Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Young man, don't be so angry." Ansitanos sat still and comforted his students gently. He pointed to a clay pot on the table beside him: "Come, try one Taste the horse milk honey syrup from Carthage to quench your thirst. This syrup tastes good, sour and sweet, and very special. I just asked the entourage to buy at the Syracuse market."

"Don't drink!" Hernipolis sat angrily on the wooden chair, and the wooden chair made a "creak" in pain.

"Herni." Ansitanos knew the student's temper, but he didn't think it was a pestle, but said in a tone of coaxing children: "You will be a Larusian consul in the future, and you can't do things impulsively. If we didn't even see Dionysius' face, we went back like this, not only did the mission of the mission not completed, but also be blamed, and the Syracuse people also laughed that we don't understand etiquette- "

"Obviously, Dionysius didn't understand the etiquette and didn't receive us in time. Why did he blame us!" Hernipolis shouted in disbelief, interrupting Ansitano's words.

"They can say,'Because I'm busy negotiating with the Carthaginians, I can't get out to meet us for the time being...'. After all, for the Syracuses, Carthage is more important than our Dionysians. Much more." Ansitanos said calmly.

Hernipolis snorted coldly and looked at Ansitanos: "Teacher, in fact Dionysius just wanted to snub us and make Dionia ugly, right?"

"If Dionysius is really such a narrow-minded person, he can't sit in the position of Syracuse's arrogant. This is probably just because he treats different things and attaches different degrees." Ansitanos touched himself a bit gray. The beard of his eyes shone wisely: "So we don't have to worry, wait slowly... just to see what weight the Dionysian Alliance has in Dionysius's heart."

Although Henripolis was young and vigorous, he was not a fool.On the contrary, his talent was the reason why Ansitanos was willing to let this student accompany him and send Syracuse together: "Well, then, let’s be patient with Dionysius, see who I can’t bear it first! In the afternoon, I will go to the theater in the city to watch a drama. Seriously, although Syracuse is bigger than Turrii and has a larger population than Turrii, it does not have the vitality of Turrii. There is no football game to watch here, no food to eat, so I can only watch the drama." Henripolis ridiculously picked up the pot on the table and sipped it, then he " "Poof", all spit on the ground: "This thing is sour and fishy, ​​too bad to drink, much worse than beer!"

"Young people don't know how to taste." Ansitanos hurriedly took the clay pot, fearing that he spit out all the slurry in it: "You know, this slurry is from the Carthaginians from the Numisbians. After learning, I have made some small improvements to make the taste more suitable for mariners at sea. In Numbia, this thing is not only used to quench thirst, it is part of the food..."

"What does Numibia have to do with us? Listening to your tone, it seems that you want to study the history of this race again." Genipolis said disapprovingly. He thought he knew his teacher better.

"It's not me, it's the owner of the house you lived in on weekdays who's very interested in it. I have asked me about Numisbia many times." Ansitanos took a sip of water and said.

"You mean Lord Davers?!" Henipolis immediately became interested: "He asked Numbia what to do?! To know that the Union of Dionysia and Numbia are separated by the ocean, Sicily, Carthage, there can be no direct contact."

Ansitanos pointed to his chest and said slowly: "There are always one or two people in this world who are thinking at a height that others cannot reach because they are so vast here."

"Sir Davies is indeed a remarkable person!" Hernipolis said heartily. Suddenly he remembered something and said, "Teacher, now the Carthaginians have chosen a truce. I'm afraid to meet Dionys to us. Hughes is unfavorable and even more detrimental to Dionia!"

Ansitanos admired his students and asked, "Why?"

After learning that the teacher was testing himself again, Genipolis said after carefully sorting out his thoughts: "In the Western Mediterranean, Syracuse has always been the most powerful Greek city-state, but it has been confined to the island of Sicily. The biggest reason is the Carthaginians. The powerful forces of the Carthaginians on Sicily not only kept the Syracuses on alert, but also threatened its survival many times. Syracuse dealt with Carthage It is very difficult, where there is still energy to care about things outside Sicily.

But in fact, the Syracuse people have always been very interested in our Greater Greece.I remember a few decades ago, Sieljuza's arrogant Xielon had sent troops to enter Great Greece.But in recent years, the situation in Sicily is very different from the past.Both of Carthage’s large-scale military operations suffered a fiasco. It was heard that this time there were more than 20,000 casualties before they had to propose a truce. I am afraid that it has little power to threaten Syracuse."

Ansitanos nodded and praised the students' opinions, but he did not think that Syracuse would conduct military operations against Great Greece, so he said: "The Carthaginians lost because they seemed to be with Syracuse. The Zara war is actually against the forces of the entire Greek city-state. How could the city-states such as the Peloponnese League headed by Sparta and Napoli of Campania allow foreigners to fully occupy Sicily, As a result, they cut off the trade routes between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, and even threatened their rear (referring to Sparta). It is believed that after these two defeats, the Carthage will become smarter and will not easily provoke wars in Sicily. Its strong strength in Africa, it will remain the biggest threat to Syracuse."

"You are right, teacher! However, at least for now, Syracuse is already much stronger than Carthage. This time after their peace talks with Carthage, I am afraid that the people of Carthage will definitely It will retreat to the west of Sicily by a large margin, and Siracusa’s dominance of Sicily is something that anyone can see and what may happen in the near future.” Genipolis said worriedly.

"Yeah, this is the issue that our alliance will continue to focus on next." Ansitanos said in a deep voice.

"I can't just pay attention. I don't think Dionysius will be satisfied with dominating in Sicily. Dionysius is a greedy man. These two wars with Carthage were triggered by his initiative to expand his territory. If Sicily is stable, he will probably target Great Greece."

Although Ancitanos disagrees with Genipolis exaggerating the threat of war in Syracuse, as a scholar, he likes to debate with students, which is conducive to inspiring him.So he frowned and asked, "Why must it be Great Greece?"

"Because south of Sicily is Carthage, Dionysius will not dare to go to the real territory of Carthage; to the east, it is the sphere of influence of Sparta; to the west is the Iberian Peninsula, Not only the voyage is far away, but I heard that there are many colonies established by the Carthages. Unless Dionysius was dizzy, there would never be an expedition to make the mistakes of Athens. Therefore, it can only be the Great Greece to the north. It is separated from the narrow Strait of Messina by Sicily, and Dionysius can send 100,000 troops to the land of Great Greece in half a day.

And I think Dionysius had long been coveted for Great Greece, otherwise he would not have married a Lockley woman as his wife, and allied with Lockey Lee.Now, when he is fighting against Carthage, he has not forgotten to send a spy to disrupt Dionia. His ambition for Great Greece is already very obvious!"

"Herni, you have to understand that ambition is one thing, and whether or not you can wage war is another. Dionysius may have coveted Great Greece, but Great Greece now has us Dionysia Alliance." Ancitanos said, and suddenly a strange thought arose in his heart: if Turiri is still the former Turiri, the big and small city-states of Great Greece face the behemoth Syracuse, and their prospects It's really unimaginable.Thanks to Hades for sending Davos, he established the Dionysian League, almost integrated the power of Great Greece, so that Dionysius had to take this seriously!

"And the annual war in Syracuse, I heard that the state treasury has been unable to make ends meet, and the people are very dissatisfied. I believe you have felt it while wandering around the city these days. Under such bad conditions, Syracuse can launch Is it a large-scale war against Carthage before? I think it is impossible. And this time we came to Syracuse to let Dionysius know our determination of the Dionysian Union , Completely dispel his unrealistic ambitions!" Ankhitaros said confidently.

Hernipolis nodded cautiously when he was infected.

At this time, the entourage walked into the room and said, "Sir Ancinanos, someone outside is looking for you, saying that it was sent by Philistos."

Philistos, the great minister of Dionysius?Ansitanos and his students looked at each other...

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Ansitanos was invited to the feast held by Philistos tonight.

As soon as twilight, the carriage sent by Philistos had arrived at the hotel, and Ansitanos took Genipolis on the carriage.

The messenger group of Ansitanos lives in the central area of ​​Syracuse.The first colony of the Syracuses was Ortijia. Until decades ago, Dillon became the tyrant of Syracuse. He led a large number of immigrants to expand inland. This expanded urban area is Syracuse In the central area of ​​the present city, most temples, theaters, markets, etc. are concentrated here.But this already small area only accounted for a small part of the subsequent expansion of the Syracuse.

In the decades after the reign of the tyrannical master Dillon, the Syracuse people extended the city to the northeast, and included an area three times larger than the central area near the coast into the city of Syracuse, called it "Acladina", this coastal area also includes a rich quarry.