the Arc de Triomphe in the city to Victory Square.

The people on both sides of the road were crowded with people. They threw flower petals and waved ribbons, excitedly cheering to the warriors who saved the alliance and defended their homeland.

The carriage pulled by the four white horses stopped at the west side of the square, under the steps of the Grand Assembly Hall, and Daves steadily walked onto the high platform.

"Your Majesty!" The elders headed by Kunogolata and Cornelus saluted respectfully.

"Thanks!" After Davers returned the salute, he turned to face the square.

Before he can speak, the audience is full of joy:

"The King of Daves will win!!!!..."

"The Alliance of Dionian is victorious!!!..."

Note: 1. Dionysius.

In history, Dionysius died in 367 BC. He won the first prize in a Greek poetry contest. In order to celebrate the victory of the contest, he rarely drank a lot of alcohol. As a result, he was drinking too much. Overdose and suffering from fever, the doctor prescribed him a dose of soothing and hypnotic drugs. After taking it, he fell into a deep sleep and never woke up again, so there is also a saying that "the doctor poisoned him".

After he conquered Sicily, he had waged wars against Great Greece several times. Jim was conquered by him successively, Corenia and Hibernian were destroyed, and Crotone was also occupied. He also instigated the Lukanians to attack Turri’s territory, and was repelled by Turri, but Turri led a large army to counterattack the Lukania territory, and the entire army was wiped out (this is what is described in the second volume of this article. The incident was just to make it happen more than ten years in advance), and Turri, whose strength was greatly damaged, also succumbed to Syracuse.

After Dionysius conquered Great Greece, he then focused his attention on the Adriatic Sea. He once established a number of colonial cities on the east and west coasts of the Adriatic Sea in an attempt to make the Adriatic The sea became the inner lake of Syracuse. Among these colonial cities, there is Ancona as we know it, and Hadria (the predecessor of Venice).

When Syracuse was at its strongest, its direct rule area included most of Sicily and the southern part of the Italian peninsula, with a population of about 2.2 million. In the Greek mainland, many people of insight even put Syracuse and Persia side by side, thinking that they are a threat to Greece. At several Olympia Games, there were scenes where Greeks surrounded the Syracuse athletes' camp, protested against it, and even clashed. Of course, this is also related to the looting of the Sanctuary of Delphi by Dionysius and mercenaries, although it did not succeed in the end.

In the second half of Dionysius’s life, he had been fighting against the restored Carthage, losing more and winning less, which limited Syracuse’s further expansion. For this reason, Dionysius even The hatred shifted to Rome, an ally of Carthage.

In 390 BC, the Gauls in northern Italy marched southward and attacked the Etruscans. Under the instigation of Dionysius, they defeated the Roman reinforcements and continued to accelerate southward, crossing the Tiber, and capturing After leaving the city of Rome, this has become one of the most painful memories in the history of Rome. It can be seen that Dionysius is very good at dealing with aliens, so it is not surprising that in this article he incited the Samonais to fight against Dionia.

Dionysius has groundbreaking political wisdom. The ruled areas under his jurisdiction implemented different methods of rule according to their respective regional conditions. Later, the Roman system was very similar to it; he subdivided arms and conducted specialized training, which later benefited Macedonia a lot.

He himself is very restrained in his living habits and strictly restricts his children’s misbehavior, but the rule of the Syracuse people is indeed very strict, perhaps because his mentor and father-in-law Hermokrates was killed by Sila The Kuza Democrats cheated and killed, and his wife was humiliated and killed by the mob. He himself was seriously injured and escaped by hiding in the dead... These tragic experiences in his early years caused him to change his mind.

Dionysius is a complicated historical figure. I hope that the description he wrote can resemble one tenth of this hero, and I am satisfied.

Second, Di Ang.

The famous historical figure who was written by the famous ancient Roman historian Plutarch into the "Biography of the Greco-Roman Celebrities", according to the time in this book, he should be less than ten years old, and the little Dionysius is also Before they were born, they still forced them to show up at the last moment, because there would be no chance again.

As the "prime minister" of the next generation of Syracuse tyrants trained by Dionysius, Dior was also sent to Athens to study. Plato was his teacher, and the two had a deep friendship. It may be influenced by the democratic atmosphere of Athens. While assisting the young Dionysius with all his heart, he also hoped that the young tyrant could be more democratic and wiser, so he invited Plato.

Plato used "virtue" to educate the young Dionysius, hoping to cultivate a "philosophical king". But not long after, young Dionysius got tired of them, and because of the bewilderment of others, he invited back Philistos, who had been demoted to Hadria for many years.

As soon as the scheming Felistos came back, he clearly pointed out: The set of Plato and Dion does not apply to Syracuse. After some of his operations, it made little Dionysius suspect that these two people had ulterior motives.

Plato returned to Athens angrily, and Dieng was also expelled from Syracuse. As a result, a few years later, he led his army back to Syracuse and overthrew the tyrant rule. When the newly established council wants to elect generals democratically, he believes that: power must be centralized to be efficient, and any city-state resolution should have his approval!

So, his perseverance prevented Syracuse’s chaos from calming down, and eventually he died in the riot. Syracuse suffered a great loss in strength and declined.

He feels a bit like Yeltsin. I don’t understand why Plutarch chose him instead of other more famous figures who had a greater impact on ancient Greek history, such as Epameronda. Is it because Dion promoted democracy? , Engaged in a coup? !

Three, Herolis.

In the data I have collected, this historical figure has very little information. I only know that in the early days he was a supporter of Dionysius and later opposed Dionysius’ dictatorship. It can be seen that "the power of the monarch is nothing but a fancy shroud" that has become a famous Western saying.

Before Dionysius invaded Great Greece, he fled Sicily, and formed a coalition army in Great Greece and the city-states to defend Great Greece. As a native of Syracuse, he actually became the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. Don't understand why an outsider would become the commander-in-chief of Great Greece? Is it because he is famous, or because the election of generals from other city-states will cause conflicts, and everyone will accept him?

Herolis led the coalition to advance to the Syracuse army that invaded Great Greece, and he was in the vanguard, at the forefront of the team. He did not send scouts or spies to conduct prior battlefield inspections. Without knowing the specific situation of the enemy, he marched rashly. As a result, he was hit by the waiting army of Syracuse, near Siriting.

Herolis was not afraid, and while resisting stubbornly, he sent a messenger to notify the troops behind to arrive as soon as possible.

So, the coalition forces continued to enter the battle with "refueling tactics", and they were defeated by Dionysius one after another. Herois died in battle, and the most powerful armies of Great Greece were forced to surrender. Great Greece could no longer stop Dionysius' ambition to conquer.

Sometimes, the author really suspects that Herolis is a counter-attack, and this military command ability is too bad! Therefore, everyone can understand that in the previous article, the Tarantum Archon Diomilas easily hit the Maple coalition ambush is very likely to happen, because the command ability of many Greek city-state generals in this era is indeed very poor. , And tactics are also behind. In order to increase the excitement of the war, the author deliberately raised their level, otherwise the Dionian army formed by Davos's advanced military theories in the past would be...

Four. Feidun

Speaking of this name, it is estimated that many readers do not remember who it is. Feidun is Lijim's general, why should he be mentioned specifically? Because he is the only person with a name and a surname (the other is Achita) in the data collected by the author during this period of Great Greece. Some people will ask Kunogolata and Cornellus? These are all fictional characters of the author, and it can be seen that there are too few historical records of Great Greece during this period.

There are not many records about Phidon, except that after the Great Greek Allied Forces were defeated, he still led Lijim’s army to fight Dionysius, and defeated and fought repeatedly, with a tenacious style, giving Dionysius Si caused a lot of trouble. Therefore, after the destruction of Lijim City, Dionysius killed his whole family, including relatives and friends, which is considered as "the Yi tribe".

Okay, there are so many nonsense, there is a suspicion of cheating, but I have collected so much information on Sicily and Great Greece, and finally I summarized and summarized this feeling should be worth some money, haha!

The brilliance of Syracuse created by Dionysius in history is interrupted by the Dionian City-State Alliance led by Davos in this world, so can Dionian create far better than Tin What about Rakuza's splendor? Please continue to watch the next volume of "Ten Years of the Kingdom"!