Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 44: The attention of Dionysius and the funeral of King Sparta

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The three looked at each other.

Zantiparis hurriedly comforted him and said, "Agarcia, you did nothing wrong! We are all very grateful that you saved us from the death battlefield of Asia Minor! As long as we stay patiently in the Alliance, I believe we will eventually Obtaining citizenship and land is just a little uncomfortable now. As for Sparta, you have to believe me and Timathon, at least for three or four years, they will not be able to have any hostile behavior against the alliance!"

The Greeks like to drink wine with water, thinking that it’s not easy to get drunk and make stupid actions, but Agarcia didn’t drink beer tonight, and all drank wine without water, and finally got drunk. .

Tima Song and they struggled to help him home.

When they came out, the three of them sighed.

Criano pouted and said: "He regrets calling us to Great Greece, is he not going to help us anymore?!"

"Agarcia is not such a person!" Zantiparis shook his head: "I think he is under too much pressure recently and wants to relax with a drink. However, we should really restrain those who don't listen!"

The two argued for a while, but when they looked back they saw Tima Song walking slowly with his head down, thinking about something.

"Tima Song, what do you think?! We should go back to the dock!" Crianno shouted.

Tima Song looked at them and said slowly and seriously: "I still remember Davers used to say a word, ‘It’s better to rely on others than on yourself’!"

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Phoebe Das arrived in Syracuse and received a grand welcome from Dionysius. He invited Phoebe Das and his entourage to his palace to set up a banquet and personally accompany him.

Looking at the seductive dance of the beautiful female slaves in the center of the banquet hall, Phoebe Das, who had developed strong self-control in the barracks since he was a child, also felt dry. He even poured several sips of wine.

I heard that Laysander lived in the Asia Minor city-states under his control at the time like the princes of the East, it should be like this! Phoebe thought to himself.

"Phoebedas, I heard that you went to Dionia. Has the matter been done?" Dionysius asked casually, the Spartan warship was in the tower. Lanto Bay turned around, and someone had spread the news to Syracuse long ago.

"Yes, but no success." Phoebe Dastan admitted, with some appreciation in his tone: "The consuls and senators of the Dionian League are very tough, even in the face of us. Bada did not give in at all!"

"Oh!" Dionysius said with a slight surprise: "It sounds like you have a good impression of them?"

"Although the contact time is not long, I can feel that they admire war and victory, respect capable generals and warriors, and train very frequently, which is somewhat similar to our Spartans!" Phoebe Das did not. Be stingy with your compliments: "And this new alliance is developing very rapidly. I heard that it was just a small city-state more than half a year ago. Now it has three cities and two affiliated allies. I believe it will not be long before it becomes the dominant one. A powerful force in Great Greece!"

After listening, Dionysius squeezed a smile: "This is a good thing, at least the indigenous people of Great Greece have met their opponents." Having said that, the glass he had originally held was "boom". Putting it down, the drink splashed on the table, and he immediately turned the topic to the army he was about to attack Carthage.

Phoebe Das looked in his eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

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On the way back to Sparta, Dorothys, who had been holding back for a long time, asked: "Phoebedas, why did you praise Dionia at the banquet?"

"My compliment will make Dionysius sleepless!" Phoebedas smiled triumphantly: "Since the former tyrant of Syracuse, Gron, Syracuse has been regarded as The leader of Sicily and Great Greece. I remember the old man once said that Gronn even sent troops north to Campania in the central Apennines to defeat the Etruscans who were besieging Kumai... and Dionysius’s More ambitious, he used force to turn the Greek city-states in southeastern Sicily into Syracuse’s subordinates. Will he allow a powerful force in Great Greece to threaten Syracuse’s status?!...... It’s a pity He is about to attack Carthage and cannot take action against Dionia in a short time..."

"Oh, that's it!" Dorobisis suddenly realized, but he immediately asked again: "Since Dionysius is interested in Great Greece, then Dionyia is probably not as good as Lijim and K. Rotone’s weight in his heart."

"Yes." Phoebe Das admits this: "The current strength of Dionia is not as strong as these traditional great Greek powers, but its speed of development will also arouse this lustful Sicily. Human vigilance."

Dorobisis recalled the spectacular sight he had seen when he was invited by Dionysius to inspect his army before, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Speaking of which, Dionysius is really amazing. Send an army of 50,000 to 60,000, and two or three thousand cavalry to attack Carthage!"

"Although there are many people, I don’t think there are many soldiers who are really good at fighting!" Phoebe Das said half of the truth, half of it was from the sour grape psychology, because even Sparta, who has become the overlord of Greece, cannot Sending such a large army at one time, the strength of Syracuse and its affiliated city-states can be imagined.

Let Syracuse, Carthage, and Dionia kill each other! Phoebe Das cursed in his heart.

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Entering the new year (398 BC), Turriy-Castell Avenue has been completely built, and the few kilograms of Rotone prisoners from Dioria have also expired due to the half-year deadline. And returned to Crotone.

For Daves, his mood is getting more and more nervous and excited, because Kristonia's stomach is getting bigger and bigger, and it is less than a month before the due date.

At this time, news came from Niutum. Potentia officially announced that he would support Akpiru’s son Lusau to retake Grumentum, and asked Sinsingnag to return Picsis, otherwise Potentia will send troops to fight.

Sincinnag suddenly became nervous. He took the initiative to send envoys to the Grumentum tribes occupying the southern city, expressing his willingness to immediately implement their previous requirements, as long as they can unite again to cope with the upcoming Potentia's army.

Sincinnag’s soft service makes these tribal leaders very happy. They are also afraid that Lusau will retake Grumentum. They will find them to settle the ledger, because they know that Lusau, like his father, is also a The person who must report to Javier.

Everyone thinks so: It is the external pressure that forces the two forces in Grumentum to compromise with each other and come together again. But when the leaders happily came to the center of the city to prepare for peace talks with Sinsingnag, they didn't expect that Sinssingnag ambushed a large number of soldiers in advance, broke out and swept all the leaders of the meeting, and then launched a surprise attack.

The tribe in Nancheng was killed because of the leader and neglected to guard. As a result, under the premeditated attack of the Picosis fighters, there were heavy casualties. Some fighters surrendered, and some escaped from Grumentum City.

In the face of military threats from Potentia, Cincinnag unified Grumentum in one fell swoop. Hearing this news, even Daves had to admire the decisiveness and cruelty of Sinsing Nagar, but he did not know that Sinsing Nagar could do so, most of it was the experience he learned from the painful memory of being attacked from behind by the Vigs. .

And soon, Sesta sent a report to the Senate, saying: Due to the killing of Sinsingnagar in Grumentum, some Lucarias fled to Niutum and added Epikosis and Potentia are about to go to war, and the small tribes sandwiched between the two major forces have fled southward for fear of being caught in the war, making the number of registered citizens of Niutum soar to 8,000. Niutum has neither sufficient land allocation nor the ability to support such a large population, and demands that some Lucaria be moved to Turei.

Daves and the elders had repeated discussions, especially during this period of Niutum's stability and the good performance of the Lukanians, so that everyone finally reached a consensus: agree to move.

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Phoebedas returned to Sparta, and his report on Dionian's mission did not attract the attention of the Council of Elders. One of the reasons is that he has always acted on his own. The Spartan elders who knew him were a bit disgusted with his repeated emphasis on "The Alliance of Dionians is disrespectful and arrogant to Sparta, and must be punished." Instead, they concluded that it was He caused such a result by causing trouble himself. The more important reason is that the elders do not have the energy to deal with this trivial matter now, because Akis, one of the twin kings of Sparta, has died of illness.

Since the time of Homer, Sparta has practiced the rule of two kings. The king, known as the direct descendant of the Hercules, was born from two hereditary royal families: one is located in the center of Sparta. The Jidai family, one is from the Ulipentides family from southern Laconia. Akis was born in the Ulipontides family. Although in this era, due to the rise of democracy, Spartan's kingship has been greatly restricted, but it still enjoys many honors, especially at the time of death, the entire Spartan territory is preparing for the funeral of Akis: The cavalry ran across Laconia, announcing the death of King Acis; the women beat the iron pot to report the news in Sparta; after learning the news, each household must have two free men, one male and one male. Women wear mourning attire and observe filial piety; Pisias must also send a fixed number of people to attend the funeral held by the Council of Elders.

The funeral lasts for ten days. During these ten days, public affairs cannot be dealt with. After ten days, the elders’ first priority is to elect a new king.