Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 43: Four disputes in the Western Mediterranean Sea

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Cipoulos made a detailed and comprehensive comment on the Dionian army at the Trina Council: "...What impressed me is that the Dionian Citizens have strong discipline and command. The obedience is different from other allied armies I have seen, including our own. It is said that the Dionian League has formulated a special military law to restrict the behavior of soldiers and provide military training, marching, and camping... There are strict regulations in all aspects, and there are military judges in the army to supervise the implementation. Soldiers have to be punished for violations of the military law. There is no obvious resistance and resistance, but they are ashamed...

From the Dionian citizen soldiers, I learned that they must train every five days during the slack. This is a number of times that surprised us Trina, and they seem to be happy to train without complaining. The farmland was abandoned because of training...so they can skillfully use the shield spear, bow and arrow and javelin in their hands, and can maintain a complete formation during the march. The camp is not only serious, but also has a clear division of labor and high efficiency, so it takes a short time. Can build a heavily guarded camp that surprises me......

In addition, there is another obvious difference between the Dionian army and other city-states, that is, their commanders, team officers at all levels, are not temporarily designated after war mobilization, but have always held positions in the army, so They are not only experienced in combat, but also familiar with every soldier under their jurisdiction. Therefore, when they march and build a camp, they command the soldiers very smoothly, and they cooperate with each other in a tacit understanding. The responsibilities between the superiors and the superiors are clear, and there are few excuses and self-determinations when executing orders... …

What surprises me even more is that these soldiers are not afraid to fight, and eager to fight. This reminds me of the Spartans in Greece. Although I haven't seen them fighting, the ability to defeat Crotone with fewer victories and more is enough to prove the combat effectiveness of the Dionian army. In short, in my eyes, the Dionian army is like a terrible war weapon that is well-made and works well! ……"

After listening to Cipros, the Trina Council made a decision: to give the greatest support to Dionia in the Southern Italy League without affecting its own interests.

After several days of negotiations, a peace talks agreement was finally reached: Lokri compensated Corenia, Trina, Siritin, and Crotone for a certain amount of gold and silver, and the two sides realized a truce...

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Just as peace was restored in Southern Italy, a great war broke out in the Lucaria region northwest of Dionia in early March.

Potentia's army besieged and attacked Grumentum for more than ten days. Gnanet of Picosis rushed to and attacked the rear of Potentia’s army, while Cincinnag saw reinforcements on the city’s head and led the attack in time. Potentia was flanked back and forth. Quickly collapse. The Picosis and the Grumentums chased after each other, and the Potentians lost their camp and fled in embarrassment.

Picosis and Grummentum broke into the Potentia camp, seeing herds of cattle and sheep, piles of food, and many other tribes captured along the way to Potentia. There were many women, a large number of slaves, where there was still the mind to chase the enemy, the two sides began to **** the camp’s property and women, and there was a conflict.

The Pixis believed that they had defeated the Potentia army, and these spoils should belong to them; while the Grumentums believed that most of these treasures belonged to Potentia’s looting outside the city. The tribe's income from Grumentum should be returned to Grumentum.

The beginning quarrels and conflicts quickly turned into fighting, especially the Grumentums, who were originally superior in the Lucania League. During this time, not only many leaders were killed, Governance, and the contempt and instigation of the Picsis to them, made them feel disappointed and humiliated. In addition, the Picsis fighters who followed Cincinnag did a masterpiece in the city of Grumentum. Fu, the resentment that they had accumulated in their hearts finally broke out once they had been teased. The Grumentum people gathered one after another and frantically attacked the Pixis in the camp. The two sides started shopping and the scene was completely out of control.

Sincinnag couldn't stop it at all, and finally decided to ruthlessly wipe out these capricious Grumentums together, Potentia leader Polet led some of the regrouped fighters back again, in the camp. The Picosis, who fought with the Grumentums, was defeated on the back and in the back. The Cincinnag father and sons took the remnants. They did not even dare to return to the city of Grumentum. Flee back to Picsis.

In the end, the Potentians captured Grumentum.

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At the same time, after two months of siege and bitter battle, Tarantum finally captured Brindisi, a small city on the east of Tarantum and on the edge of the Adriatic Sea. This is from Tarantum. A major breakthrough in the expansion of the territory since the founding of the city.

The people dedicate their praise to the leading generals Diomilas and Archita. But Akita was really unhappy. This attack on the Mesapi was fully supported by the city-state. Although the original plan discussed by the council was realized, it opened up the land between Tarantum and the Adriatic Sea. Going up the road and cutting off the connection between the Mesapi people and the north, blocking them in the peninsula, but the price paid was also high. Tarantum civilian soldiers suffered as many as 4,000 casualties.

The fierceness of the Mesapi is famous in southern Italy. During the great Greek colonial era hundreds of years ago, many Greek city-states were established in southern Italy, but on this "heel" peninsula, there was always only Tarantum. While other colonial city-states are attacking and assimilating the nearby natives and expanding their territories, the uniquely positioned Tarantums are lamenting their misfortune. Their neighbors to the east, Mesapi, are not only fierce but also numerous. Moreover, the Mesapi are not completely barbaric indigenous people. According to their own claims, they are Illyrians from northern Greece near the Adriatic Sea, and have cultural traditions similar to those of the Greeks (the Greeks have never recognized them , Still treating them as barbarians), preventing Tarantum from advancing inland for hundreds of years. Especially decades ago, Tarantum supported the mother state of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, which aroused the hostility of Athens, so Athens supported the Mesapi people to fight against Tarantum. The Sapi’s invasion of Tarantum began to increase, causing the people to suffer.

This time, if it were not for the stimulus of the rapid rise of Dionia, the Tarantum Senate might not be determined to attack the Mesapis, but Achita knew that although the city-state won temporarily, the Messapis would never Will not give up, and the war with them will probably continue for a long time.

The wailing of the wounded soldiers outside the city and the proud screams of the crows pecking at the corpse are intertwined, making the heart tremble...

Achita stood on the low city wall of Brindsey, staring blankly at the western horizon that was stained scarlet as blood by the setting sun, full of worries about the future...

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In April, Siracusa’s army continued to move westward, and the city-states of Elyx, Halusier and others surrendered. The only one who remained loyal to Carthage, Celinsta, was under siege.

In the middle of the day, Dionysius' army arrived at the westernmost point of Sicily, facing the island city in the bay, and at the same time, Carthage's important base in Sicily-Motia.

Motea destroyed the causeway connecting the land and prepared to defend it by the sea.

Dionysius commanded the army to rebuild the causeway. At the same time, he led troops to conquer the nearby area. However, Celinsta repelled Syracuse’s attack, forcing Syracuse to continue to besiege it.

In May, the causeway was completed, and Dionysius returned with his army to prepare to attack Motia.

At this time, Carthage was also preparing to send troops to rescue this precarious maritime city. They first adopted the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, sending warships to Syracuse, breaking into the port, destroying the ships in the port, and attempting to bring Dionysius back to help, but Dionysius remained unmoved.

Carthage General Jimilco had to lead his army to directly rescue Motia. A large number of Carthage ships bypassed the Cape of Palermo and sailed into the bay aggressively, trying to destroy the Syracuse staying on the beach. Boat.

Dionysius has been waiting for a long time. He arranged dozens of new weapons-ballistas on the beaches of this circular peninsula. With an order, he shot a bowl of round stones with a big mouth. Go out and hit the Carthage warship in the bay...

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Davers carefully looked at the silver-white coin in his hand: it weighs four grams, is very close to the standard round, and has a portrait of Hades with thick beard and hair on one side, and the engraved "League of Dionia" The letters, on the other side are the leafy poplar trees (the sacred tree of Hades), and the letters of "the third year of the 95th Olympia Games" are engraved below. The images on both sides are in the middle, with subtle depictions, obvious concavities and convexities, and clear letters.

Davers tossed the coin, caught it again, squeezed it in his hand, and asked, "How much silver does it contain?"

Terry De Moss stepped forward and said: "According to your proposal and passing the "Coinmaking Act" of the Senate, we made a drachma silver coin with a purity of more than 95%. The "Owl" in Athens is quite pure (that is, the Laurean silver coin, which is well-known throughout Greece), but -" Tritod Moss said worriedly: "We don't have the big silver mines in Athens. The revenue from the treasury is mainly trade and Tax income, the issuance of such high-purity silver coins, there will be no small losses."

Davers nodded, and patiently explained: "We will indeed suffer some losses, but I have explained it very clearly during the Senate meeting. Now Dionia’s monthly treasury income is nearly 50 tyrants. In particular, according to Mariji’s analysis, this number will increase when we become closer to the other alliance states of the SAARC. Therefore, we can bear this loss. What's more, every city and every market of ours has it. The Market Management Office can more accurately determine the purity of the silver coins traded in various cities, as well as bank exchanges, plus additional handling fees, which can partially make up for the losses caused by the minting of the alliance..."