Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several people here changed.In public, he praised other city-state consuls as more powerful than their tyrants. In Syracuse, only Ferrosanus dared to do so.

"Unfortunately, I heard that Dave of Dionia was of low birth and used to be a sheep (referring to Davis before grazing as a mercenary, herding sheep in Thessaly)." Mathias said first .

Henipolis finally couldn't help refuting: "Is Lord Dionysius born of nobleness?! I heard that he was just an ordinary clerk in Syracuse before he became a general. Lord Davis once said to me,'True heroes don't care about their origin, because they rely on their own abilities, not the gifts of the family.'"

"Good talk! This is where I admire Lord Dionysius the most!" Philistos exclaimed loudly to cover up Marcias's false statement: "Everyone here is only by virtue of their own efforts. Today’s distinguished status."

"Yes! Yes!..." Mathias echoed, concealing his embarrassment.

"Everyone--" Philistos hurriedly carried the wine, stood up, looked around, and said aloud: "Because I have been negotiating with Dionysius and the Carthaginians for a few days, I am too busy to draw. Time is so neglectful that the distinguished guests from Dionia are here! My friends are here to accompany me, and I punish myself with a cup to show my apology!"

"Good!" Herolis raised the glass, and Leptinis, Marcias, and Ferrosanus also raised the glass.

Ansitanos did not get up to dissuade him, because he knew that Philistos said these words for Dionysius, and of course the Diorius apology was also included in the wine.

Waiting for Philistos to drink all the wine in the glass, Ansitanos took Genipers to his feet and raised his glass and said, "I am very grateful to Master Philistos for his kind invitation and also Congratulations to Lord Dionysius, with the help of adults, has defeated the powerful Carthage many times. This is a great victory in Syracuse and the most exciting news that the entire Greeks have heard! Because Carthage, the biggest enemy of the Greek city-state in the western Mediterranean, was hit hard, the people of Sicily and Great Greece will enjoy peace for a long time!"

"Good talk!" Philistos raised his glass again, shouting: "King Lord Dionysius! Syracuse wins!"

When others raised their glasses to congratulate, Ancitanos on the opposite side noticed that the expression of Herolis was not as serious and enthusiastic as the two next to him, and Ferrosanus did not follow the trend, but shouted. : "For the peace of Sicily!"

Then Philistos made a gesture, so the musician and Mai Ji walked into the hall, and the banquet officially began.

In the beautiful sound of the melody, under the sway of the soft dance, everyone was planning to interlace and enjoy themselves...

When the music stopped and the dancing girl receded, Hernipolis was almost full of belly under the whisper of the beautiful female slave.He saw that Marcias on the opposite side had already been close to the slave girl, and it was extremely unbearable; Leptinis was also flirting with the slave girl; only Herolis was still munching slowly; Ferrosanus even Dismissed the female slaves on the left and right; he turned his head to look at the teacher beside him, Ansitanos, who ate very little, and always watched singing and dancing with a smile...Hernipolis was ashamed of his poor self-control.

At this time, Philistos in the main seat coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention to him, and then said: "Master Ansitanos, since the establishment of the Dionysian Union, our two sides have basically There is no official diplomatic exchange. Did Dionysia send you to Siracusa this time for friendship?"

coming!Ansitanos has been charging for a long time, and just waiting for this moment, he immediately smiled and said: "Of course it is for friendship. Syracuse is the great state of Sicily, and Dionia is also a powerful alliance of Great Greece. Before, the two sides were busy with Carthage, an indigenous who was fighting back in the mountains. For various reasons, the two Greek forces that were so close did not establish friendly contact and communication, so that regrettable things happened. -"Ansitanos deliberately stopped the words.

No one in Syracuse spoke, but Ferrosanus asked curiously: "What a regrettable thing?"

Ansitanos took the opportunity to take the lead: "Several veterans of the Dionysian House were charged by the public for crimes such as corruption and bribery. While collecting evidence of their violations, they found a large number of them from Syracuse in their mansion. 'Four Drachma Silver Coins', there are some letters. These letters—"Ansitanos looked at Philistos.

Philistos listened carefully.

"The main content is to communicate with Polonias, the convicted veteran of Dionys, "how to disturb the order of the Dionysian Union, cause riots among the people, and oust the ruling officer Davis..." and so on. Things, the signature of these letters is-Philistos." Ansitanos looked at the host of the banquet again: "The letter also mentioned'He was ordered by Lord Dionysius.' Pollux Si himself also admitted that'is supported by Syracuse, so dare to carry out these betrayal operations.'"

"Something like this?!" Philistos stunned: "I have never written a letter to anyone who called Pol... Polyxis, this is really... Master Ansitanos, you can Bring the letters you said?"

"I brought it." Ansitanos was ready to take a letter from the baggage he carried with him and give it to the slave girl beside him.

Philistos couldn't wait to receive the letter, opened it, and immediately smiled with relief: "Master Ansitanos, if the letter and signature of each letter in your hand are the same, I can tell with certainty You, these letters were not written by me!"

"Oh?!" Ansitanos looked surprised.

"Go and take a few copies of my signed letter from my study." Philistos immediately ordered his portable slave.

"Let me see this letter." Herolis spoke next, and Philistos handed him the letter.

Just when the slave went to get the letter and the banquet fell into silence for a while, Herolis took the letter and said, "...Well, Master Ansitanos, I was shocked to hear the news you just said. But I want to stand on the sidelines and talk about my own judgment. Philistos is a self-confident and relatively literate literati. He disdains to do such a mean thing that only mean people can do. It’s impossible to go to the greedy, sloppy Dionysian veteran wave you just mentioned...wave..."

"Polykes." Leptinis reminded aside.

"For Pollux, Philistos could not write to him. And as Dionysius, as a general, he was very happy to see that Dionysia had a consul similar to him, It made him feel that he was not alone in this vast Western Mediterranean, and how could he do something that would destroy the rule of Lord Davis!"

"Yes, my brother will never do such a thing!" Leptinis emphasized loudly.

"I wonder if this is the case--" Philistos pondered for a while, and carefully analyzed: "Master Dionysius created the strong today's Syracuse, and the Sicilian Greek city-state United together, but also hated by many people. I think you all know that when the Carthaginian soldiers were under the city of Syracuse a few years ago, some people in the city incited people to riot and wanted to be Lord Dionysius stepped down. Although the event finally subsided, in fact, there have been rumors circulating in Syracuse over the years, even small riots and assassinations have emerged, or the generals will not live on this island On the defense is so strict.

These people are like snakes, hiding in caves, ignoring the peace and stability of Sicily, seizing any possible opportunity to attack Lord Dionysius and our supporters.The Carthaginians are defeated, but there is a Dionysian coalition with the strength of Syracuse in Greater Greece. If there is a war between Syracuse and Dionysian, then they can have the opportunity to go from the dark again. Come out and create turmoil in Syracuse to achieve their purpose..."

"Are you saying this was done by opponents of Lord Dionysius, and then blamed you on Lord Philistos?" Ansitanos asked with a smile.

"It is very possible." Philistos answered seriously.

"So, we also captured a Syracuse citizen Hermes in Turrii, who has fully admitted that he was appointed by Lord Dionysius and went to Turrii to buy Polyxis and others to engage in How can I explain the destruction of Dionyssia?" Ansitano sneered slightly.

"Hermes?" Philistos was confused, and asked several others: "Do we have such a citizen in Syracuse?"

Hernipolis couldn't help saying loudly again: "Don't pretend, we have all investigated it in detail. Hermes is a citizen of Syracuse, and lives in the central area of ​​the merchants area next to the Temple of Apollo, There are two sons. He is also the clerk of Lord Heloris, am I right?"

"Is this true?" Philistos was shocked, and Herolis' expression was even more shocked. He turned to look at Philistos. After the two eyes met, he hesitated and said: "... …I do have a clerk named Hermes, but... I sent Cyranica a year ago, and when I returned, I heard that he had been punished for corruption and lost his position...If Turui I caught the same person. I really didn’t expect him to go to Turriy. I don’t believe you can go to the court records. His criminal record six months ago..."

"This is troublesome!" Philistos said aloud suddenly, his expression becoming extremely serious.

"What's wrong?" Leptinies asked puzzled.

"If Lord Ancitanos said that the former clerk of Hermes and Herolis were the same person, it means that those opponents may begin to consciously lurk to become public officials in the Syracuse city-state!" Listos said solemnly.