Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 71: The current situation of Picosis

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"They are a long way, and of course they are too late to arrive here." Felicius comforted him: "The Fifth Army owes you a favor to the Fourth Army, and they will return it to you in the future."

Epiteans sneered: "Commander, do you think Dracos is a grateful person?"

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At the same time as the army of Syracuse landed on Lokri, the army led by Daves had reached Picosis. Earlier, he had sent a messenger to inform the chief executive of Picosis that Anta Oris had to seal the news that the army had arrived. For this reason, Anta Oris even sent the only five small warships in the port to temporarily intercept the merchant ships heading north, forcing them to Temporarily docked at the Port of Picosis, causing complaints. But Davers, who arrived in Picosis, heard about this, but praised Anta Auris for his decisive and careful work, and the courage to take responsibility.

At this time, Anta Auris was accompanying the Archon Daves to inspect the city and port of Picossis. Daves was quite satisfied with the order and construction of the entire city. He asked: "Now Picosís How many Dionian citizens are there?"

"There are 4,523 full citizens, 3,351 prospective citizens, 5,117 registered free citizens, and a total of 12,991 people. The population of the entire Picosis is about 53,000..." Said.

"Oh, Picosis has a large population!" Daves was a little surprised.

"My lord, Picosis was originally a big city in the Lucania region no less than Grumentum and Potentia. Moreover, it is a seaside city, which is far more attractive to the free citizens of Greece. Lukania cities such as Lumentum and Niutum are much larger." Anta Oris said proudly.

"So, many Greeks come here to settle?" Daves asked immediately.

"Yes. There are about 4230 Greek Dionian official citizens, prospective citizens and free citizens, and this number is increasing every day, mostly Greeks from Tampalia ."

"In just three years, the Greeks of Picosis are approaching half of the population!" Daves was taken aback again, and then asked worriedly: "They and the Lucanians usually Are there many conflicts?"

"There are some, but it is not too intense." Anta Auris said with a more relaxed expression: "Because Picsis has experienced many defeats before being merged into our Dionia. The young and middle-aged Lucania in Sri Lanka has suffered heavy casualties. Not only did they vacate a lot of land, most of the remaining people also lost their aggressiveness and blood, and their tribal settlements were mostly in the eastern mountainous areas, mainly grazing. Greeks prefer flat land near the sea, so the two sides can still have peace. There is also... Well, the living habits of the Campania-based Greeks are somewhat similar to those of the Lucanians. Get along well..."

"It seems that you are enjoying your life here! And you, the chief executive, did a very good job. You know the situation of the citizens of this city very clearly!..." Davers even claimed to praise him, and at the same time After being interested by what he said before, he asked: "Master Anta Oris, would you please tell me about the other characteristics of this Campanian?"

"My lord, the Greeks in Campania are the most unlike Greeks I have ever seen except for our Dionians."

Anta Auris' words caught Daves' attention: "Oh, what do you say?"

Anta Auris thought for a while and said seriously: "I guess it may be because the Greeks in Campania have always been surrounded by foreign races (there are Wolsi in the north of Campania and the south Lucanians, there are Samonas on the east, and the Phoenicians on the large island of Sardinia, which is very close to the west), so on the one hand, compared to the Greeks who like freedom in other places, Campa The Nya people are very united and like to do things in groups. On the other hand, some of their living habits are influenced by their neighbors, such as eating beef and mutton, and worshiping some gods that are not Greek. For example, some Campania people still Established the deity worshipped by the Samoites, Savoni (the **** of war of the Samoites), and believed that they could avoid the harm of wild beasts... In Picosis, these characteristics of them are also very obvious."

Davers smiled, and said earnestly: "We have Greeks, Lucanians, Brutis in our alliance, and now there are Campanian Greeks, maybe there are More races have joined this alliance. Therefore, when dealing with conflicts between ethnic groups, we must first adhere to a principle-tolerance, tolerance of their religion, tolerance of their living habits; secondly, justice, anyone, All races are equal under the laws of Dionian and cannot be partial; there is also to guide them to like our way of life, entertainment, competition, military training... The most important thing is religion, Hades is Don’t forget the protector of Dionians! Over time, I believe that no matter who they were before, they will eventually become Dionians!"

Anta Auris listened carefully, then nodded convincingly, "Master Daves, you are so right!"

"I'm just talking about it. In fact, you are already doing this in the management of this city, right?" Daves smiled self-deprecatingly: "If you want to speed up the integration of these races, you'd better find The common ground between them. During this time I discussed with Ansitanos and discovered a secret——"

Daves looked at Anta Auris, saw that he was listening attentively, and said in a more serious tone: "The Hercules Hercules is very famous among all races in Italy, and some tribes even claim to be Descendants of his descendants...I am going to propose in the Senate,'Build a temple of Hercules in Turei and start his celebrations, so that the people of all ethnic groups in Dionian will be the gods. Celebrate'... Well, it was only temporarily suspended because of the outbreak of the war. I think Picsis can try to do it first. What do you think?"

"My lord, you are a good idea!" Anta Auris gave a heartfelt compliment: "In fact, there are already several Altars of Hercules in Picosis, Lucania and There are people from both sides of Campania. I will try my best to build a great temple of Hercules and make Picsis the center of worship to Hercules in this area!"

"Are you planning to grab Turri's limelight? I'm afraid Kunogolata will fight you desperately." Daves jokingly said, and the two laughed.

The two chatted and laughed on the way back to the city hall. In this harmonious atmosphere, no one mentioned Euricopus and Pleards. Actually, there is no need to mention it, because it has become a thing of the past. .

Back to the city hall, Antónius, commander of the First Army, and Amintas, commander of the Second Army, were already waiting there.

"My lord, the construction of the camp has been completed, and the soldiers have begun to rest." Antonios saw Daves coming in and immediately reported: "In addition, a messenger from the Third Army has sent news that the Third Army has already On the way to Picosis, it is estimated that I will be there at dusk."

"You said that this Alexis was so scared to withdraw from Potentia before he had a direct confrontation with the Samonaites. This is too embarrassing to our Dionian Legion!" Mintas sneered dissatisfiedly from the side.

"If the third army figure really heads to the Samoneite army, I am afraid that now I can only take your 1st and 2nd army with less than 20,000 people to face the 40,000 people of Samona. How to fight this battle?! Alexis gave up his reputation for the victory of the entire war. This safe approach is undoubtedly very correct! It should be worthy of your study, especially you Amin Tas!" Daves said sternly. The encounter of the Third Army in Potentia has been a few days ago, and Daves had known the detailed story from Anta Auris.

Amintas grumbled a few words unconvincedly, and did not dare to speak loudly.

"My lord, this Samonais seems more fierce. First he set up an ambush, and then he took the initiative to send an army frontal attack. It didn't give the Third Army a chance to breathe." Antonios interjected: "If we know that we are ready to attack. Poseidonia, will the Samonais send an army to kill again?!"

"Samonets dare to come, I'm afraid they won't come!" Daves began to carefully analyze the plan he had been considering these days to the three people in the living room: "According to intelligence In the past, the Samonais fought with the Lucanians, and they have always won more than the losses, and the Campanians have been attacked by them for many years. Presumably, the Samonais have always been very proud of their fighting ability. In addition, this is the first time that the Samoneites have dispatched so many warriors, and I am afraid it has contributed to their arrogant arrogance. Among them is the credit of the Syracuse—" he said, and glanced at Antao. Reese.

Anta Auris nodded and said: "The warships patrolling our harbor have repeatedly reported back these days,'I found a large number of cargo ships from Syracuse going northward and entering the port of Poseidonia.' I miss them. It is very likely that the food was delivered to the Samoneites."

"Damn Syracuse!" Amintas yelled and shouted, "My lord, we should take advantage of the Samonais before we arrive and quickly capture Poseidonia. Cut off the food supply for the Samoneites!"

"This is a way." Daves did not nod his head, and continued: "But Anta Oris told me that the Samonais have their own port town in the south of Campania-Enona. (Irna), otherwise they wouldn’t have dared to dispatch an army of more than 40,000 people before they captured Poseidonia. Only taking Poseidonia would only add a few more to the Syracuse The trouble of transporting food is nothing but the time for us to repel them. Besides, Dionysius of Syracuse is already preparing to invade Great Greece, so we cannot engage in a protracted war of attrition with the Samonis! "