Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"They are far away, and of course it's too late to arrive here," Felixius comforted him. "The Fifth Legion owes you a favor to the Fourth Legion, and they will return it to you in the future."

Epitenius sneered: "Master Commander, do you think Draco is a grateful person?"

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At the same time that the Siracusa army landed in Lockley, the army led by Davos had already reached Picos.Previously, he had sent a messenger to inform the Chief Executive of Pecosis that Anta Oris must strictly seal the news that the army had arrived. For this reason, Anta Oris even sent the only five small warships in the port to temporarily intercept the merchant ship heading north, forcing him Temporarily docked at the Port of Pecosis, complained.But Daphes, who arrived in Picoxis, heard this, but praised Antaoris for being decisive and careful in his work and daring to take responsibility.

At this time, Antaoris was accompanying Archbishop Davis to inspect Picos City and the port. Davis was satisfied with the order and construction of the entire city. He asked: "How many Picos are wearing now? Citizen of Onia?"

"There are 4,523 full-time citizens, 3,351 pre-citizens, 5,117 freelancers who have been registered, and a total of 12,791 people. The population of the entire Picoxis is about 53,000 people..." Antaoris said, as many families said.

"Oh, Picoxis has a large population!" Davers was a little surprised.

"Adult, Picoxis was originally a big city in the region of Lucania that is no less than Grummentum and Potentia, let alone a seaside city, and it is far more attractive to Greek freemen than Grummentum. The cities of Lucania, such as Mu, Niutum, are much larger." Antaoris said proudly.

"So, a lot of Greeks have settled here?" Daveus asked immediately.

"Yes. The combined number of Greek Dionysian citizens, reserve citizens, and free citizens is about 4,230. This number is increasing every day, mainly because of the Greeks from Tampalia."

"After only three years, the Greeks of Picoxis were close to half of the population!" Daveus was taken aback, and then asked worriedly: "They usually have a lot of conflicts with the Lucanias. ?"

"There are some, but not too drastic." Antaoris said with a more relaxed expression: "Because Pecosis has experienced many defeats before being incorporated into our Dionyssia, Pecosis City's Lucania’s young and middle-aged suffered heavy casualties. Not only did they vacate a lot of land, most of the remaining people also lost their fighting blood, and their tribal settlements were mostly in the mountains in the east, mainly grazing. The Greeks here Both prefer flat grounds by the sea, so the two sides can live together. There is... well, the Greeks, mainly Campania, are somewhat similar in life to the Lucanias, and the two get along well. Not bad..."

"It seems that you enjoy your life here! And you, the Chief Executive, are doing very well, and you know the situation of the citizens of this city very clearly!..." Dave Strian claimed to praise him, but was also before him What he said aroused interest and asked again: "Master Antaoris, would you please tell me what other characteristics of this Campanian?"

"Adult, the Greeks in Campania are the least Greek-like Greeks I have seen except for our Dionysians."

Anta Oris's words drew Dave's attention: "Oh, what do you say?"

Antaoris thought for a while and said seriously: "I guess it may be that the Greeks in Campania have always been surrounded by aliens (Walsi in Campania in the north and Lucani in the south. Asians, with Samonis in the east and Phoenicians in Sardinia, a large island close to the west), so compared to Greeks who like freedom elsewhere, Campanias Very united and like to hold a group to do things; on the other hand, some of their living habits are influenced by their neighbors, such as eating beef and mutton, and also worshipping some gods that do not belong to Greece. For example, some Campanias also built Sa The deity of the Monet, Savoni (God of War of the Monet), believed that the harm of the beast could be avoided...In Picos, these characteristics of them are also very obvious."

Daphes smiled and said with a long heart: "We have Greeks, Lucanias, and Brutuses in our alliance, and now there are Campania Greeks, and maybe there will be more. Race joins this alliance. Therefore, when dealing with conflicts among ethnic groups, we must first hold a principle-tolerance, tolerance of their religion, tolerance of their living habits; followed by justice, anyone, any race Dionysia’s laws are all equal and can’t be favored; there is also a guide to guide them to like our lifestyle, entertainment, competition, military training... The most important thing is religion, Hades is Dionys Don’t forget this, the patron saint of Asia! Over time, I believe that no matter who they were before, they will eventually become Dionysians!"

Antaoris listened attentively, and then nodded conscientiously, "Master Daveus, you are right!"

"I just talked about it, in fact, you are already doing this in the management of the city, right?" Davers smiled self-deprecatingly: "If you want to accelerate the integration of these races, it is best to find them. Have in common. During this time I discussed with Ansitanos and found a secret—"

Daveus looked at Anta Oris and saw that he was listening attentively, adding to his tone: "The Hercules is very famous among various ethnic groups in Italy, and some tribes even claim to be his descendants. Descendants...I am going to propose in the Senate,'Establish a temple of Hercules in Turrii, and start his celebration, so that the people of all ethnic groups in Dionyssia celebrate this deity'... ...Alas, it was only temporarily suspended because of the outbreak of war. I think Picos can try to do it first, what do you think?"

"Adult, you are a good idea!" Antaoris heartily praised: "In fact, there are already several altars of Hercules in Picos, Lucania and Campani. The Asians are on both sides. I will try my best to build a large temple of Hercules, and make Picos the center of the region to worship Hercules!"

"Are you ready to grab the thunder of Turri? I'm afraid that Kunogolata will desperately want to fight with you." Daveus said jokingly, and the two laughed.

On the way back to the city hall, the two talked and laughed. In this harmonious atmosphere, no one mentioned Eriks and Puladas. In fact, there was no need to mention it, because it was a thing of the past.

Returning to the town hall, the first army commander, Antonios, and the second army commander, Amintas, are waiting there.

"Sir, the camp has been completed, and the soldiers have begun to rest." Antonios saw Davis coming in and immediately stepped forward to report: "In addition, the messengers from the Third Army have already heard that the Third Army is already coming." It is estimated that Corsis will be there at dusk."

"You said that this Alexis hadn't faced the Samone before, but he was scared to withdraw from Potentia, which was too embarrassing to the Dionysian Army!" Amintas Dissatisfied chuckled aside.

"If the Third Army plan is really against the Samonei army, I am afraid that now I can only take less than 20,000 of your first and second legions to face the huge force of more than 40,000 of Samoney. Now, how can this battle be fought?! Alexis gave up his reputation for the victory of the entire war. This safe approach is undoubtedly very correct! It should be worth your study, especially you Amintas! "Daveus said rightly.The encounter of the Third Army in Potentia was already a few days ago, and Daveus had learned the detailed passage from Antaoris.

Amintas grumbled a little, not daring to speak loudly.

"My lord, this Samone seems to be more fierce. First he ambushed, and then sent a large army to attack head-on, without giving the third legion a chance to breathe." Antonios interjected: "If we know we are going to attack Poseidon Niah, will the Samone send another army to kill?!"

"Samonet people dare to come, I'm afraid they won't come!" Daveus began to carefully analyze the plans he had been considering for the past few days to the three people in the living room: "According to intelligence, Samo In the past, the Nai people had fought against the Lucanias and had always won or lost, and the Campanias have been attacked by them for many years. Presumably, the Samonais have always been very proud of their fighting ability. Plus this This was the first time that the Samoan had dispatched so many fighters. I am afraid that they have further contributed to their arrogance. Among them is the credit of the Syracuses—" he said, glancing at Antaoris.

Antaoris nodded and said: "The warships patrolling our port have repeatedly reported in the past few days,'I found a large number of Syracuse cargo ships going north into the port of Poseidonia.' I think they are very likely It was brought food for the Samone."

"Damn Syracuse!" Amintas scolded and shouted, "Sir, we should take advantage of the fact that the Samones don't even know we are here, and quickly capture Poseidonia and break Sa. Monet's food supply!"

"It's a way." Daveus didn't nod and continued: "But Antaoris told me that the Samonais had their own port town, Irna, south of Campania. Otherwise, they would not dare to dispatch a large army of more than 40,000 people before they captured Poseidonia. Taking only Poseidonia only added some food for the Syracuse It’s just trouble, but it will prolong our time to repel them. Besides, Dionysius of Syracuse is already preparing to invade Great Greece, so we can’t wage a long-lasting war with Samonians!”