Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 61: The slave release ceremony in the temple and the Dionian rugby match

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Zipoulos continued: "Now Niutum and Grumentum, the two towns that once belonged to the Lucanians, are now part of the Dionian League. Many Lucanians Have become Dionian citizens. Then how can the Lucanians of other tribes really hate Dionian! On the contrary, with your Elia’s help, Dionian can take advantage of Luca. When the power of the Leah tribe weakened, it occupied the entire Lucania area, which allowed Dioria to gain greater strength. Therefore, how could Dioria not ally with Elia!"

Canos fell silent, thinking about every word Cipoulos said, and said for a long time: "Dionia has become stronger, don't the other city-states belonging to the Southern Italy League feel afraid?"

Sipoulos hasn’t fully recovered from the excitement. He drank heavily and said without hesitation: "No matter what other city-states think, I think the power of Dionia is a good thing for Elia. , We are tired of the frequent wars between the city-states and the invasion of the Brute people. The stronger the Dionia, the more peace it can bring to this land. After all, from the perspective of Dionia’s past practices, treat it Ally, it’s always friendly, unless you take the initiative to invade it. It is far less brutal than Syracuse in the south!"

Kaños understood what Cipros meant by "cruel". After Dionysius captured the Greek city-states in Sicily, he sometimes slaughtered the local residents and turned all the remaining prisoners into slaves. This has never been done before in the history of the Western Mediterranean. It shocked the Greeks in Sicily and Great Greece, so Kanios could hear it even as far away as Elia. He looked at Cipros across the table, thinking maliciously: Is the brutality of Dionysius also one of the main reasons why these southern Italian city-states are willing to form an alliance with Dionia?

He asked curiously: "Dionia’s government is so special. I think all the southern Italian city-states including Trina should have noticed. Is there any city-state that tried to implement Dionia? Are these bills beneficial to city-state expansion?"

Sipoulos was taken aback, then smiled bitterly: "At today's celebration, I also briefly talked about this topic with a few members of the Crotone Council who I knew. This is basically impossible. Think about it. First of all, will all city-state citizens agree?"

As soon as Kanios was reminded, he suddenly realized: How could the conservative and xenophobic citizens of the Greek city-state allow outsiders to share the city-state's wealth and rights! And the city-state's highest authority-the citizens' assembly is composed of most of the city-state citizens, they can't let these unfavorable bills pass!

"Why does Dionia work?" Kanios raised his own question.

"This..." Cipros patted the table lightly, thinking, and said: "I don't know the detailed reason, but the great power and prestige possessed by Dionian Archon Daves is undoubtedly The most important reason."

This point, Kanios also agreed, but it is impossible for a consul like Daves to appear in Elia.

"But..." Cipros looked at Kanios, hesitatingly said: "There are still some problems with the emerging city-state alliance like Dionia..."

"What's the problem?" Kanios asked urgently.

Ciplos glanced back, and somehow the waiter in the restaurant was already standing behind him. He shook his head and stopped talking.

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The next morning, the celebration ceremony for the completion of the Temple of Hades continued.

This time, it was presided over by Davos, the high priest of Davos, in front of the temple, and in the name of Hades, the underworld king, the slaves in the alliance were given freedom.

Since this was the first time it was held, not many slaves were released, mainly the union officials who had performed outstandingly in the past year, and most of the private slaves came from Davers's family.

With the expansion of the Dionian Alliance territory, the banks and restaurants opened by Kristia are also expanding rapidly. At the same time, she is constantly exploring new business channels, such as Kristia’s shops, mainly Selling school supplies for the newly built Dionia School, as well as rugby and football equipment, for which she bought a large number of slaves to ensure sufficient labor and at the same time to give free slaves who performed well. On the one hand, I wanted to use them as an example to give hope to other slaves and encourage them to work harder; on the other hand, Daves set an example as a consul, guiding the people to treat their slaves kindly, so as to alleviate the entire Dionian League. The contradiction between the inner slave and the master and the whole society.

Among the slaves released by Daves, there is Kristia’s personal maid——Azuna. Asuna has already told Kristia that even if she is free, she is still willing to As a hired worker, she continues to serve Christia, who of course welcomes her very much. In fact, apart from the change of status, Asuna's lifestyle is not much different from before, including receiving salary, because Christia paid her a close female slave a long time ago.

Because domestic slaves spend a long time with their masters day and night, they often have feelings similar to their relatives. Therefore, it is not uncommon for masters to release slaves before death or continue to serve the master's family after slaves are free. For the emancipated slaves of Dionia, there is one more thing they must do as soon as possible, and that is to immediately apply to the Union's household registration officer for a preliminary citizenship.

After the slave liberation ceremony, the joyous celebration begins.

The theater funded by the alliance and for the public to watch for free will be performed non-stop for three consecutive days in the newly built theater in Turíy. If it is in Athens, there will be countless people queuing for the number plate, rushing to enter. Appreciate. But in Dionia, especially in Turei, the people are more interested in the Dionia rugby tournament. Last year, only four cities including Amendorara, Turri, Niutum and Laos participated. The rugby match attracted the attention of countless people. This year, Crimea, Castellon, Asprostum, and even Grumentum, who has just merged into the league, have also formed teams. Participate (it is mainly composed of soldiers from the Third Army who moved to Grumentum). The expansion of the participating teams has made the competition more intense, and the opening ceremony has become more formal.

The VIPs of the Dionian League and the South Italian League received invitations. After the entire arena was filled, the loud bronze horns resounded through the arena, and players from each city lined up to enter the stadium and circle the stadium in turn.

The people cheered enthusiastically, especially the players in their city were excited.

When Amiklis watched Castellon’s players pass the main stand, he clapped vigorously and said loudly to the people around him: "Look, that’s our Castellon player! Walk in the forefront It's Gorkis, look at them as strong as a herd of Lucania bulls!"

People around laughed kindly.

Anta Auris, Euricpus, and Pleards, the three veterans of Crimea who have just entered the Senate do not understand why the chief general of Castellon was so excited, Kuno Goleta smiled and explained to them in a low voice: "When the football game was held last year, we also invited Castellon. As a result, Laos participated, but Castellon did not. So many people made fun of it. Said,'Castellans are timid and weak in nature and dare not participate in this kind of fierce men's game.' It seems that these words really stimulated them. This year they specially formed a team to prove themselves, even their generals. Alkis himself ended up."

For the three people who have never watched the game, they still can’t understand the kind of enthusiasm and craziness shown by the Dionian people, but the fanatical atmosphere around them also infected them, just like other city-state VIPs. , Applauded the players parading off the field.

Then, they saw the team representing Crimea, because the wooden sign held by the leading player was engraved with the dazzling red letter "Crimissa", and most of the team of more than 50 people were strange faces.

Anta Auris knows: In the past few months, there have been citizens and prospective citizens of Dionian who have moved to Crimea due to the distribution of land, so even if the time to join the League of Dionian is short , I am afraid the technology of this team will not be too bad.

Anta Auris also saw a few familiar faces in the team. Like other players, their faces were full of excitement. While talking cordially with their teammates, they kept beckoning to the audience outside the field. A former citizen of Crimea has now become a Dionian citizen, only a few months later, but he has naturally integrated into the team.

Anta Auris was in a complicated mood for a while.

"Master Anta Oris, I am looking forward to seeing the performance of the Crimea players." Kunogorata's meaningful words brought Anta Oris back to his senses.

"Don't worry, they must have performed better than Castellon." Anta Auris pretended to say lightly, and several people laughed.

The eight teams finally stood in the center of the field.

At this moment, Daves stood up from the spectator stand, and the arena that was boiling had gradually quieted down.

The VIPs of the Southern Italian League were shocked and envious: Daves’s great prestige among the Dionian people is evident!

Daves’ voice sounded in the arena: “Hundreds of years ago, the great **** Zeus created the Olympia Games. Since then, fierce competitions have replaced **** fights. The Greek city-states have reduced wars and increased peace! And a year ago, the great Hades brought us rugby. Since then, rugby has flourished in the Dionian League. People have gained health, happiness, and unity in this fierce sport. Won the friendship! Today, the best players of the Dionian League and the league are gathered here. In order to thank Hades for the gift, we will have the most exciting and fierce rugby game to compete for the only championship! Fight, players Guys! Hades will bless you!"