Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

From the map, Dionysia's territory in Sicily is the smallest of the three forces.In fact, Daveus played a trick, he did not encircle the entire Catania plain, and the eastern part of the plain is actually under the control of Antrapolis.

"Other city-states, like Agrigento, Gera, Tindaris... are neutral city-states, which serve as buffer zones for Carthage, Syracuse, and Dionysia." Daveus wrote with a pen Click on the icons on the map and say seriously.

Okreton looked at the map carefully, and suddenly a word came out of his mouth: "Does these neutral city-states also include Messina?"

Although Messina's territory is not large, its location is important, so it is also a relatively important city-state in Sicily.

"Of course not!" Daveus said without hesitation: "The citizens of this new Messina are colonists from Lockley and Medema, they are the accomplices of Dionysius, this time During the war, he assisted Syracuse to block the Strait of Messina, and also attacked Lijim’s port many times. Lijim proposed to us Dionia and decided to attack Messina to ensure his safety. The court has agreed to their joint troop request..." Davers once again concealed the "Dionia and Li Jim decided to co-host Messina".

Carthage is not a Greek city-state, and its two most important waterways do not need to pass through Messina, so I don't care much about it.While looking at the map, Okreton pondered the suggestion that Daveus had just made. For a long time he looked up and said, "Dear King Daveus, the Carthaginian Senate sent me. The original intention was to revise Dio The friendly treaty signed between Niah and Carthage and how Dionysia’s next war against Syracuse was going on. Unexpectedly...Unexpectedly, you gave me such a big one...um... …Surprise! However, this is also beyond my scope of authority. I must bring your proposal back to the Senate and let them decide whether to accept it.”

Daphes understood, but he said at the same time: "I hope that Carthage's reply will be faster, because the Syracuse people in the Silitian city may not be able to persist for a few days, so they should surrender." Daveus said this with confidence. The news that "Dionysius escaped" had been leaked. The soldiers in the city panicked, and the Syracuse had to send someone to come to peace.And Daphes took the opportunity to tell the messenger the latest situation in Sicily, whether he believes it or not, there will be even greater disturbances in the city of Sicily.

When Okreton heard this, his heart was shaken.He understood the meaning of Daphes's words. The surrender of the Syracuse people in the Silitinium meant the end of the Southern Italian War. At that time, Carthage negotiated with Dionysia, who had already eased. , The conditions may be different again.

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Sending away the Carthaginian messengers who left in a hurry, Henripolis asked: "Your Majesty, will the Carthaginians agree with your proposal?"

"Judging from the performance of this messenger just now and the situation of Carthage we investigated during this time, it is true that the war-torn mood is serious in the city of Carthage, even though the current situation in Sicily is very good for Carthage, in the Carthage senate Many of the people probably would not approve of waging war..." Daveus recalled a lot of information about Carthage that he had read before, saying: "What can be obtained through negotiation, value the efficiency of the Carthage How stupid enough to solve it by force. What's more, Carthage should understand that occupying the whole of Sicily is not only not good for it, but it is extremely harmful."

"Why?" asked Henripolis curiously.

"You can understand the reason if you think about it."

"...Uh... Is it because such words will provoke the anger of the entire Greek world?"

"Good. Carthage fully occupied Sicily, not only our great Greece, but also the Greek mainland will be directly threatened by an alien, how can this situation be accepted by our Greeks! Carthage and Syracuse used to be You should be able to feel this during the war. It is not only fighting Siracusa, but also fighting the Greeks in Italy and the Greeks on the mainland..." Daveus said meaningfully.

"Oh, a city-state of Carthage certainly cannot defeat the power of the whole of Greece. In any case, it will eventually fail."

"Herni, your teacher has been interested in Carthage recently and has collected a lot of information about it. Have you read it?" Daveus turned to the subject and asked.

"Your Majesty, don't you not know that I have been in Laos before, how can I have time to visit the teacher." As soon as Henripolis mentioned Larus, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"I have read this information and discussed it with Ansitanos. I realized that the Phoenicians had many colonies in the Western Mediterranean, and the colonization time was much earlier than our Greeks, but why do we only know one What about Carthage?"

"Yeah, why?" Hernipolis asked with interest.

Daphes explained in detail: "Because the Phoenicians colonized in a different way from our Greeks. The Greeks colonized because they had fewer people and could not feed more people. They were forced to colonize in order to survive in order to obtain new The land can survive...Phoenician colonization... No, it should not be called colonization, but a commercial act. The Phoenicians ventured into the Western Mediterranean hundreds of years ago in order to obtain high profits. As a result of their exploration, they discovered silver mines on the Iberian peninsula and precious metal mines in Sardinia... In order to collect these precious metals and transport them back to the basic soil of Phoenicia, they built a lot on the coast of Africa and in the west of Sicily. Merchants.

Please note that it is a store, not a town!The Phoenicians in the storehouse are mostly engaged in metal processing and transshipment trade. In order to meet their daily needs, they must trade with neighboring indigenous peoples and our Greek city-states, so the Phoenicians are the most important in the Western Mediterranean. A race that can integrate into the local environment and live in harmony with surrounding aliens.Even if there was a royal battle in the Phoenician basic soil, some of the royal family members fled to Carthage, which led to the rise of Carthage, replacing the mother of the Phoenician basic soil, Tyre, and became the new trading center of the Phoenicians in the Western Mediterranean. , The Carthaginians and the Greeks lived in harmony—"

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty. But the Carthages were full of malice against the Sicilian Greeks, and repeatedly took the initiative to invade the Greek territory, and they also sacrificed children and behaved ugly!" Henripolis interrupted Daveus rashly, Said angrily.

Daveus did not care, he smiled softly: "Carthage sacrifice of children is their custom, I do not comment. However, according to your teacher's review of the information, the conclusion is, "It is just our Greeks. The second active attack on Carthage's allies led to its counterattack.'

One hundred years ago, Prince Sparta Dolius declared that the land near Eurex in the west of Sicily was a resting place for her ancestor Hercules, so she wanted to build a city there.Eriks was the religious center of the Carthage in Sicily. How could the arrogant Spartans build a city, so Carthage waged war and drove away the Greek allies brought by Sparta.

Decades ago, the army of Commander Dillon, Syracuse's arrogant, launched an attack on the friendly ally of Carthage, Himmela, only to attract Carthage's reinforcements.After Dillon defeated Carthage, he rendered this war a great victory comparable to the defeat of the Persians by the Greek Allies.

Over the years, the horrible image of the Carthaginians may have been deliberately spread by the Syracuse people, so as to force other Sicilian city-states to unite around it..."

"Your Majesty, are you saying that these are all Syracuse's tricks?" Hernipolis was surprised.

"Carthage's mother state, Thielton, cannot continue to provide new immigrants like the Greeks. The Carthages with a small population may always be alert to the Greek immigrants coming from the Eastern Mediterranean. The coveted heart of the west of Sicily, so they have to show force from time to time to deter the greed of these people..."

After Daveus finished speaking right, Genipolis laughed with a thump: "Your Majesty, you talk like this, and you feel like you are not Greek."

Daveus said with a straight face: "Only from the standpoint of the neutral can we experience the true feelings of the Carthaginians. I think that at this time, Carthage will be happy to accept a friendship from a powerful neighbor in Greece!" Daveus said this in his mouth, but what he was thinking was: At this time, Dionysia could not afford Carthage with great war potential. Don’t wake it up, let him continue to do business, trade, Run a farm.

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Dionysius's ship took advantage of its familiarity with the east coast of Sicily, and brought the chased Dioria Clippers into the reef area, thus getting rid of their pursuit.When passing by Taunis, the ship bypassed the blockade of the Dionysian fleet and finally reached the island of Ortijia.

The island of Ortigia is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with cliffs everywhere, and city walls built on it, and its defense is quite tight.It also has a small port of its own, but unless it is allowed by the people on the island, it can neither stop the boat nor the island, but for Dionysius, this is not a problem.

Dionysius had just arrived on the island, and Heparinus, Kalidums, and mercenary leader Megikolis arrived.

"Apollo bless! Lord Dionysius, you are finally back! When you were away, Herolis launched a rebellion, he incited..."

After listening to the long-winded narration of Minister Kalidmus, Dionysius' heart sank to the bottom of the valley. When he saw the Dionyan fleet off the sea near Taunice, he had a bad heart Premonition, now that the premonition has become a reality, he did not expect that Syracuse’s situation would be so bad: the coalition led by Massia was defeated by the Dionysian army, and almost all the city-states north of Syracuse were rebelled. Out of the control of Syracuse.Apart from the island of Ortikia, the city of Syracuse has become the world of rebels...

He became more and more annoyed and couldn't help shouting: "So much nonsense! Stop talking!"

Kalidmus immediately shuddered.

Dionysius stood and gasped for breath, straightened out the disordered thoughts slightly, and looked up to his father-in-law: "Where is Philistos?!"