Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Dion, I heard that you organized the children to play games on the ship these days, which has reduced a lot of trouble for us and done well!" Dionysius praised.

"I can't help you with your business, I can only do what I can to help you." Di Ang said not humble.

"A good one to do what I can do!" Dionysius exclaimed. He turned to look at his father-in-law: "I see that 20 years later, Dion can become a great minister of Syracuse! "

The usually serious Siparinus smiled.

Heavy minister?Philistos pouted slightly.

"Stop! You can't enter!" The guard shouted suddenly outside the door, which made Dionysius feel tight. When he just wanted to ask who he was, he heard the sound of fighting outside the door.

Angry roars and screams screamed continuously into the cabin's ears, and everyone's face changed greatly.

Siparinus was busy guarding the two children behind him.

"I'm going out to see the situation." Philistos said nervously.

"Don't go! At this time, Megikolis should have arrived with mercenaries. It's not so easy to threaten me Dionysius!" Dionysius was calm, but his face was extremely unsightly. Roughly guessing who the attacker was, it was like a storm in the heart.

With a loud bang, the hatch was kicked open, and Dionysius cried in horror.

Dionysius, Philistos, and Siparinus were pale, and they suddenly saw the Spartan warrior in scarlet cloak, long hair, thick beard, and blood stained with a shield spear, broke into The cabin.

Dionysius and Philistos glanced at each other, their faces full of shock.

When he saw the messenger also stepping into the cabin, Dionysius roared angrily: "Pididas, what do you mean?"

"That's what you see." Fibidas' eyes were cold, and five or six Spartan fighters in front of him posed in a fighting stance, flashing cold light at the tip of their bayonet.

Where did the young teenager Dion have seen such a terrible scene, his father's hand was shaking tremblingly.

"I... I said that I wouldn't go to Sparta, wouldn't you... still force me to fail!" Dionysius screamed, trying to suppress the fear in his heart.

"I didn't say I'm going to take you to Sparta." Phoebe's cold words made the three people chill.

"Fibidas, you have vowed to Hercules to safely send us out of Sicily and go where we are going!" Filidas eagerly reminded Fibidas: "Sparta Dak is the overlord of the Greek city-state! The bloodline of Hercules! Has always been the example of all Greeks! Do you have to violate your vow!"

"I didn't disobey." Piddas showed a conspiratorial smile of triumph, making the whole face look a little weird: "I said,'guarantee to send you to Sparta safely,' but you refused to go to Sri Lanka yourself. Bada, so of course this oath no longer exists."

"It turns out...you have a premeditated plan." Dionysius suddenly realized.

"Aren't you going to cheat me from the beginning too!" Piddas sneered.

After the initial shock and fear, Dionysius regained his calm. He asked: "Even if I don't want to go to Sparta, against the wishes of your council of elders, I won't let you use a knife and a gun... Deal with me, why?"

Piddas looked at him and didn't answer him directly. Instead, he showed a clear look and smiled: "I know you are delaying time, looking forward to mercenaries to save you."

Phoebe's calm expression made Dionysius feel bad.

"Megikolis!" Fibidas shouted, and soon the figure of the mercenary leader appeared at the door.

Dionysius and others were ashamed.

"Compared to going to a remote place to suffer and suffer, and not enjoying a good life, they are more willing to follow Sparta to win honor and land." Fibidas said proudly.

"But... are you stupid, Megikolis? Sparta is poor and can't afford your salary at all! And we can, if you think you have less money, we can increase it!..." Hipparinus was anxiously corrupted Shouted, trying to make Megikolis change his mind.

Phibidas laughed and said, "I don't have any money in Sparta, but you have it. The cargo ships are full of silver coins, and the mercenaries have been greedy for a long time!"

The situation was very critical, and Dionysius finally lowered his proud head and whispered, "Pididas, seeing the friendship of the past, let us go!...... Ah!...... You can take both silver and gold coins. Let’s go, as well as those warships and cargo ships, just let us leave...Let us leave! Believe me, I can recapture Syracuse and provide greater help for Spartan hegemony!..."

Fibidas watched him.

For a moment, he whispered: "I'm sorry, Dionysius, I just follow the command line of the Council of Elders..."

"Why?! Why?! You know that the group of Herolis couldn't control Syracuse at all! It couldn't deal with the stronger Dionysia! Only me! I can suppress the expansion of Dionysia! Help you stabilize the Western Mediterranean!..." Dionysius roared out of control, his terrifying expression scared little Dionysius' crying even louder.

"... Sparta has signed a long-term friendship agreement with Dionia..." Although this matter is not allowed to be public, Fibidas feels that it does not matter to let them hear: "One of them is for you The life of Dionysius..."

"...So it was...Daveus...Daveus under the hell!..." Dionysius was despondent, suddenly felt his legs soft, his body shook a few times, and fell over On the ground.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!...Daddy!..."

"Brother-in-law!"

"Dionysius!"

...

These voices of concern passed into his ears, making him feel particularly warm. In the past, he was obsessed with his hegemony. Why did he pay attention to these, watching the son with tears on his face, Dior, who was trembling, and composure. Philistos, the pale-faced Cyparinus, suddenly turned his head and said to Fibidas: "Fibidus, you can kill me and give my...head to Davis! But I think the treaty you signed must not include my family and my friends, so... so please let them go!... even if you let them go to Sparta with you! Ah!..."

"Dionysius, my best friend!" Philistos shouted excitedly.

Dionysius reached out to stop him from speaking, and said in a deep voice: "Filly, my family may take care of you!"

Philistos nodded hesitantly with tears in his eyes.

"The treaty really only requires your life." Fibidas said: "But in order to convince the mercenaries, I agreed to Megikolis' request."

"What's the demand?!" Dionysius was startled again, surrendering to Mejikolis, who kept his head down.

At this moment, he had raised his head, and the face of usual obedience was full of fierce colors: "Sir Dionysius, every time you let us kill the city, you are obviously reminded,'Don’t let an enemy go, So as not to cause trouble to Syracuse in the future!'I did what you ordered today."

Dionysius did not expect that he would repay his family for what he had done in recent years. At this moment, he had no time to confess to the goddess of vengeance. He took a few steps with his knees and knelt and pleaded: "Megicris , How do I treat your mercenaries over the years, you know! Not only are they well paid, but they also allocate land to you, it is better to treat you than my brothers! I trust you like this, that’s how you repay me Really!...Think about it, when you first came to Sicily, you couldn’t even eat enough every day..."

Fibidas was somewhat impatient with Dionysius's sensational remarks. He glanced at Megecolis: "What should I do, you decide as soon as possible!"

Mejikoris looked at Dionysius who was kneeling on the ground helpless and sad, but it was the arrogant who, after repelling the army of Carthage under the soldiers' army, immediately broke his promise and ordered Mejikoris to lead The mercenaries arrested a total of 127 democrats and relatives and friends who wanted to oust him. Dionysius issued the order "all men, women, children, young and old shall be executed" without hesitation, and the executor was Meggie. Collis, Dionysius' cold eyes were firmly imprinted in his heart.

We are by no means Syracuse democrats who lost their lives because of foolish compromises!Meji Kollis shouted in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Brothers!"

A dozen heavily armed mercenaries stormed the cabin.

Seeing this, Fibidas said, "Let's go."

The Spartan soldiers swarmed him back out of the cabin. He neither wanted to see Dionysius killed, nor let the Spartan warriors contaminate the blood of Dionysius and his family.

Unexpectedly, Dionysius, who had been desperate, leapt, and the mercenary who had just rushed in was caught off guard, and he took the spear in his hand.

Holding a spear, he quickly backed away, guarding Dionysius behind him, and at the same time gave out an unpleasant tearful laugh like a night owl: "Hahaha...Pididas, you Spartans think they are After signing a peace treaty with Dionysia, everything is safe. I'm yeah! I bet that within 30 years, Sparta will be destroyed by the growing Dionysia! By then, there will be no more in the world Bata, I will be waiting for you in the underworld!! Megikolis, you betray me today, and the Spartans will abandon you tomorrow! The Spartans will even deceive me, let alone treat you lowly Of mercenaries!!"

Phoebe's face changed slightly, and he didn't expect Dionysius to be in trouble, and he was still provoking.At this moment, Megikolis looked at him subconsciously, and Pididas immediately shouted: "Will not kill them yet, what are you waiting for!"

"Yes! Yes!" Meggielis gave the order immediately.

More than a dozen mercenaries rushed up with shield spears, but what Dionysius could resist.

He was shot three times and fell to the ground.

As he passed away, the screams of his son and friends could no longer stir the ripples in Dionysius' heart. In a trance, he saw his respected teacher, the great commander of Syracuse, the defeat of the army of Athens and the Carthaginians. Hermocrates and Hermocrates’ daughter, his most beloved wife, are smiling at him...

He extended his hand in joy...

……………………………

At this moment, the new King Dave of Dionysia led the first army to return to Turriy through the Arc de Triomphe in the city to Victory Square.

Both sides of the road were crowded with people. They threw petals, waved ribbons, and excitedly cheered the warriors who saved the alliance and defended their homeland.

The carriage pulled by the four white horses stopped on the west side of the square, under the steps of the Great Hall, and Davers steadily walked up to the high platform.

"Your Majesty!" The veterans headed by Kunogolata and Cornelius respectfully saluted.

"It's hard!" Daveus turned back to the square after returning the gift.

Before he could speak, the audience was already cheering:

"King Daveus wins!!!!!!"

"Dionysian Union wins!!!!"

Note: 1. Dionysius.

Historically, Dionysius died in 367 BC. He won the first prize in a Greek poetry competition. In order to celebrate the victory of the competition, he rarely drank normally and drank happily. As a result, he suffered from excessive drinking. In case of fever, the doctor gave him a dose of hypnotic medicine.After taking it, he fell asleep and never woke up again, so he also said "the doctor poisoned".

After conquering Sicily, he launched several wars against Great Greece. He was conquered by Li Jim, and the cities of Cologne and Hibernian were destroyed. Crotone was also occupied.He also instigated the Lucanians to attack the Turrii territory and was repelled by the Turrii, but Turrii led the army to counterattack the Lukanian territory and the whole army was annihilated (this is what is described in the second volume of this article) The incident was only written to make it happen more than ten years in advance), and finally Turui, who was greatly damaged, also succumbed to Syracuse.

After Dionysius conquered Great Greece, he then focused his attention on the Adriatic Sea. He had established several colonial cities on the east and west coast of the Adriatic Sea in an attempt to make the Adriatic Sea into tin The inner lake of La Cuzha.Among these colonial cities are Ancona, as we know it, and the city of Hadria (the predecessor of Venice).

When Syracuse was the strongest, its direct rule included most of Sicily and the southern part of the Italian peninsula, with a population of about 2.2 million.On the mainland of Greece, many people of insight have even tied Syracuse with Persia, thinking that they are a threat to Greece.At several Olympia games, there have been scenes of Greek people surrounding Siracusa athlete camps, protesting to them, and even clashing.Of course, this is also related to Dionysius and the mercenaries robbing the Sanctuary of Delphi, although ultimately unsuccessful.

In the second half of Dionysius's life, he had been fighting the restored Carthage, and defeated more and less, which limited Syracuse's further expansion, for which Dionysius even shifted his hatred to Carthage ally Rome.

In 390 BC, the Gauls in northern Italy went south and attacked the Etruscans. At the instigation of Dionysius, they defeated the Roman reinforcements and continued to accelerate southwards, crossing the Tiber and capturing the city of Rome. This became one of the most terrible memories in Roman history.It can be seen that Dionysius is very good at dealing with people of different races, so in this article it is not surprising that he incited the Samonais to fight against Dionia.

Dionysius has groundbreaking political wisdom.He will implement different ruling methods according to the different regions of his jurisdiction. Later, the Roman system was very similar to it; he subdivided the arms and conducted professional training, and Macedonia later benefited a lot from this.

He himself is very restrained in life habits and strictly restricts his children from doing wrong, but the rule of the people of Syracuse is indeed very strict, perhaps because his mentor and father-in-law Hermocrates was democratic by Syracuse He was deceived and killed, and his wife was humiliated and killed by the mob. He was seriously wounded and hid in the dead to escape his life... These tragic encounters in his early years made his mind change greatly.

Dionysius is a complex historical figure, and he hopes that the description will resemble one-tenth of this owl, and he will be satisfied.

Second, Dion.

A famous historical personage written by the famous Roman historian Plutarch in "Hellenic and Roman Celebrities", according to the time in this book, he should be less than ten years old, and Dionysius Jr. was not born yet. , The author still let them forcibly show up at the last moment, because then there will be no chance.

As the "prime minister" of Siracusa's next generation of tyrants trained by Dionysius, Dior was also sent to Athens to study. Plato is his teacher and the two have a profound friendship.Probably influenced by the democratic atmosphere in Athens, he tried his best to assist Dionysius Jr., but also hoped that the young tyrant could be more democratic and wise, so he invited Plato.

Plato used "virtues" to educate Dionysius Jr., hoping to cultivate a "philosopher king".But it didn't take long for Dionysius to get tired of them, and because of the bewitches of others, he invited Philistos, who had been demoted to Hadalia for many years.

The intriguing Philistos made it clear when he returned that the set of Plato and Dion did not apply to Syracuse.After his operation, Dionysius Jr. suspected that the two had ulterior motives.

Plato returned to Athens in dismay, and Dion was also expelled from Syracuse.As a result, he returned to Syracuse a few years later and overthrew the tyrant rule.When the newly established council wants to democratically elect generals, he believes that power must be concentrated to be efficient, and any city-state resolution should preferably have his approval!

As a result, his self-sufficiency prevented Syracuse's chaos from subsiding, and eventually he himself died in the riots. Syracuse's strength was greatly lost and it was in decline.

He feels a bit like Yeltsin, and he doesn’t understand why Plutarch chose him instead of other more famous characters with greater influence on the history of ancient Greece, such as Ipamunda. Could it be because Dion promoted democracy and engaged in coup?!

3. Herolis.

In the information I collected, this historical figure has very little information. He only knew that he was a supporter of Dionysius in the early days, and later opposed Dionysius’s dictatorship. From his sentence, he became a famous Western saying. "The power of the monarch is nothing but a fancy shroud" can be seen.

Before Dionysius invaded Great Greece, he fled Sicily and formed a coalition in Great Greece to join the city-states to defend Great Greece.As a Syracuse, he actually became the commander of the coalition.Do not understand why an outsider would become the commander of Great Greece?Was it because of his fame, or because the election of generals in other city-states caused conflicts and everyone accepted him?

Herolis led the Allied forces to march into the Syracuse army that invaded Greater Greece, and he was in the vanguard and was at the forefront of the team.He did not send scouts or spies to conduct advance battlefield inspections. Without knowing the specific location of the enemy, he hurriedly entered the army. As a result, he was attacked by the Siracusa army in the vicinity of the Siri Court.

Herolis was not afraid, and while stubbornly resisting, he also dispatched heralds to inform the troops behind him as soon as possible.

As a result, the coalition forces continued to fight with "fueling tactics", and Dionysius was defeated wave after wave.Herolis died in battle, and the most powerful arm of Great Greece was forced to surrender. Great Greece could no longer stop Dionysius' ambition to conquer.

Sometimes, the author really suspects that Herolis is a counterinsurgency, and this military command capability is too bad!Therefore, everyone can understand that it is very likely that Tarantum Archer Diomeras easily hit the Mep’s ambush in this article, because many Greek city-state generals have really poor command capabilities in this era. , And tactics are also behind.In order to increase the splendor of the war, the author also deliberately raised their level, otherwise the Dionysian army formed by Davos’ advanced military theory in the past life, but...

Four, Philip Dun

Speaking of this name, it is estimated that many readers do not remember who it is.Fitun is the general of Li Jim, why should he mention him specifically?Because he is the only historical and well-known figure in the data collected by the author of this period in Great Greece (the other is Aceta).Someone will ask Kunogolata and Cornelius?These are all fictitious characters of the author, and it can be seen that there are too few historical records of Great Greece during this period.

There are not many records about Feidun. He only knows that after the Great Greek Allied Forces were defeated, he still led the Ligem army to fight Dionysius. big trouble.Therefore, after the city of Lijim was broken, Dionysius killed his family, including relatives and friends, and it was also regarded as "Yi tribe."

Well, there is so much nonsense, and there is a suspicion of spoofing, but I collected so many Sicilian and Great Greek materials, and finally this summary and summary should be worth some money, haha!

The glory of Syracuse created by Dionysius in history is interrupted in this world by the Dionysian city-state alliance led by Davos, can Dionysia create a far better victory than Syracuse? How brilliant is it?Please continue to watch the next volume "Kingdom Decade"!