Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Yes, this is the manuscript of "History" written by Herodotus and the diaries and materials that he traveled around. When Turi was burned down, his family took nothing and brought these precious The materials escaped from the fire. Now they donate all to the library!" Ansitanos said excitedly.

"Can I... can I see?" Lucias didn't ask for people even when his family was in trouble in Athens, but he looked at Ansitanos with a longing look at the moment.

Ansitanos shook his head: "I'm so sorry, Lucias. The original manuscripts and materials of Herodotus' "History" are Dionysia's most valuable assets, and precious materials like this are stored on it. Special care.” Ancitas pointed his finger to the top of his head, which is the second floor of the library: “Only the elders of the Senate and the scholars of the Dionysian Academy will be allowed to enter because of their duties and research needs. Above, check those precious and confidential materials, and you can't take the books out.

"If you join Dionysia and you will become the dean of the College of Liberal Arts according to the promise of Master Davers, then you want to check any books and materials in the library, it is a breeze."

Lucias stood in the same place, his face changing, although he only stayed in Dionysia for about two days, but he was shocked: this city-state alliance with a short history is not only vibrant, developing rapidly, but also for knowledge He and culture are extremely important. Many systems have been established and many facilities have been built to highlight its importance and ensure its development and inheritance, such as the Dionysian Academy, the Pantheon, and this newly built library... Even Athens, which has a splendid culture, does not have such a system and facilities, and it does not place respect for knowledge and scholars in such an important position as Dionysia. This is the paradise for scholars to give full play to their talents!

After thinking about it, Lucias finally made up his mind: "After I return to Athens, I will discuss with my family and decide when to come to Turri."

"That's great!" Ansitanos was overjoyed and stepped forward to hold Lucias' shoulders: "After Master Davies knows, he will be very happy that Dionysia has another scholar all over Greece. ! Believe me, you are only better in Dionysia than in Athens!"

"Hush!" The librarian leaned out of the registration desk and made a mute gesture.

Ansitanos nodded apologetically.

At this time, Lucias said complexly: "Ansitanos, as far as I know, you are the dean of the College of Liberal Arts."

"Researching history is my interest. Being the person in charge of the College of Liberal Arts was only because there was really no one at the time, so I barely agreed to the request of the consul, which wasted too much time that I should have spent on writing books. Now there is a person who is better than me and has a better literary skill than me, and I am happy to be too late..." Ansitanos said a lot of words without thinking.

"Thank you, my friend!" Lucias smiled and saluted Ansitanos, and finally made a decision. He suddenly became very relaxed.He looked at the countless rows of bookcases that stretched deep into the hall, and the air was filled with the strange aroma of wood and confetti. He took a deep breath and was a little intoxicated: he will spend the rest of his life here!

"Ansitanos, if it's convenient, please take me to see the "God-keeper" and undefeated general Davos in your mouth, I want to see a person who created the Dionysian Academy and built a book What kind of a great person should the people in the museum be?" His eyes were full of curiosity and yearning.

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When Carthage's messenger's ship sailed into Carthage's well-known circular military port throughout the Mediterranean Sea, and the messengers came out of the pier, the people of Carthage swarmed up and surrounded them, knowing the status of the negotiations.

When the people of Carthage learn that a peace agreement has been signed, Carthage only needs to pay a certain amount of food, gold and silver to continue to own several cities including Lily Beer and Ericks, as well as a small city in Sicily In part of the west, many people cheered, and some people shed tears...

The Sicilian war that lasted for several years not only cost Carthage a lot of gold and silver, but also thousands of citizens died in this long and brutal war.

Especially in the first war with Syracuse's tyrant Dionysius, Sofitel Shimilko led the army to victory at the beginning, even attacking the city of Syracuse, but because of the outbreak of plague But the strength was greatly damaged, and finally a fiasco. Only a few dozen ships were left to struggle back to the port.

At that time, the people of Carthage who heard about this tragic event gathered at the port to inquire about their loved ones.When we learned that fifty or sixty thousand soldiers (not including mercenaries) died in Sicily or were captured, the weeping and screaming of the bereavement rang through the coastline. It was Carthage’s darkest day. The cities are in grief.

Everyone approves of black yarn, everybody is closed to thank customers, business activities are suspended, and the temple is closed...

Correspondingly, the nobles of the nobles in the political circle of Carthage-the Magonid family from the mother of Carthage and the royal family of Tyre in the Phoenician city monopolized the ruling position of Carthage's political arena for nearly 200 years. Finally received a real threat.Following the fierce defeat of the Carthaginian army organized by the Margonid family patriarch Hamirka and Syracuse’s tyrant Dillon in the battle of Ximera, the Margonid family’s name once again expeditions with overseas The losses were linked, and this time the situation was more serious. The army of Carthage was almost completely annihilated. Instead of killing the battlefield like his grandfather, Shimilko abandoned his comrades and soldiers and fled back alone.Acting like this in accordance with Carthage’s laws should be punished by “crucifixion”. Because the Magonid family is like a king in the city of Carthage, the Patriarch of Magonid is temporarily exempted. criminal law.But the storm is not over, and the Carthage elites, who have long been dissatisfied with the Margonide family, used the grief and anger of citizens to promote the reform of the system.

Shimilko, the humiliating loser who realized that the situation was extremely detrimental to the Margonides, wore cheap and worn linen robes every day, wandering around the main temple of Carthage Melaka, to God accused himself of blasphemy, prayed to heaven to punish himself, hoping to save something in this way.But in the end, the persecution of the situation and the ridicule and humiliation of the citizens finally made him mentally broken. Six months later, he locked himself at home and killed himself.This public atonement is still insufficient to guarantee the power of the Margonides.

Soon after, a new Carthage political institution was established — a 104-person court, which is an institution composed of members of the noble class, whose role is to supervise the actions of Carthage officials and military chiefs, as well as senior officials. The court’s responsibilities, but no one from the Margonide family was elected to this institution.

In order to revive Magonide's declining power in Carthage and regain his prestige among the people, Magonide's new patriarch Marco, he's the younger brother of Simirko, still uses the family in the Senate It had a great influence, and through the opportunity of Syracuse's arrogant Dionysius attacking Carthage's son Bonsolus, Carthage's third Sicilian war against Syracuse was once again promoted.

However, this is not what it used to be. The greatly reduced Carthage army resisted the attack of Syracuse after the army became stronger and stronger, but it lost more and less.Marco still insisted, but Carthage was tired of the war in the country. When they saw no victory, they were more afraid of the fiasco. So the "armistice negotiations" became the unanimous voice of the citizens.

The final agreement was reached, but Marco had to bear the responsibility for defeat.When Carthage's messenger in charge of negotiations with Syracuse returned, people from all over the city were cheering for the arrival of peace, and only one family seemed deserted, even sad.

In a huge mansion not far from Bilsa Mountain in the Acropolis of Carthage, the people of the Margonide family are commemorating, because today is the day of Himilco, but there is a lot of noisy music from outside the mansion The cheering with the people obviously severely damaged the sad atmosphere.

Hasdrubal knew that the Carthaginians were offering sacrifices and celebrations to the Greek goddess Demeter and her daughter Parsefoni.

Carthage citizens are actually worshipping the Greek gods?!That’s right, in Sicily, the Phoenician colonial city with a deep relationship between Carthage and the Greek city-state was staggered and lived together for hundreds of years. The mutual influence was very deep. Demeter and Parsephone The goddess was not only popular with the Greeks in Sicily, but also gradually accepted them by the Phoenicians. Even the Sicilians believed that Hades, the Hades, was Parsephone who was abducted in Sicily.This cultural influence has penetrated into Carthage again, and there are already temples of these two goddesses in the city of Carthage, but the reckless actions of Hemilko’s army made them more prominent among the gods of Carthage, because the Greek When Mirko led his troops to the city of Syracuse, the soldiers looted the temples of the two goddesses on the southern slope of Epipol. As a result, a plague broke out in the Carthage Barracks, which led to the final It was a fiasco, so the people of Carthage thought it was the punishment of the goddesses for blasphemy against Carthage. You should know that Parsephone is the queen of the underworld.

The terrified people of Carthage even urged the Senate to formally pass the bill to worship the two goddesses on a large scale.To this end, they also specifically visited the Greeks who settled in the city of Carthage, and assigned them to serve the two goddesses, especially Parsephone, and stipulated that their ceremonies must be performed in the Greek way.As a result, this religious ceremony continued year after year, making the two Greek goddesses occupy increasingly important positions in the hearts of Carthage citizens.