Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 40: The establishment of the South-Italian Alliance

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Fortunately, not long after Crotone burned the city, Daves led the army to recover Turri, Diona returned home, but depressed all day, she is now 23 years old. As a father, Kunogolata wanted to make his children happy, so he wanted to find another good husband for her, which became his heart disease.

"Sostatus, what do you think of Hiros?" Kunogolata asked abruptly.

"How about what?" Sostatus wondered why his father would mention him suddenly.

"If you let him be your brother-in-law."

"You want to choose Hiros to be Diona's husband!" Sostatus widened his eyes in surprise. Seeing his father nodding seriously, he also quickly thought about jokingly, thinking carefully, and said: "Although I am a soldier under his command, he is the captain of the squadron. He doesn't usually have much contact. I only know that although he is strictly trained, he is fair and takes good care of us... I heard that he is still single and there is nothing wrong with him. Hobbies, if your sister marries him, you should be well taken care of! However, father, why did you choose him? None of these elders in Turiyi seems to be willing to marry their daughters to these former mercenary elders. !"

"These people are still immersed in the honor of the family in the past, and they hesitate in their hearts to accept Turri's changes!" Kunogolata sneered and said solemnly: "Why should I let you Respect the Lord Archon! Because he is indeed favored by the gods, so young, but with extremely strong abilities and methods, the people love him, the army supports him, and the Senate is completely controlled by him! If you don’t want my family The tragedy repeats itself, and it is undoubtedly the best way to become the relatives of the former mercenary veterans who followed him on the Persian expedition that he truly trusts! Hiros, I heard that he was once the captain of the Archon in Persia and took great care of him. Although Hiros has always been relatively low-key in the Senate, it can be seen that the consul has quite a trust in him. Moreover, regardless of his former mercenary, Cornellus said that he is humble, stable, and good at direction. Learn from others humbly and ask for advice, I believe he will walk smoothly in the political arena of Dionia in the future!......"

"Father, don’t think about good things either. Dai... Among the former mercenary veterans brought by the consul, Hiros is one of the few unmarried. He is only in his 30s and he is a veteran. I believe Whether it's in Amendorara or Turri, there will be many people who told him that he will be relatives, but he is still single now...It is conceivable that he may not necessarily agree to your request!" Sostatus reminded him Kuno Gorata must rise.

"Of course I won't go to him directly. I will let the Archon master come forward. I believe Daves will be happy to do this!" Kunogolata stroked his beard and smiled triumphantly:" I once tentatively asked the Archon, he was also very concerned about Hilos' marriage. With him as a matchmaker, coupled with Diona's talent and appearance, how could Hilos refuse to agree!"

"It seems that from now on, I will please my sister more, lest she be upset and let my brother-in-law arrange me at the forefront of the phalanx..." Sostatus also joked, which reminded her Kunogolata, he said hurriedly: "Sostatus, don't go out and go around in these two days. The First Army you belong to will soon go south to join the war."

"Has the agreement of the League of Southern Italy been signed? Hasn't Crotone always opposed it?" Sostatus asked in a bit of surprise. There is a father who is a veteran, he is naturally better than ordinary citizens. Understand the political affairs of the alliance.

"Trina, Siriting, and Coreniaco have all expressed their approval. What effect can Crotone have to oppose alone? What's more, the current situation is very unfavorable for them! Even Lucias came to the map. Rey, we can see how anxious the people of Crotone are!" At this point, Kunogolata was actually a little excited: "Waiting for the signing of the covenant and the establishment of an alliance, Dionia will truly become the leader of Great Greece. Up!"

"I heard that all allies in this new alliance treat each other as equals regardless of priority! What kind of leader is there!"

"On the surface, it looks like this, but the strength of the city-state still determines the weight of speaking in this new alliance, especially when the interests of other allies are not involved." Kunogorata praised sincerely: "The Archon is really amazing! He proposed such a covenant method, which continuously gained the support of other city-states, isolated Crotone and forced it to join. And the establishment of the new alliance will also dismantle the past. Rotone Alliance, and let us Dionia successfully squeeze into Crotone’s original sphere of influence and become the de facto leader!"

"Isn't it because the Archon made full use of the result of the victory over Crotone?!" Sostatus said this, precisely as a reminder of Kunogolata's anti-war in advance.

Kunogorata was silent for a moment, and did not directly respond to his son's question, but exclaimed: "I didn't expect to see Turiyi becoming the center of Great Greece while I was alive! Son, Just as you said before, Turiyi is bound to usher in a big development!"

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On the last day of mid-February 498 BC, Dionia, Crotone, Siritin, Corenia, and Trina finally reached an agreement and signed a covenant to establish the South-Italian Alliance.

Due to Crotone’s insistence, the covenant specifically stipulates that when the resolution is discussed, Dionia and Crotone each have two votes, while the remaining three allies each have one vote.

The headquarters of the alliance is located in Xiliting. At the beginning, Crotone asked the League headquarters to be established in its territory, but it was opposed by other city-states. Later, Daves proposed: Set up in Xiliting. It was approved by other city-states, because apart from Dionia, Siritim was located right in the center of the other allied states, and its strength was not too strong, so they were more at ease.

On weekdays, the headquarters of the Alliance of South Italy is stationed by allies to handle and negotiate affairs between allies.

The League of Crotone was officially disbanded, and the new military defense alliance signed by Dionia and Crotone was also annulled. Crotone had to pay Dionia’s 500 Tarrants for the war. The compensation was only paid for the initial 80 tarients, and the rest were also invalidated. This is one of the reasons why Crotone finally agreed to join the Southern Italy League, but it made Melses rush and regret it.

So far, the effective covenants that Dionia has: The League of Dionia, which is an alliance dominated by Dionia, because Dionia controls the alliance’s diplomatic power (that is, it does not allow Other allies signed any treaties and agreements with any city state), and military dominance, so other allies actually became vassals of Dionian; secondly, the alliance agreement with Tarantum, because Dionian’s expansion was too much Quickly, the treaty was revised twice, and it changed from being based on Tarantum to the two sides treating each other as equals and helping each other. So far, there are only more exchanges in business, and there is no military alliance; the last is The newly established South-Italian alliance has been established; in addition, there is a non-aggression peace agreement signed with Picosis in the north. Except for the League of Lokri, Lijim and one or two small city-states further south, Dionia and the other city-states of Greater Greece have created a peaceful and stable surrounding environment for themselves in the form of covenants.

Of course, what Dionia urgently needs to do at this moment is: fulfill the covenant and repel Lockley.

This time, the battle was different. It would take three or four days to arrive at the battlefield. It would not work to rely on soldiers carrying rations to solve the battle in just a few days. The last time he fought against Crotone, the harassment of the Crotone fleet had caused Dionia to suffer a lot, but this time the battle with Lockley was farther away, and the food transportation route was longer. Liren still control the coastline, which will be a big test for Dionia's logistics supplies.

In this regard, Davers’s strategy is: First of all, Melsis is responsible for quickly forming a large squad, carrying at least 10,000 people with rations for one month, and the transport team will work with the reinforcements. Starting off, this not only ensures the safety of the food transport team, but also reduces the labor, guards, and excess consumption of food; the second is to end the war as soon as possible, for which Daves dispatched the most elite first army.

Preparing military rations and buying pack animals... These war preparations naturally cost a lot of gold and silver. This time, Merses is not stingy, but buys it on a large scale, because the cost is shared by all allies.

When the first crow of the rooster sounded in the city of Amendola, Geogris had turned over and sat up, and his wife Danya opened her eyes.

"You will sleep a little longer." Geogris said softly: "I'm leaving."

"I can't sleep! I'm going to send you to Turie!" Although Danya is older than Gioglis, she likes to act like a baby, because it makes her feel younger than Gioglis , And Geogris also enjoys this feeling.

But today Gioglis shook his head: "You have walked so far while pregnant, and tossing back and forth is not good for the child."

"Who said that! Helps said that pregnant women need to exercise more, so that the child will go smoothly and the child will be healthy too!" Danya retorted.

Giogris stopped talking. He trusted Helps quite a bit. He was a direct disciple of the Favored "Daves" and could not withstand Danya’s repeated requests, so he had to take it with him. After leaving his wife, there is also a male slave carrying his weapons and equipment, leaving home and out of the city.

At this moment, the day was dimly light, and the hired carriages in Turri Port had already ran to Amendorara to grab the guests, because they all knew that Dionia’s First Corps was going to Turri this morning. Assemble, reorganize and set off in the Victory Square.