Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 42: Phoebe Das’s challenge
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"The Alliance of Dionia has no intention of war with any Greek city-state, but if there is a city-state that wants to provoke a war, wants to insult us, and invade our land! Everyone, what is our answer?" Daves looked around Asked loudly all around.
"Fight to the end! Destroy the enemy!"
"Fight to the end!..." the former mercenary veterans shouted in unison.
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Phoebe Das came out of the Chamber with a stern face, and Dorothys greeted him. Seeing that his expression was wrong, he asked urgently: "How is the situation?!"
"Go! Get on the boat! Go back!" Phoebe Das squeezed out angrily.
Under the "escort" of the patrol team, Phoebidas and his party hurried back, boarded the passenger ship, and sailed to the sea under the supervision of two patrol ships.
"You said, if my ship crashed into it!" Phoebe Das pointed to the patrol boat with his own ship in the center, and asked angrily: "Will they sink?! "
"Huh?..." Dorothys was taken aback. Before arriving in the Chamber, he had a foreboding that this mission would fail, but Phoebe was so angry that what happened in the Chamber. What? He didn't dare to ask if he knew it.
Phoebedas looked at the city of Turíy, which was about to disappear from the field of vision, secretly buried the shame he suffered this time, and said coldly: "Let’s go to Castellon!"
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"Your Excellency, driving away the Spartan messenger this time, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the Alliance." Cornelus said worriedly.
"I said long ago, drive away those mercenaries! You have to stay, now the trouble is coming!" Pollux said dissatisfied.
In the face of the blame, Capus and Agarcia, who were former mercenary comrades, are really hard to refute. At this time, Plessinas stood up and said: "Did the mercenaries not be punished by the Union law for their mistakes?! Didn't the other freedmen make mistakes?! Why must the hired be driven away? What about soldiers?! Everyone, now our alliance is extremely lack of labor. It is through the alliance’s open, free and equal attitude that attracts so many foreigners and free people to come. There is no reason to rush away from the confederation. People will only destroy the image of the alliance, and will only make all the Greeks who want to take refuge in us doubt!"
"But what if Sparta declares war on us?" Orifis asked worriedly.
"So what, do you want to agree to Sparta's unreasonable request and let Master Davos lead our citizens to Asia Minor?!" Plessingras scolded angrily.
"I...I..." Orifis glanced at Daves with a guilty conscience, and did not dare to speak.
"Sparta may not dare to go to war with us!" Daves smiled confidently: "We are not a small city-state, but a powerful force of Great Greece! Sparta wants to win, I'm afraid It’s not that easy! But most of its energy is now concentrated in Asia Minor. The war with Persia is not an easy task, nor is it easy to end! I also heard that Sparta had just organized the Olympia with Sparta not long ago. A war broke out in the city-state of Ellis at the Games...It can be seen that even on the Peloponnese Peninsula, there are many city-states that are dissatisfied with Sparta. At this time, it dares to launch another war in Great Greece. Express your doubts!" Daves said so, and in his heart he already regretted that he had rashly agreed to Agarcia without careful consideration. There has never been an absolute thing in the world. In case Sparta goes mad and has to go to war with the Alliance of Dionia, although Daves is not afraid to fight Sparta, it is just that the planned expansion of the alliance will be ruined again. .
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The action of the Spartan warship towards Castellon was unexpected by the Alliance, and the patrol ship immediately reported the discovery to the Senate.
After urgent discussion with the elders, Daves decided to send an envoy to Castellon immediately, and take the order of the Senate: Castelon refused to receive the Spartan envoy.
When the messenger rode a fast horse and quickly rushed to Castellon with the convenience of the newly built Turriy-Kastelon Avenue, the chief general of Castellon, Amiklis had already Leading other generals and some members of the Council of Hundreds rushed to the port to prepare to welcome the Spartan envoy. After all, the messengers of Sparta, the overlord of the Greek city-state, are here. As a remote small state, of course they dare not neglect.
Seeing Phoebe Das disembarking from the ship, when he was about to introduce each other and say hello, his subordinates hurried over and handed Amiklis a piece of papyrus. After seeing it, Amiklis' face changed drastically, and he was right immediately. Phoebe Das said: "Dear Spartan messenger, there is an urgent matter we need to discuss, please wait a moment!"
Then, without waiting for Phoebe Das' reply, he took the general and the congressmen to the distance.
"What seems to have happened?" Dorothys said curiously when they saw them in a circle, arguing about something.
Phoebedas didn't speak, he stared into the distance, feeling a little bad.
Amiklis came to him again, with a certain determination on his face: "Dear Spartan messenger, I’m sorry to tell you that Castellon, as a member of the League of Dionia, just After receiving the severe request from Dionia, you cannot enter Castellon City! So—" Amiklis waved apologetically, and a group of soldiers came up.
"You are humiliating Sparta! Have you thought about the consequences of doing this?!" Felidas angrily threatened. He originally wanted to leave Castellon after entering the city of Castellon. The relationship with Dionia, it is best to make it out of the League of Dioria, because according to his understanding, Castellon joined the alliance not long. In addition, he also wants to stay here for a few days, send soldiers into the port of Turei, catch a few mercenaries who fled here, and go back to the Council of the Elders, while being able to retaliate against the Alliance of Dioria. Now It seems that it is impossible to achieve.
Looking at Phoebe Das's angry departure, Amiklis was relieved for a while, and then became worried again: The Diorian League was too courageous to provoke the Spartans, if they really did. What should Castellon do with his troops coming? !
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Phoebedas was still not reconciled, he turned the bow and sailed towards Tarantum.
Tarantum is a strong state in Great Greece. Phoebe Das does not believe that the Alliance of Dionians can affect it. Moreover, Tarantum is a sub-state of Sparta, and the relationship between the two parties is friendly.
The establishment of Tarantum is somewhat dramatic: Hundreds of years ago, Sparta coveted the fertile lands of Messenia to the west of Turragonia, so it launched a war, which lasted for nearly a hundred years. , Sparta finally completely annexed Messenia, turning the Messenians of the same race into Black Rolls. However, due to the long-term expedition of Spartan men, the women were lonely at home. As a result, they had a relationship with the Piriasi people in Sparta and gave birth to a batch of babies. They were not recognized by Sparta when they grew up. So Franços, the leader of them, after many efforts, obtained the opportunity of Sparta to allow him to request an oracle from Delphi. As a result, the Temple of Apollo gave a confusing oracle: Go find a rainwater. A city can be built from the place where the clear sky falls. So Sparta agreed to Franços leading the illegitimate children and the exiles to leave Sparta to establish a colony.
Franços led the team to sail west to find a place to settle. Their fleet crossed the Adriatic Sea and then to the Gulf of Taranto. They saw many places along the way, which did not meet the requirements of the oracle. The long sea voyages caused complaints from the accompanying people, and Franços was also very frustrated. He told his wife about his distress, and the wife put his head on her lap to comfort him, but the sentimental wife became depressed instead. When Franços felt her tears splash on his forehead, he Suddenly realized the true meaning of the oracle, because his wife's name means "clear sky". So he immediately ordered the people to disembark, and the place to disembark was the Gulf of Puglia in Tarantum. They built a city here and named it after Taras, the son of Poseidon.
Although the founder of Tarantum left because he could not obtain Spartan citizenship, and later, Tarantum has developed into a democratic city-state (but it is similar to Amendorara with dual consuls The government, the Senate, and the Citizens’ Assembly are all born out of Sparta’s twin kings, the Council of the Elders, and the Citizens’ Assembly. Except for the absence of the Supervisory Council, which is not so oligarch), it is a prosperous commercial city and has always adhered to agricultural traditions. The mother state Sparta is very different, but it has always maintained a good relationship with Sparta. In the Peloponnesian War, Tarantum always stood firmly on the side of Sparta, and when the Athenian fleet expedition to Sicily, when passing through Great Greece, he refused to let it anchor and provide food and water. As a result, Athens retaliated, and it strongly supported the Mesapi to fight against Tarantum.
The arrival of Phoebe Das was of course welcomed by Tarantum, but after Phoebe Das exchanged greetings with Tarantum’s high-level officials, he immediately mentioned the arrogance of the Dionia Alliance. , Lack of respect for the traditional Greek city-states. And remind the veterans of Tarantum: The Alliance of Dionians respects force and aggressiveness, which is the danger of the great Greek city-states!
He also advised Tarantum not to ally with the Dionia alliance, but to limit its expansion.
The newly appointed consuls Diomelas and Umarcus just thought about him, joking and laughing, until Phoebe Das repeatedly forced him to express his position, and said with a smile: The Alliance of Dionia and Sparta must have some misunderstanding, Tarantum is willing to help you mediate. Nothing else will be mentioned.