Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After the group wedding, Davers did not return home immediately. He and the elders met the messengers of Metapontoum and Heraklia in the elders' courtyard.

One is the alliance of Tarantum, the other is the affiliated city-state of Tarantum, and Amendolara has also become an alliance of Tarantum, so the talks are friendly and smooth.Daphes put forward the proposal that Amendolara would like to get along with Metapuntum and Heraclea in a friendly way and help each other, and the envoys of the two cities accepted it with pleasure.The three parties also held talks on strengthening exchanges and trade...

Busy until the afternoon, Davos finally returned home, unexpectedly there was already a guest waiting.

The sharp-eyed middle-aged messenger presented a generous gift, and then introduced himself politely: "Hello, respectful Dave Sis! I am from Syracuse, the all-powerful general Dionysius Herald Herald."

"Siracusa" and "Dionysius" heard these two words, and Davies was shocked.

In the previous life, when mentioning Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse in history, all he could think of was the story of the sword of Damocles. This story told Daveus to be a tyrant in the Greek city-state. Very dangerous thing, except that he did not have any deep impression on Dionysius or even Syracuse, just like other ordinary people.Everyone's eyes are focused on Athens, Sparta and Rome. A little more is that in the Peloponnesian War, the Athens expeditionary army was completely destroyed in Syracuse, and the philosopher Plato was in Syracuse. After staying there, the great mathematician Archimedes died in Syracuse... that's all.

However, after coming to this era, especially after coming to Greater Greece, Daphes often found Burcos, Cornelius and other people to discuss the customs of Great Greece in his spare time, so he knew Syracuse Not an ordinary big state.If the native Greek city-states were led by Athens and Sparta and successfully resisted the invasion of the Persian armies, then the great Greek city-states and Sicily could be said to have defeated the Carthage army south under the leadership of Syracuse. It was the day of victory, similar to the time of the Salamis in the east), and at the same time helped the Greek city-states of the Apennine Peninsula to the north to repel the attack of the indigenous peoples. Therefore, decades ago, Syracuse was the western Mediterranean Greek city-state. The hegemony in China was its tyranny.This time, Syracuse implemented the tyrant system again, and the incumbent was the so-called general general Dionysius.

After a brief understanding of Dionysius's usurpation experience from others, Daphes can see that this person not only makes good use of power, but also acts fiercely, and his military and political capabilities are not weak, and his luck is also good (Carthage took advantage of The civil unrest in Syracuse, the attack on Syracuse and its allies, has even started the city of Syracuse, and the result was a plague, which was repulsed by Dionysius), and he knew that "there is power in the gun" Reason, vigorously cultivate and hire a private army, consolidate its power... Davis has already labeled the tyranny of Syracuse as "dangerous" in his heart, although he does not know the future development of this person in the history of previous life How it was, but he read a book in his previous life, and one of the words made him remember deeply,'The re-emerging country consciously and unconsciously wanted to consolidate the power and land it had acquired when the country was strong. Grab it in your hands.'Formerly Syracuse was the overlord of Sicily and the great Greek city-state!What about Syracuse now?You know that people with little ambition don’t dare to come out as tyrants...

Daveus had a dream in his heart, but he was all smiles: "Oh, I really can't imagine that the distinguished guests of Syracuse will come to our small town! Please sit down!"

When Helolis sat down, Daphes asked: "I would like to ask Master Helolis, is there anything that Syracuse sent you?"

"I received the order. When I set off to Turiri, I didn't know that you had become the governor of Amendolara. The original order was no longer applicable, but I think it should be said first." Herolis Qing Clearing his throat, he said: "When Lord Devers you and your army in Tului, with less victory and annihilation of the Lukalia Allied Forces, spread to Sicily, the Sicilian Greek people were very happy, they all said This is a splendid victory over the indigenous peoples in Great Greece over the years! After learning that, Dionysius decided to hire you with generous salaries to Sicily to fight against the enemy of the Greek city-state and the Persian stray dogs together— -Carthage."

Daveus relaxed slightly, and asked curiously, "The rich salary?! How rich?"

"A soldier has four Dalik coins a month, and you-twenty Dalik coins a month." Helolis finished, staring at Daphes.

Daveus said with an astonished expression: "Four Dalik coins, more than double the salary that Turui hired us! Is Syracuse so rich?!"

"It is the glory of Syracuse to be able to invite the heroes of the expedition to Persia and the annihilation of the Allied forces of Lucania. It is worth the extra money!" Herolis said extremely seriously.

Now I have become famous!Dave Smore held his stubble-jawed chin, and felt a little proud in his heart. He had a good impression on the messenger on the opposite side, but he said with regret: "It is a pity that we are no longer mercenaries, but Amendora. Citizens of Wa."

"Yes, I did not expect that you and your army immediately recaptured Amendolara without rest, and this was another brilliant victory!" Herolis heartily praised Knowing that siege was indeed more difficult than field battle at the time, he certainly would not know that Daphes and the mercenaries were caught by the Lucanians by night attack.Therefore, he sincerely said: "It is their luck that Amendola can invite you to become citizens! But it made the order I accepted have to stop. Now I want to represent Dionysius, the omnipotent general of Syracuse. Lord Sri Lanka made a new request."

Davers made a "please say" gesture.

"I want to invite you to lead the army of Amendolara and Syracuse together to repel Carthage’s aggression and return a peace to the Greek city-state of Sicily! Of course, Syracuse will pay you the same generous reward as your army At the same time, I know that Amendolara has just experienced a war, and Syracuse is willing to provide you with much-needed supplies free of charge to help Amendolara recover as soon as possible!" Philistos said seriously,

Davies was not sure, but asked: "I heard that Syracuse and Carthage signed a truce agreement the year before. Did Carthage tear up the agreement and start a war again?"

Herolis was a little embarrassed, but soon he grieved generously: "Carthage chose to truce because his army was hurt by the plague at that time, it was Apollo's punishment! But Carthage Gi still occupies many of Sicily’s Greek city-states, from the most western part of Serinus, to the big state of Agrigento on the central south coast, to Gera and Kamalina near Syracuse. Thousands of Greek people lived under the enslavement of the Carthage, and lived a life that was as good as death. And the large army of Carthage was stationed in Kamalina, threatening Syracuse at all times. For the safety of Lacuza, or to rescue the people of the Greek city-states of Gerald and Agrigento, Syracuse must give Carthage a heavy blow to eliminate the city-state established by the Phoenicians against the Greek city-state of Sicily. Coveted heart, restore the old territory of Sicily!"

Daveus pondered for a long time (in fact, he had already made a decision.), then shook his head and said: "I really want to help the people of Sicily, but I am now the governor of Amendolara, must be for Amendolara The people are responsible, you see that I am busy all day long, and I have no time to rest at all. I don’t have a long time to travel. And the citizens of Amendora are busy reorganizing their families and restoring the city’s agriculture and order. There is also safety, and it is even more impossible to follow me to Sicily, so thank you for the invitation with the all-powerful general Dionysius, and I can only say sorry!"

Herolis originally had only a glimmer of hope, and he was not too disappointed to get this answer. He just sighed and said, "That is really a shame! I hope I will have the opportunity to cooperate with the ruler in the future."

Daveus politely said: "For me to convey my apologies and thanks to the all-powerful general Dionysius!"

Then, Davers sent Gerolis out.

As he approached the gate, Herolis stopped and turned back and said, "Master Davis, please allow me to ask a personal question."

"You said."

"As far as I know, when you recaptured Amendola, the citizens of Amendola were almost killed and killed. You could have naturally let your men occupy Amendola... What made you choose to let Amendola The people of Las Vegas hold a civic conference vote to decide where you want to stay?" Herolis asked seriously

Daveus greeted Herolis's search and secretly thought: Is this messenger dissatisfied with Dionysius' use of mercenaries to usurp the Syracuse regime and achieve high-pressure rule?

The two stared at each other for a while, and then Davies said: "We mercenaries are tired of war and death, and just want to live a peaceful life, not to plunder wealth and gain power. If we don't want to let Amendolara Repeatedly plunged into riots, each of us soldiers who want to become city-state citizens should abide by the laws of Amendola, and follow the city-state legal procedures to become city-state citizens, then the original citizens will not complain to us, and we You will also feel at ease so that the entire city-state can remain stable..."

Herolis was silent for a while, and looked at Davos with more respect: "It's my pleasure to know you!"