Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Antaoris nodded to him, and then looked around the crowd. They looked at him with vigilance and scrutiny, which lowered his expectations for the success of this mission.

Antaoris secretly encouraged himself and mobilized his emotions as quickly as possible to make the words more powerful: "Dear leaders of Bruti, Dionia as the leader of the Southern Italian Greek City-State Alliance (here He clearly exaggerated Dionysia’s prosperity.), he is responsible for maintaining peace between the Greek city-states of southern Italy and protecting the lives and property of the Greeks. Dioria has been doing this for more than half a year. A few months ago, Dionia presided over the mediation of the war between Crotone and Lockley. A few days ago, at the request of the Allies, he sent troops to assist Tarantum and defended Mesapi and Puchti against Tarantu. Mu's aggression..."

Antaoris said here, seeing the expression of everyone became dignified.

"Cyrus-a tribe composed of Greeks. They have lived peacefully and peacefully in this mountain area. They have always been friendly with the surrounding tribes, but now their survival is threatened. Your newly formed tribal alliance threatens that this has never hurt The weak tribes who had passed through any Bruti people immediately left their homes where they had lived for decades and went to Cosenza to accept your collection. They had to ask Dionia for help. In order to protect the safety of the lives and property of the Greeks in southern Italy, Dai The Senate of Onia reached an agreement and sent me here, hoping that the Bruti Tribal Alliance would stop threatening the Xilu tribe and restore their peaceful life!"

Anta Oris finished his speech with confidence, and the people present did not seem too surprised, they looked at each other.Yesterday when everyone discussed the reasons for the Dionysian messenger Bruti, someone really said: The Dionysians came for Silu.

And the person in question is-Pangelu, the chief of Knapetiya, and the settlement of the Silun tribe is not far from the north of Knapetiya.At this time, he stood up angrily: "The arrogant Dionysians, Silu live on the land of Bruti, their food and clothing are all produced in this land, they are the tribe of Bruti, this is cloth Ruti’s internal affairs have nothing to do with you Greeks! If you are just for this matter, you can roll back! Bruti does not welcome you, and does not like a force outside the mountain to interfere in Bruti’s affairs !"

Antaoris sneered: "The Bruti area is just because a large number of Bruti tribes gather here. People are used to calling this mountain this way. In fact, this mountain is neither a country nor a city-state. Therefore, there is no unified territory and border! Everyone knows that Silu is a tribe of Greeks who lived on this land a hundred years ago, and they have the right to continue their independent survival here!"

The head of Bisinian Nikulu, like his son Kanalu, had a violent temper. He immediately yelled and shouted: "What power does the Dionysians have to point fingers on the land of our Brutus!" Originally we were preparing to deal with the problem of the Xilu tribe in a few days. Now you say, I decided to send a large army to eliminate it in the afternoon!"

"If Dionysia can make Crimea, Asprostum, and Nyutum all have the right to survive. Then, let us pass Siru is not a big problem." Anba The leader of Niaga, Burgam, also sneered at his weakness.

Antaoris stood quietly, the curse on them unheard of.

At this time, Sedorum asked aloud: "What if we reject your Dionysian request?"

The curse in the hall suddenly became much smaller.

"I'm only instructed to tell you the requirements of the Senate. You don't accept it. The Dionysian Senate needs to be discussed before we can make the next decision." Antaoris said nothing, but his tone increased: "But Dionia has always kept its promise that even if it pays a big price, it will not let his allies be humiliated. The previous examples have explained everything. And I have just said that my Dionian Consul In order to fulfill his covenant with Tarantum, Lord Davers led 15,000 soldiers to fight Mesapi, who violated our allies, on the land of Tarantum, and just when I was going to envoy Cosenza, There have already been reports of battles. Lord Davers led the army to defeat the Mesapi and Puchti 30,000 coalition forces in the mountains. The Mep coalition forces suffered numerous casualties and was forced to sign a peace agreement with Tarantum. Soon Daves The adults will lead the victorious army back to Turui and hold a triumph!"

Threats!This is a naked threat!Everyone looked at each other, and the leader of Nikulu even scolded and jumped, and threatened not to be afraid of fighting with Dionia.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Filotaru, the high priest of Bruti, stood up to maintain order in the hall.

"Dionysians, our Bruty warriors are not afraid of war!" Pi Anlun, who was sitting in the middle, said: "But Bruty and Dionysian are neighbors, and if there is a conflict, they will last two The inter-ethnic relationship has led to constant wars. In order to avoid the possible sacrifice of countless people due to the Xilu tribe, Bruti is willing to make concessions. We do not punish Xilu for violating the order, but let them leave peacefully. Bruty."

"What are you talking about, Pianlun! Bruty never succumbs to Dionia!" Nikuru immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

"What about the land? The land where generations of Silu lived was taken away by you?!" Antaoris responded quickly and quickly asked back.

Pian Lun glanced at Nikulu. Nikulu didn't say anything even though his face was still upset.

High Priest Philotaru exhorted Anta Oris seriously: "It has been the greatest goodwill of our Bruti tribe alliance not to turn the Shilu people into slaves. The Dionysians should not be too greedy! "

Antaoris shook his head and said with a strong tone: "The order given to me by the Senate is,'Siru's right to independent survival in Bruti must be guaranteed!"

The light in Pi Anlun's eyes flashed away, and his tone became indifferent: "In this case, we will make a decision after we discuss it."

"And we don't understand the current situation of the Xilu tribe, and we need to send people to understand before we can make a judgment." Sedorum quickly interjected.

After the escort sent away Anta Oris, the discussion in the meeting hall became more intense.

"Dionia bullied us too much and said that the Greeks who protect southern Italy, I think they just don't want to see our Bruti unite before they deliberately cause trouble for us!" Pan Gailu said angrily.

The high priest Philotaru nodded, inspiring everyone: "So we Brutus must be more closely united in order not to be afraid of the Greeks and Lucania!"

"Let's give these nasty Dionysians—" Nikuru made a beheaded gesture with a wave of his hand.

"This is not enough!" Sedorum quickly persuaded: "Whether it is the Greeks or the Lucanias have rules for treating messengers, even during war. We are becoming a powerful The coalition should observe these universally accepted norms in order to deal with them better. Moreover, killing the Dionysian messengers will only anger the Dionysians, and war will be inevitable."

"Dionia is nothing! Me and my people are not afraid of them at all!" Nikulu said without any weakness.

"Of course we are not afraid of Dionia! But once a war breaks out, the great event of our reunification will be seriously affected!" Pi Anlun solemnly said.

"I don't think it's better to imprison them for a few days, and wait for us to solve the Xilu, and then let them out. Then, they want to defend Xilu again, but the Xilu tribe no longer exists, and they have to accept this fact." Bo Garu suggested.

Sedorum was inspired by it and said, "You guys, I think this is a good idea. We can change it a little bit..."

Sedorum finished his thoughts. Others thought that this method was good. Only Nikulu dismissed it and said impatiently: "Why did it get so complicated, as if we were afraid of Dionys Asian-like!"

Pianlun ignored him and reminded me cautiously: "Elder Sedorum’s proposal, I think it can be implemented. However, we must also be prepared, in case the Dionysians do not accept our approach, then we It is necessary to prepare for the war that may come!"

After a brief silence in the hall, Nikulu first said: "I admit that Dionynia is stronger than us, but as long as they dare to enter the Bruti mountains, I dare to guarantee that they will come and go! Because no one We are more familiar with the mountains and plateaus here than we are. Amara (the goddess of snowy mountains and plateaus that Bruti believes in) has sheltered us, the Bruti people, lived here quietly for hundreds of years, and will continue to shelter our Bruti people! "

Nikulu's words lifted everyone's spirits.

High Priest Philotaru said: "In addition, we also need to find an ally to fight against Dionysia together to reduce our pressure to face Dionysia alone."

ally?The area of ​​Bruti has been surrounded by Dionia and its allies. Where can I find allies?As the crowd meditated, Sedorum suddenly shouted with excitement: "Lucanians! We can go to the Lucanians! After Dionynia captured Grummentum, he threatened Pique The territory of Kos and Potentia is safe, and if they do not want to be the next Grummentum, they should be willing to form an alliance with us."

Pi Anlun's eyes lit up.The reason why he did not expect the Lukarias is because the Lukanias were the most feared enemy of the Bruti people two years ago. They surrendered to the Lucanian tribal alliance in the city of Vig, and the situation in the Bruti region was the most. In a critical situation, Pianlun even moved the idea of ​​leading the tribe to the south. For this reason, he also led the Cosenza army to join Krapetia south to attack Trina, and there was a fierce battle with the Crotone alliance.But just two short years later, the formerly powerful Lukanias fell to this point, which could not but cause Pi Arun's alert.

"The chief leader of Sedorum is a good friend of the Lucanias. No wonder you can only think of Lucania. So if you want to talk about alliances with the Lucanias, it is better for you to come forward and talk about the best. Nikulu sneered loudly, ignoring Sedorum and his elders in the Bruty League.