Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Daveus watched the Syracuse messenger Herolis go away, and turned back to the living room, there was a little more dignity and worry in the look: the tree was quiet and the wind was constant, it seems that Syracuse is going to prepare with Cartha Ji is at war, no matter what the outcome is, Amendolara must develop as quickly as possible and strengthen himself in order to gain a foothold in this chaotic world.

Two days later, Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, listened to Herolis’s report in his palace. His face was gloomy, and he laughed: "What a little mercenary leader actually became Lifetime consul! Marcias, what do you think?"

Once the leader of the mercenary of Campania, Marcias, wearing a uniform and standing straight down, said without a second thought: "Adult, I think that as a mercenary leader, I should focus on how to fight. Win a battle and win money and honor for yourself, instead of doing something you would never do. Although that looks good, it is easy to incur failure and drag on innocent people."

"You're right!" Dionysius praised. He patted the back of the chair: "I sit in this position, and I dare to be slack every day! A mercenary who can only fight hard I dare to be the tyrant of the city-state!"

Herolis couldn't help but say: "Sir, this Daphes is not an arrogant, but a lifelong governor elected by the people of Amendolara!"

"Herolis, what do you mean?" Dionysius stared at Herolis with a knife-like sharp eye.

Herolis realized that he had inadvertently touched the scales of Dionysius, and immediately scared a cold sweat, bowing his head and daring not to speak again.

Dionysius took a closer look at him for a while before turning back his gaze, saying disdainfully: "He just played a little trick, and can only say that this young man is still a little smart, no wonder he can win several victories. Unfortunately, No vision. Philistos, do you know how many citizens Amendolara has?"

Sitting on the left head closest to Dionysius, a middle-aged man with temperament and grace said, "As far as I know, it should be less than 4,000 citizens, and of course it is far below this number."

"Listen, even if Amendola is not at war, there are only up to 4,000 citizens, not as many as our citizens in a block in Kuzla, Greece." Dionysius shrugged and said slightly disdainfully.

There was a sparse laughter in the palace.

"If the speed of the mercenary leader who is called Davers comes to me, wait for the defeat of Carthage, Marsala, Palermo, Erice, Egadi, Sejesta and other cities. Going to be an arrogant is also better than nesting in the small city of Amendolara, but unfortunately he will not have a chance again!" Dionysius said with pride, and then looked at Marcias: "We are going to attack How is Carthage's army prepared?"

"Now more than 10,000 mercenaries have come to camp outside Siracusa. We can mobilize at least 40,000 civic soldiers in Siracusa, including Katane, Leotini, Taunis, and Pacinus. There are about 20,000 troops waiting for the city-state... In addition, there are 2,000 cavalry. Master, the army you have is a powerful army that has never been in the history of the Greek city-state! Even the strongest Athens in those years was not the case. Huge military capacity!" Marcias said excitedly.

Dionysius's expression was calm, and he turned his attention to his younger brother Leptinis: "How is the Navy preparing?"

Although Leptinis and Dionysius are brothers, they seem a little honest and honest, but in fact they are.Because of this, Dionysius trusted the younger brother very much, and promoted him as the naval commander of Syracuse.At this time, he replied: "There are now 150 three-layer plasma warships, plus other warships, a total of 320 warships."

"Not enough..." Dionysius sighed, his fingers pounding on the back of the chair quickly: "You must understand that to fight Carthage, two are essential-the warship and Cavalry, and neither of us is enough. Leptinis, it seems that you have to urge other city-states to speed up the construction of warships. As for the cavalry, Marcias, you send people to recruit the Celtic cavalry on the Apennines. Philistos, you go to Sparta and ask for some Cesari cavalry. You, we must speed up the progress! Next spring, we will start attacking Gerald!"

The three immediately responded: they will do their best to complete the task given by Dionysius!

"Marcias, work hard! A small mercenary leader can wipe out the amazing record of those barbaric indigenous people with two thousand men. We have the largest army in the Greek city-state but cannot create greater glory. What a shame!" Dionysius still cared about Davis' refusal to him, and inspired Marcias.

"Master, rest assured, I won't let you down!" Mathias said immediately.

"Very good, Mathias!" Dionysius praised him again, and then he waved his hand: "Phillistos stay, you all go down."

Herolis, Marcias, Leptinas, and the other two courtiers retired, but Dionysius' eyes continued to follow Herolis's back until Philistos called him name.

"Don't you think that Herolis has changed a little?" The finger knocked on the back of the chair, with a haze on Dionysius's face.

Philistos was taken aback, and carefully defended Herolis: "My lord, I have nothing to discover. Herolis is the same as before."

Dionysius glanced at him: "You have a good relationship with him, I know. I also miss it. He helped me when I was the most difficult, so I don't want anything to destroy our friendship! "Dionysius said a little emotionally: "... I recently heard that he is studying the history of Egypt. I think he can be given a period of leave so that he can concentrate on his research..." Dior Nissi murmured to himself, and Philistos sighed in his heart: "Master, I understand..."

"This is only a temporary arrangement..." Dionysius comforted.

"Feili, Felosanus is your friend. Could you please ask him to come here." Dionysius turned around and said, "I just wrote a poem, I want to invite him and You come to make an assessment together. You know, the last time I discussed poetry with him, he didn’t say a word, and he offended him. I haven’t come to me for three months."

"Ferrosanos is a good person, who just likes to put on a stand, I will try my best to persuade him to come." Philistos laughed and laughed: "Adult, you all-round general can't take ordinary citizens!"

Dionysius also smiled, his hands spread out: "So who said I was Dionysian dictatorship!"

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During this time, Davis and military officer Felix were busy reorganizing the city-state army.

After the mercenaries became citizens of Amendolara, it turned out that there were more than 1,000 soldiers in Drakos, Sesta and Adrianx, and there were more than 1,800 soldiers under Davies. After the slaves became freemen, There are nearly three hundred people, plus about two hundred and fifty people from the original city-state citizens who are in the service age range. The total number of people who can fight in the city of Amendora is now about 3,500.

The highest position of the original mercenary was the captain of the brigade (in fact, Davis himself), and the highest establishment was the brigade. However, as the number of combatants increased, the original establishment could no longer adapt to the actual situation of the current city-state.After discussing with Delphis and Felix, they decided to add a higher level of military establishment. Davos named it as "Legion". The highest-ranking army commander still has Dafs himself. The tentative establishment is The main force of 7,000 people, under its jurisdiction of seven brigades (six heavy infantry brigades and a light infantry brigade), each brigade of 1,000 people, the highest-ranking captain (later known as "the captain"); There are five companies under the jurisdiction of each company, with 200 people in each company, and the highest-ranking company captain (also commonly known as the centurion); one company has four sub-units, each with 50 members, and the highest-level sub-captain.

Due to the influence of previous generations of Rome, Davers was originally going to cancel the unit and change to the Hundreds. However, Philius raised an objection. He believes that the unit is dominant in the melee and mountain stations because it is more mobile and flexible, and With the support of four teams, the company's ability to fight independently has also been greatly enhanced.After careful consideration, Daphes finally agreed with Felix.Since then, the detachment has been established as a unique military system in the city-state under the control of Davos, and the squad leader as the lowest level of the officer has played a key role in the continuation of the corps. Later, the soldiers are respected as the "head of the war". .Later, many generals under Davers were proud to have served as captains, so much so that Davies had issued a military order: only two years as the captain of the branch was eligible to be promoted to the position of the upper corps, which made the points The position of the captain is more dazzling, of course, this is something later.

A unit has five teams, each with ten members and the highest-ranking squad leader (later renamed "Sergeant Major, veterans"). In addition, there are cavalry squads, engineering battalions, medical battalions, and heavy battalions... …Wait, the actual number of its legions may be as high as 8,000, of course, these are just ideas now.

Since the number of combatants in the city-state of Amendola is only about 3,500, Daves organized it into four brigades.

The soldiers of the first brigade all came from mercenaries led by Davers. The selection of the captain of the brigade gave Davos and Felix a little headache. In terms of ability and prestige, Antonios was comparable to Capps. Later Considering that Antonios is serving as the city-state inspector, this is the third-largest person in the city-state's public office after the governor and the city chief. For the sake of balance, after speaking with the two, Davers decided that Kapu Sri Lanka served as the first captain.