Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The Dionysian Alliance has no intention of war with any Greek city-state, but if any city-state wants to provoke war, want to bully us, and invade our land! Guys, what is our answer?" Daveus looked around and shouted. Asked.

"Fight to death! Destroy the enemy!"

"In the end!" The former mercenary veterans shouted in unison.

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Fibidas Tieqing came out of the meeting hall with a face, and Dorobissis stepped forward, seeing him looking wrong, and anxiously asked: "How is the situation?!"

"Go! Get on the boat! Go back!" Phoebe squeezed out angrily.

Under the patrol's "escort", Fibidas hurried back, boarded the passenger ship, and sailed to the estuary under the supervision of two patrol ships.

"You said, if my ship ran into it!" Fibidas pointed to one of the left and the right patrol ship sandwiching his ship in the center and asked angrily: "Will they sink?"

"Ah?..." Dorobicis was taken aback. Before he arrived at the meeting hall, he had a premonition that the mission would fail, but it actually made Fibidas angry. What happened in the meeting hall?He didn't dare to ask questions.

Fibidas looked at the city of Turriy, which was about to disappear out of sight, and buried the shame in his heart this time. He said in a cold voice, "Let's go to Castron!"

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"Admiral, this time, the Spartan messenger was expelled, which may be detrimental to the alliance." Cornelius said worriedly.

"I have said long ago that the mercenaries should be driven away! You must stay, now the trouble is coming!" Pollux said dissatisfiedly.

Faced with the blame, they were really difficult to refute as Capps and Agassia, who were former comrades of mercenaries.At this time, Plessinas stood up and said: "Did the mercenaries make mistakes that did not receive the punishment of the Union Law?! Didn't other freemen make mistakes?! Why did they have to drive away those hires? Soldiers?! You, our alliance is extremely lacking in labor. It is because of the openness, freedom and equality of the alliance that we have attracted so many foreigners and free people. There is no reason to rush out of the Union People will only destroy the image of the alliance, and will only make all Greeks who want to trust us have doubts!"

"But what if Sparta declares war on us?" Orifis asked with some concern.

"So what, do you want to promise Sparta's unreasonable request to let Lord Davos lead our citizens to Asia Minor?!" Plesinlas scolded.

"I...I..." Orpheus glanced at Davos guilty, afraid to speak.

"Sparta may not dare to fight against us!" Daphes smiled confidently: "We are not a small city-state, but a powerful force in Great Greece! Sparta wants to win, I am afraid it is not so easy But most of its energy is now concentrated in Asia Minor, the war with Persia is not an easy task, and it is not so easy to end! I also heard that Sparta had just recently loved to host the Olympia Games. There is a war in the city of Leith... It can be seen that even on the Peloponnese peninsula, there are many cities that are dissatisfied with Sparta. At this time, it dares to wage another war in Greater Greece. I doubt it! "Daveus said that in his heart, he had regretted that he had not agreed to the original thought, and had rashly agreed to Agassia.There has never been an absolute thing in the world. In case Sparta is crazy, it is necessary to fight the Dionysian Alliance. Although Davis is not afraid of fighting Sparta, it is just that the originally planned alliance expansion plan will have to be ruined. .

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The movement of the Spartan warship to Castellon was unexpected by the Alliance, and the patrol ship immediately reported the discovery to the Senate.

After urgent discussions, Daphes and the elders decided to send an emissary to Castron immediately, and took the order to the elders' court: Castron refused to receive the Spartan emissary.

When the messenger rode a fast horse and quickly arrived at the city of Castellon with the convenience of the newly constructed Turri-Castellon Boulevard, the chief general of Castellon City, Amexlis, had already led the other Generals and some members of the Hundred Peoples Council rushed to the port to prepare for the Spartan messengers.After all, the messengers of the Greek city-state overlord Sparta are here. As a remote small state, of course they dare not neglect.

When I saw Fibidas getting off the boat, I was about to introduce each other and say hello to my salute. My men hurried over and handed Ampicles a papyrus. Amicis' face changed greatly when he saw it. Si said: "Dear Spartan messenger, there is an urgent matter we need to discuss, please wait a moment!"

Then, without waiting for Fibidas to answer, he took the general and the lawmakers to a distance.

"What seems to be happening?" Dorobissis said curiously as they saw them in a circle, arguing about something.

Piddas didn't speak. He stared at the distance, feeling awkward.

Ami Kris came back to him with a bit of determination on his face: "Dear Spartan messenger, I am sorry to tell you that Castello, as a member of the Dionysian League, just received Dai Onia’s strict request can’t let you into the city of Castellon! So—” Amiclis beckoned with apology, and a team of soldiers came up.

"You are humiliating Sparta! Have you thought about the consequences of doing this?!" Filidas threatened angrily, he had originally thought of entering Castellon City, leaving Castellon and Dior apart Nea’s relationship is best to let it break away from the Diorian League, because according to his knowledge, Castron did not join the League for long.In addition, he also wanted to stay here for a few days, sending soldiers to the port of Turui, catching some mercenaries who fled here, returning to the council of elders, and at the same time retaliating against the Diorian Union. Now It seems impossible to achieve.

Watching Fibidas leave angrily, Amiclis temporarily sighed, and then worried again: The Diorian Alliance was too brave to dare to provoke the Spartans, in case they really led their troops What should Castron do?!

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Fibidas was still not reconciled. He turned the bow and headed towards Tarantum.

Tarantum, as a great power in Great Greece, Fibidas did not think that the Dionysian Union could affect it, and Tarantum is a sub-state of Sparta, and the two sides have friendly relations.

The establishment of Tarantum is somewhat dramatic: hundreds of years ago, Sparta embarked on the fertile land of the Mesenia region to the west of Turagonia, so a war was waged, and the war has fought for nearly a hundred years. Da finally annexed Mesenia completely, turning the Mesenian of the same race into a black robber.But because the Spartan men have been fighting abroad for a long time, the women are lonely and unbearable at home. As a result, they have a relationship with the Piriasi people in Sparta. They gave birth to a group of babies, and they were not recognized by Sparta when they grew up. So the leader of them, Franços, after many efforts, obtained the opportunity for Sparta to allow him to request oracles from Delphi. As a result, the Temple of Apollo gave a confusing oracle: go find a rain A city can be built from where the clear sky is pouring.So, Sparta agreed that Franços led these illegitimate children and the exiled to leave Sparta to establish a colony.

Francos led the team sailing west to find a settlement. Their fleet crossed the Adriatic Sea and went to the Gulf of Taranto. Seeing many places all the way, they did not meet the requirements of the Oracle. The voyage at sea caused the accompanying people to complain, and Franços was also frustrated.He told his wife about his worries, and his wife rested his head on his lap to comfort him. As a result, the sentimental wife became depressed. When Franços felt her tears splash on his forehead, he Suddenly realized the true meaning of the oracle, because his wife's name meant "clear sky".So he immediately ordered the people to disembark, the place where they disembarked was the Puglia Bay which was later Tarantum.They built a city here and named it after Taras, son of Poseidon.

Although the founder of Tarantum originally left because he could not obtain Spartan citizenship, and later, Tarantum has developed into a democratic city state (but it is similar to Amendolara’s dual-rule regime, veteran The House and the Citizens’ Congress are all polities born out of Spartan’s twin kings, the Council of Elders and the Citizens’ Congress, except for the lack of a supervisory court and not so oligarchs). Bada is very different, but it has always maintained a good relationship with Sparta.During the Peloponnesian War, Tarantum always stood firmly on the side of Sparta, and when he was expedition to Sicily in the fleet of Athens, passing through Greater Greece, he refused to let it moor and provide food and water.Therefore, he was retaliated against by Athens, who vigorously supported the Mesapi to fight against Tarantum.

The arrival of Fibidas was of course grandly welcomed by Tarantum, but after his greeting with the high-ranking Tarantum, Fibidas immediately mentioned the arrogance of the Dionysian Union, which was against Greece The traditional city-state lacks respect.And remind the veterans of Tarantum: The Alliance of Dionysia respecting force and aggressiveness is a danger to the great Greek city-state!

He also suggested that Tarantum no longer align with the Dionysian Alliance, but rather limit its expansion.

The newly-appointed consuls Diomelas and Yomakas only talked about him and laughed at each other. Until Piddas repeatedly forced his position, he smiled and said: Dionysian Union and Sparta There must have been a misunderstanding, and Tarantum is willing to help you mediate.I will not mention anything else.