Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 96: Henipolis (subscription required)
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Daves fell into deep thought after hearing this: The practice of Greek city-state citizens to go out to fight is to bring their own rations for three days, no more than five days. I have never heard of people paying so many days of rations. This is not a direct donation. It's no different. Citizens are obliged to fight for the city-state and dedicate their blood and lives, but they are not obligated to donate their property for the city-state. Doing so will probably arouse dissatisfaction among citizens, dampen their passion for fighting, and set a bad precedent...
Meersis saw Davers hesitating, and continued to persuade them: "Although the soldiers are required to bring more rations, they are not at a loss. After defeating Bruty, they can share More land!"
Davos pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "Dionian’s plan for dividing land by military merits is a plan formulated before, and we cannot use this bill to ask citizens for additional benefits."
"Davers..." Melses wanted to persuade him again.
Davers interrupted him, thinking about it and said, "But...Mersis, you reminded me. We can borrow a certain amount of grain from the citizens in the name of the Senate... When the treasury becomes sufficient , And then repay the citizens who borrowed the grain with the interest. What do you think of this method?"
"This is a good way!" Melses said loudly, "But the interest rate shouldn't be too high."
"The interest is up to you." Seeing that the rations problem has been solved, Daves felt lighthearted: "You are the best financial officer in Nanyi! But you'd better work out a plan as soon as possible and meet in the Senate. Raised."
"With your support from Daves, is the bill still not passed!" Merses was in a good mood, and took the opportunity to flatter him, and then said: "I went to the Tino River the day before yesterday and saw you The one...under construction...well, the hot spring bathroom is about to be completed, when are you going to officially start operating it? Don't forget, let me know early, I want to be the first citizen to enter the hot spring bathroom to enjoy! "
In Persia, while enjoying the massage of female slaves trained by Daves, Merses also listened to Daves’s description that the combination of massage and hot spring bath was not only more comfortable, but also more beneficial to the body. My heart yearns for it. Since the construction of the hot spring bathhouse, he has gone to inspect more times than the real master Daves.
Davos knew this of course and readily agreed to him.
After sending off Merses away, Daves returned to the living room and pondered over the map of the Bruti area drawn by the messenger of Sirru: How to fight the Bruti? Which place would be the best breakthrough in order to be able to shorten the course of the war? ...
After a long thought, he got up and went for a walk in the corridor to relax his brain and clear his thoughts.
"Father!" In the middle of the courtyard, Adoris, who played a rugby toss and catch game with slaves, waved to him.
Davers responded with a smile and reminded him to be safe. The siblings adopted by Daves were strange and restrained from the beginning, and after more than a year of living together, they finally integrated into the family. According to Kristia, especially Cynthia, she became very sensible and often helped her to look after little Klo. After Davers came back, he hadn't seen this smart and lovely adopted daughter. She should still be studying in school now.
Daves thought, walking around the corridor. Just after walking around, I ran into Hernipolis who came back from outside.
As the son of Avinojis, the Archon of Laos, when Hernipolis first came to Turei to study, Daves put him in his home from the very beginning, which is a great challenge to Avi. Nogis's win over is also the cultivation of Hernipolis, and cultivates his sense of identity with Dionia. This practice of Davos has gradually been promoted among the senators of the Senate. The children of leading figures from allied city-states such as Castellon and Niutum, or the leaders of the small tribe of Lucania, come to Turiyi to play and learn. Most of them are not staying in hotels, but are invited to live in the homes of the elders of the Senate. For example, the child of Amiklis, Chief General of Castellon, lives in Kunogolata's home.
"My lord, you're back!" Hernipolis started yelling as soon as he saw Daves: "How about, defeated the savages?!"
Davers smiled, and only said faintly: "Tarantum has signed a peace agreement with them." Then he changed the topic: "I heard that you are now studying with Master Ansitanos. "
When Henipolis first arrived, he was unstable. First, I went to the hospital and said I wanted to learn medical skills, but I stayed for a while, because I couldn't bear the patient's wailing and **** scenes and retreated. Later, I went to the Institute of Mathematics, but I was confused by the tedious calculations. I went to the arena for a while to practice rugby. It was not until the establishment of the school that I applied to study with Ancitanos, a well-known scholar in Nanyi. At least these few months later, his performance was fairly good.
"My lord, the old man Ansitanos was too much. He used me as a slave. Not only did he arrange a lot of work as a scribe for me, but he also often run errands for him..." Hernipolis suffered a lot. .
"Since this is the case, I'll go and talk to Ancitanos, and then I'll change your teacher." Davers said seriously, looking like he was very considerate of him.
Henipolis waved his hand quickly: "No! Don't go! What you said, he doesn't know how to torture me when I look back!"
He lowered his head and stammered: "...Actually...actually learning from him...I really learned a lot of things, which made me interested in history...Today, he let me Come back and write an article about'why Sybaris would perish'."
"Oh." Daves came interested: "Why do you think Subaris will perish?"
"Of course it’s because of the difference in commanding ability between Subaris and Crotone! Crotone can defeat Subaris because they have Pythagoras, just like our Dionia today. I can beat Crotone because you are like an adult!" Hernipolis replied without hesitation, and slapped a flattering by the way.
We! When Daves heard this word, his eyes flashed and he smiled: "There is another more important reason. The long-term rich and luxurious life not only corrodes the bodies of the Subaris, but also corrodes their minds and causes them to lose. Otherwise, even if Pythagoras wins the battle with a clever trick, Ishbaris is a powerful national power. They can reorganize the army and use the rich resources and sufficient population to continue to fight with Crotone. Protracted battles will not allow the Crotones to take advantage of the victory and easily occupy their city-states!
The same goes for Crotone today. Serving as the hegemon of Great Greece for a long time, they became proud and lost their vigilance, and at the same time they were accustomed to peace. When our troops set foot on the Croton Plains, they hurriedly called for peace. If they choose to continue fighting with us Dionia, our alliance will not achieve where it is today so soon. So there is a good saying, ‘difficult environment makes the city-state strive to survive, and the easy life makes the country easy to perish! ’”
Henipolis' eyes lit up, repeated chanting the last sentence, and then excitedly said: "My lord, what you said is so good! I want to write it in my article so that the old man knows me Awesome!"
Davers hurriedly said: "Don't say that I said it."
"Of course!"
There was a burst of laughter in the courtyard.
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A few days later, Anta Auris returned to Turri. When the Senate learned of what the Bruti had done, they were very angry and threatened to punish Bruti severely.
One day later, the messenger of Trina, Cipros, brought a small number of Xiru people who were lucky enough to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Bruti tribal alliance to Turei.
Daves met them personally and officially promised: Dionia will seek justice for them from the Bruti Tribal Alliance in due course.
Next, these Xilu people, whose relatives were slaughtered and lost their homes, not only told about their tragic experience in the Senate, but also told the Dionian people in the square and at the assembly, which aroused the sympathy of many citizens. They all said: We should help these poor Greeks and take revenge on the hateful Bruti!
For a time, there was a tense atmosphere of war in Dionia, but the Senate did not issue a war mobilization because the autumn received...
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Corinth, a Greek city-state on the Peloponnese Peninsula, a city-state with a long history like Sparta, the Isthmus of Corinth is located in the geographic center of the Greek mainland, not only making it an alliance of the Greeks An ideal place for gatherings, such as the Hippo War a few decades ago, and the Peloponnesian Alliance troops often set off after gathering here. At the same time, the unique geographical location also brought it convenient for trade.
As early as more than a hundred years ago, Corinth’s prestige prevailed in Greece. Not only was it rich in the Mediterranean, but its culture was also very developed. For this reason, the powerful and confident Corinthians founded the Isthmus Games and quickly became the four largest in Greece. One of the games.
This four-year celebration to celebrate Poseidon, the **** of the sea, was supposed to be held in the summer of this year, but it was postponed to September for some reason. Even so, the Greeks who came to participate in and watch the games still rushed to this isthmus city-state from all directions in the Mediterranean. Almost all the well-known Greek city-states sent athletes to participate, even if they had some contradictions with Corinth in recent years. Bada also sent a team, and only the Athenians still remembered that after the Peloponnesian War, when the Peloponnesian League city-states discussed how to deal with Athens, the Corinthians insisted on killing all the Athenians and decimating Atti. The card area became a wilderness, so no one was sent to participate.