Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Watching Fibidas get on the boat unwillingly, and left Tarantum's port, Diomeras immediately changed his expression and seriously said to Yomakas: "Spartans say That’s right, Tarantum will not cheer up, even a new city-state like Dionysia without any historical tradition will despise us!"

"Do you really want to fight Mesapi?" Eumacas hesitated.

"Don't the Mesapi people have been waging war against us all the time!" Diomelas asked, he said sadly: "It is we who have been tolerant to the Mesapi people, it will increasingly think that we are Taran Thum's weakness will only increase the intrusion on us, and also make other city-states in Greater Greece increasingly ignore Tarantum's existence! We must fight back and completely solve the problem of Mesapi!"

"Completely solved?! Didn't you tell me that last time!" Yomakas frowned.

Diomelas said that he was busy and said, "I mean, we must first concentrate on capturing Manduria, which poses the greatest threat to us, and then see the opportunity to best capture Brindisi, so that our The strength will be greatly enhanced! Other Mesapi city-states can slowly capture..."

Yomakas was a little emotional, but he also hesitated: "Do we have the strength to defeat Mesapi's main force in one fell swoop?"

"Of course we do!" Diomelas said firmly, in order to convince his colleagues, he added: "And we have a strong reserve force!"

"What reserve power?" Yomakas froze.

Diomelas pointed to the west of the sea: "Dionysia, our ally, we have helped it for so long, and it is time to contribute!"

Yomakas finally said, "I will support your proposal in the Senate."

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"Damn, the great Greek city-states of Dionysia, Castellon, and Tarantum are all a group!" Fibidas said angrily on the ship.

"Simply let's go to Crotone?" Dorothy suggested carefully.

Fibidas glared at him and said, "Go to Syracuse!"

Fibidas certainly knew that Crotone and Dionia had a poor relationship because of the previous war.But he couldn't go, because Crotone's enemies were more than Dionysia, Lockley had a worse relationship with it, and Lockley was an ally of Spartan ally Syracuse in Greater Greece.If he went to Crotone, it is estimated that Syracuse should go to Sparta to complain.Although he was determined to take revenge on Dionia, he did not imagine Tiblonyi being exiled, not to mention that Syracuse was a better partner than Crotone.

Only with the Sicilian tyranny who heard of some overbearingness, Fibidas felt that he should learn from the over-exaggerated lesson in Greater Greece and, in a different way, achieve his purpose more vaguely.

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The newly built restaurant Kristova in Turriy is located in the southwestern part of the city near the pier. Compared with the other restaurant Krystoya located next to the market in Turriy, the customers it faces are mainly Union citizens and foreigners. Envoys and wealthy merchants, therefore, provide high-end dishes, such as beef and mutton.To this end, a part of the restaurant was specifically partitioned into small open courtyards so that smoke could be exhausted when grilling.

When Tima Song, Zantiparis and Kriano were invited by Agassia into the yard, they were not unfamiliar with everything in front of them. After all, they had enjoyed it in the Daphus mansion.

Kriano was interested in the price of beef and mutton and asked the slaves who served beside him, "How much does it cost to eat this once?"

The slave thought for a while and said, "Dear guests, it depends on how much you eat? Normally, a person needs about two to five drachmas."

"It's so expensive!" Kriano shouted in surprise: "I can't earn a drachma now!"

"It is more expensive than ordinary dishes, but it is worth the price!" The slave explained patiently: "First of all, the beef and mutton in our restaurant are all purchased from Niutum, the cattle and sheep of Lucaria, all large Greece is famous, and the price is certainly not cheap. Secondly, the restaurant also needs to send people to the top of the high mountain in the west to collect unfrozen ice and snow to freeze these meats. This is a very risky thing! Then, There are some meat-slave slaves with good knife skills that continuously cut out thin and even slices of meat for you. The shop also hires chefs from Egypt to prepare various sauces for you. Finally, I will always serve you... …Look, there are so many complicated processes, so many people can make the beef and mutton you like to eat, do you still think it is expensive?"

"You have a clever mouth!" Kriano could not help but sigh.Then he sighed again and said outspokenly: "Unfortunately a slave!"

"Although I am a slave now, the benevolent master still pays me every day. According to the Slave Act promulgated by the Union,'A slave who has worked hard for the master for more than four years can raise enough money to pay the redemption and can obtain the master. 'S consent, you can become a free man.' And our master Christosia is as kind as Lord Davers, she has made a sacred promise to our god Hades in front of us! Therefore, I want to be in ten After two years, I will definitely become a Dionysian citizen!" The slave's eyes shone with gratitude and hope.

You can really buy people's hearts, Davis!Are you not afraid of those slave owners against?Kriano looked at the slightly excited slave and didn't say this. He asked casually, "What's your name?"

"Tanarus."

"I hope your wish can be realized." Kriano said disgustedly.

Tanarus responded happily: "Thank you for your blessings and kind guests!"

"Look, someone finally boasted Krianno's heart!" Tima Song quipped.

"Tima Song, are you jealous?!" Kriano pretended to be angry and took up the beer can: "Come on, let's drink!"

"Ho, you want to pour me on the amount of wine you have?!" Tima Song stopped holding the glass and picked up the wine jar: "Come on, let's drink it all!"

"Drink!" The two raised their heads and drunk.

Zantiparis shouted: "You two drink more slowly. Agacia will spend a lot of money in order to invite us to dinner!" Then he joked to Agacia: "This restaurant should be regarded as Dai Firth's property, he should be charged less at checkout."

"Uh... don't worry about Agassia. He is a veteran of the Senate, how could he not even get dozens of drachmas!" Kriano said with a hiccup, and said aloud. Sour taste.

"Kriano was right, you don't have to worry about money, let's eat and drink tonight!" Agacia said as if he had not heard the irony in Kriano's words.

"Give me another beer!" Tima Song said to Tanaros: "This wine is good, I love it!"

"Give me another jar!" Kriano shouted.

"Please wait." Tanarus hurried to the door and shouted to the waiter in the hallway what the guests wanted.

The banquet lasted about half an hour, and everyone was slightly intoxicated.

"A year ago, we were fighting with the Persians every day, and every day we saw the stiff corpses of our comrades in arms. At that time, we did not have much hope even if we could live back to Greece, and we would not think that we will be like this today. Glad to drink and eat meat..." Zantiparis said with emotion: "It's not easy! We really thank the gods for their blessing!"

"Toast for us to live together!" Tima Song proposed a toast.

"Thank you for the protection of Zeus (Hades)!" Others also responded one after another.

Zantiparis put down the glass and said, "Agarcia, don't you just let us drink and dine?" Attentively, he has long found Agarcia's expression a bit depressed.

Agathia held out the colander to scoop meat and paused in the air.For a moment, he put down the colander, wiped off the wine stains with his hands, and looked at the three people who cast his eyes. Shen Sheng said: "Today, the messenger of Sparta came and asked the Alliance to grab you and give it to you. Sparta..."

The news that the Spartan warship arrived in Turi has spread in the port. Of course they knew that Timmasong, but they did not expect the Spartan messenger to come specifically for them.

"How did you answer the Spartans?" Kriano asked urgently, and the other two looked nervous.

"You can rest assured that even if the Spartans threatened with war, Davos still firmly rejected the Spartan messengers!" Agassia's answer made the three breath out.

"Daveus deserves to be the leader who often wins battles, and he is not afraid of the threat of the Spartans!" At this moment, Kriano praised Daveus again.

"Actually, the Spartans are not terrible. We followed them in Asia Minor for more than half a year, and we still know Spartans. Their generals are indeed very experienced in combat, but they can really send Spartan citizens on the battlefield too. It’s a little bit. I mainly rely on the troops of the Allies and our mercenaries to fight abroad. The combat effectiveness is not very strong. It is already difficult for them to deal with Persia. I don’t think they have the power to challenge the alliance!... …” Tima Song also exhorted.

These words didn't seem to have much impact on Agassia. He stared straight at the ground in front of him, and murmured apologetically on his face: "In the beginning, I forcibly obtained Davis's consent and went to Asia Minor to lead you Come... In order to attract you all, I also freely opened some conditions where the alliance does not exist. I wanted you to come to live a peaceful life like us, but I didn't expect... So many conflicts and disputes have caused you so much suffering and dissatisfaction with the citizens of the Alliance... Alas, Sparta is now hostile to the Alliance! For this, Davos is also blamed by the elders! I ...Is this thing I really did wrong?!"