Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Cipros continued: "Now Tuum and Grumentum, the two towns that once belonged to the Lukanians, are already part of the Dionysian Union, and many Lucanians have become Dior. Citizen. Then how can the Lukanians of other tribes really hate Dionia! On the contrary, with the help of your Elia, Dionia can take advantage of the power of the Lucaria tribe. When debilitating, occupying the entire Lucania region and increasing the strength of Dioria, so how could Dionia not ally with Elia!"

Kanios fell silent, thinking about every word that Cipros said, and said for a long time: "Dionia has become stronger, aren't the other city-states belonging to the Southern Italian Alliance scared?"

Cipros has not yet fully come out of the excitement, he swallowed and said without hesitation: "No matter what other city-states think, I think the strength of Dionysia is a good thing for Elia, we have already Tired of the frequent wars between the city-states and the invasion of the Bruti, the more powerful Dionysia can bring peace to this land. After all, according to Dionysia’s past practice, treat its allies, It has always been friendly unless you take the initiative to violate it. It is far less brutal than Syracuse in the south!"

Kanios understood what Cipros meant by "cruel". After Dionysius captured the Greek city-state in Sicily, he sometimes slaughtered local residents and turned all the remaining captives into slaves. No one has ever done this in the history of the Western Mediterranean, which greatly shocked the Greeks in Sicily and Great Greece, so Kanos can hear it even if it is far from Elia.Looking at Cipros across the table, he thought maliciously: Is the brutality of Dionysius one of the main reasons these southern Italian city-states are willing to ally with Dionia?

He asked curiously: "The government of Dionysia is so special. It must have been noticed by the southern Italian city-states including Trina. Is there any city-state trying to implement these pair-states of Dionysia? Expansion of beneficial bills?"

Cipros froze for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "At today's celebration, I also briefly discussed this topic with a few members of the Crotone Council, which is basically impossible. Think about all the city-states first. Will citizens agree?"

Once Kanos was reminded, he suddenly realized: How can a conservative and exclusionary Greek city-state citizen allow outsiders to share the city-state's wealth and rights!The city council’s highest authority, the Citizens’ Assembly, is composed of most city-state citizens, and it is impossible for them to pass these bills that are not conducive to themselves!

"Why can Dionia be implemented?" Kanios asked his own question.

"This..." Ciplos patted the table lightly, thinking, "I don't know the exact reason, but the great power and prestige of Dionysian Dave Si is undoubtedly the most important. the reason."

Kanos also agrees with this, but it is impossible for a consul like Davis to appear in Elia.

"But..." Cipros looked at Kanios and hesitantly said: "There are still some problems with the emerging city-state alliance like Dionysia..."

"What's the problem?" Kanios asked urgently.

Ciplos glanced back, not knowing when the waiter of the restaurant was already standing behind him, he shook his head and stopped talking.

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The next morning, the celebration of the completion of the Temple of Hades continued.

This time it was hosted in front of the temple by Dapheus high priest Daphes, in the name of Hades, the Hades, to give the slaves of the alliance freedom.

Since this was the first time held, not many slaves were released, mainly due to the outstanding performance of coalition public slaves in the past year, and the majority of private slaves came from the Davis family.

With the expansion of the Dionysian Union territory, the banks and restaurants run by Christosia are also expanding rapidly. At the same time, she is also constantly exploring new business channels, such as the Christosia shop, which mainly sells newly built The school supplies of Dionysia School, as well as football, football equipment, etc., for this she bought a large number of slaves to ensure adequate labor, while giving freedom to performers with excellent performance.On the one hand, they want to follow their example and give hope to other slaves to encourage them to work harder; on the other hand, Davos leads by example as the governor, and guides the public to treat his slaves well, so as to ease the entire Dionysian Union. The internal slave's contradiction to the master and the whole society.

Among the slaves released by Davis, there is Christona’s personal maid, Asuna. Asuna has already told Christista before that even if she is free, she is still willing to work as an employee. Continue to serve Christoya, of course Christoya is very welcome.In fact, apart from the change of identity, Azuna’s lifestyle is not much different from the previous one, including receiving salary, because Christosia paid her a close slave girl a long time ago.

Since domestic slaves spend time with their masters for a long time, they often have feelings similar to those of their relatives, so it is not uncommon for the master to continue to serve the master after releasing the slave or freeing the slave before the death.But for the liberated slaves of Dionia, they have one more thing to do as soon as possible, and that is to immediately apply to the Union's household registration officer to prepare for citizenship.

After the slave liberation ceremony, it was the beginning of a joyous celebration.

Dramas funded by the League and provided for free viewing by the public will be performed continuously for three consecutive days in the newly built theater in Turiy. If it is in Athens, countless people will line up to compete for license plates, rushing to enjoy them.But in Dionysia, especially in Turiri, the public is more interested in the Dionysia rugby tournament. Last year it was only four cities of Amendolara, Turiri, Niutum and Laos. The rugby match has attracted countless people's attention. This year, Crimea, Castron, Asprostum, and even Grummentum, who just joined the league, have teamed up. Participate (it is mainly composed of soldiers who moved to Grummentum by the Third Army).The expansion of the participating teams has made competition more fierce, and the ceremonies for starting matches have become more formal.

The VIPs of the city-states of the Dionysian League and the Southern Italian League all received invitations. After the entire stadium was filled, the bright bronze trumpets sounded through the stadium. Players from various cities lined up and entered the field in a roundabout.

The people cheered enthusiastically, especially when they saw the players in their cities.

When Amicalis watched Castellon's players line up past the main stand, he applauded vigorously and said loudly to the people around him: "Look, that's our Castellon's player! Going ahead is Ge Erkis, look at them as strong as a herd of Lucania bulls!"

People around laughed in good faith.

The three Crimean veterans, Antaoris, Euripps and Pulades, who have just entered the senate, do not understand why the chief general of Castellon behaved so excitedly, Kunogata They smiled and explained to them in a whisper: "When we held a rugby game last year, we also invited Castellon. As a result, Laos participated, but Castello did not, so many people teased and said, ' Castron people are naturally timid and timid, so they dare not participate in this intense men's game.'It seems that these words really stimulated them. This year they specially teamed up to prove themselves that even their general Gorkis They all ended up in person."

For the three people who have never watched the game, they still cannot understand the kind of enthusiasm and madness shown by the Dionysian people, but the fanatic atmosphere around them also infected them, just like other city-state VIPs. The players on the parade applauded.

Then, they saw the team representing Crimea, because the player headed by the high wooden sign was engraved with the dazzling red letters of "Crimisa", most of the team of more than 50 people were strange faces.

Antaoris knows: Over the past few months, Dionysian citizens and reserve citizens have moved to Crimea because of land allocation, so even if the time of joining the Dionysian Union is short, this branch The team's skills are probably not too bad.

Antaoris also saw several familiar faces in the team. They were full of excitement like other players. While chatting with their teammates, they kept waving to the off-site audience. These were once The citizens of Crimea have now become citizens of Dionysia, and only a few months later, they have naturally integrated into this team.

Antaoris felt mixed for a while.

"Sir Anta Oris, I am looking forward to seeing the performance of the Crimea players." Kunogolata made Anta Oris come back with a meaningful remark.

"Relax, they must have performed better than Castron." Antaoris said pretendingly, and several people laughed.

Eight teams finally settled in the center of the field.

At this time, Davers stood up from the observation seat, and the originally boiling arena gradually calmed down.

The VIPs of the South Italian League were shocked and envious: Davis's great prestige among the Dionysian people is evident!

Davos' voice sounded in the arena: "Hundreds of years ago, the great god Zeus created the Olympia Games, and since then fierce competition has replaced bloody fighting, the Greek city-state reduced war and increased peace! And in one Years ago, the great Hades, Hades, brought us rugby. Since then, rugby has flourished in the Dionysian League. People have gained health, happiness, unity, and friendship in this fierce sport. Today, the best players of the Dionysian League and the league are gathered here. In order to thank Hades for the gift, the most exciting and fierce football competition will be held to compete for the only championship! Fight, players! Ha Diss will bless you!"