Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the Latium region of central Italy, Camillus, who was concerned by Daveus, received an order from the Roman Senate: let him serve as a general, and lead the army left in Rome to repel the Walsi alliance.

Although he repeatedly resigned, saying that he was old and weak, he was not suitable to lead troops, hoping to make this task more suitable for the candidates, but the Roman people strongly asked him to take up, because they did not actually expect him to lead the way, rush to kill the enemy, and It is a strong trust in his actual combat experience and ability to use troops, I believe he will bring brilliant victory to Rome.

Camillus had to accept it.

Considering that Camillus was unable to fight the enemy, the Senate also equipped him with a young military and political officer named Lucius Frus, who served as his partner.

The two led the remaining two legions in the city, a total of 12,000 Roman civic soldiers, brought together thousands of Allied soldiers, and then led their troops to the southeast, and quickly rushed to Prenist.

Coming soon to the Walsey Allied Forces, Camulus ordered the army to stop and camp, he wanted to delay the battle with the enemy first.On the one hand, he did not want to fight the enemies with strong morale at this moment, he wanted to wait for the enemies to slack off, or force the enemies to take the initiative to attack their camps; on the other hand, one of the reasons why he postponed the appointment of the Senate was because After getting cold, he still has a fever, and his body is weak.

Who knows that another young military and political officer, Frius, was eager to fight with the enemy, and Camillus could not fight because he was ill, which allowed him to monopolize the battle.

So he privately encouraged the team officers in the army to make everyone unanimously appeal to Camillus. Camillus couldn’t disagree with everyone and did not want others to think that he was out of jealousy and did not want young people to win. For his merits and honors, he reluctantly agreed: let Lucius Frius lead the army to battle, and he led a small number of soldiers to stay in the camp.

Out of worries about the war, he sent people to explore the progress of the battle and reported to him at any time.And he was lying on the hospital bed, but he was sleepless.

When he learned that the formation of the Roman army was not yet complete, Frius launched an offensive, and was defeated by the enemy in one fell swoop, and the defeated soldier was fleeing to the camp. He forgot his illness and jumped from the bed to organize the rest. The soldiers quickly prepared for defense.

He ran to the camp gate in person, and he constantly exhorted the soldiers who retreated from the battlefield to let them pick up their weapons again and repel the enemies who followed them.

The defeated soldiers saw this prestigious, white-haired veteran nailed in front of the gate like a rock and did not retreat. They couldn't help but feel ashamed and turned around to fight, cooperated with the defenders in the camp, and finally drove away enemy.

Camillus suffered a lot of cold sweats after this toss, and his cold was more than half better. He couldn't help but thank Minerva for his blessing.

The frustrated and guilty military officer Frius came to seek guilt from Camillus.

Camillus did not severely criticize the young reckless general, but patiently asked him the whole process of the battle.

After thinking about it, he said to Frius: "Tomorrow we will lead the army out of the camp and fight the enemy!"

Frius thought he had misheard: "We just experienced the defeat of the battle..."

"It is because of this defeat that the Roman citizens who admire honor urgently need a victory to wash away this shame!" Camulus said firmly.

Encouraged, Frius nodded in agreement.

Soon, the news of the "Morning Battle" spread throughout the camp.

The soldiers heard that the highly respected head of the country, Camillus, would lead them to a decisive battle tomorrow morning to wash away the shame of this defeat.Suddenly, everyone no longer looked down, but rubbed their hands and swore to the gods to avenge Xuesha.

The next day, after Camilus led the army out of the camp for one mile, he stopped advancing and quickly began to line up.

The Wallisian Allied Forces heard that the Romans who had failed in the battle yesterday walked out of the fortified camp. They were pleasantly surprised and led their troops in a hurry.

Before they could fully expand their formation, Camillus ordered: The whole army attacked!

Roman soldiers eager for revenge rushed to the Wally's coalition, and Camillus focused the attack on the weaker Helnikians.

After some fierce battles, the chaotic formation of the Wallsey Allied Forces was completely at a disadvantage. The Helnikians were first defeated, which led to the defeat of the entire army.

Camillus ordered: The whole army continues to pursue, do not relax!

The Roman army took the opportunity to occupy the enemy's camp. Most of the Walsey Allied soldiers were either killed or captured, and the Roman soldiers celebrated the victory.

But after a day of rest, news came again that Rome's other Latin ally, Bolae, was captured by the Helnikians.

Camillus immediately decided to send the heavy infantry back to Rome, then led the light infantry, and rushed all the way to Burnet, launching a surprise attack on the Helnikians.

The Helnikians who had just occupied the town were unprepared and were soon defeated, and most of the soldiers were killed.

Camillus returned to Rome with a large number of loot and captive class.

The Roman people cheered him.

At his suggestion, the Roman Senate turned the Roman troops who had returned from the north to conquer the Etruscans and turned to attack the Equa and Helniki forces to the east.

Two months later, the Equite, Helniki, and Massi, who had suffered heavy losses in the previous war, suffered repeated attacks and could no longer resist the choice of surrender.

After clarifying the main enemies in the east and southeast, the Romans began to turn their attention to the Walsi in the south.

The Walsi are an ancient race in Italy. They lived in the upper Ligus Valley of northeastern Italy hundreds of years ago, but with the Celtic's continuous southward invasion, they could not compete with them. , Forced to continue to migrate to the southwest of Italy, and eventually they settled in the fertile land in the south of Latium, and they lived peacefully for hundreds of years, but because of the rise and expansion of the Romans, the Walseys were not allowed Do not start a constant armed conflict with this force that has become its northern neighbor.

In the past hundred years, there have been many wars between the two sides.At the beginning, the Walseys had the upper hand.However, as Rome conquered the surrounding Latin city-states and established the Latin League, its strength increased greatly, and the Walseys gradually felt hard to attack Rome.

And in the 358 years of Rome's establishment (that is, 396 BC), Roman General Camulus led the army to capture the Etruscan strong state in the northern region of the upper Tiber River-Victoria, this conquest Not only does it completely occupy the surrounding land in the Taipei River Basin, but it also deterred the surrounding races and forces.

As a result, the Walseys signed a peace agreement with Rome.

But four years later, the Celtics captured the city of Rome. The decline of Rome’s strength led to the dissolution of the Latin League. The Walseys took the opportunity to tear up the agreement and united with the forces around Rome. They continued to invade Rome’s territory and allies until this time they were stuck. The army led by Mulhouse was completely defeated.

The heavy loss of the Walseys hadn’t breathed from the defeat, and the Roman army invaded the Walseys’ territory and surrounded the powerful state in the northwest of Wally, Willetley. (Velitrae).

While the Walseys gathered their troops for rescue, they were considering asking for reinforcements from other forces. This is because after the Romans carried out military reforms in recent years, their strength became stronger and stronger. In the end, they were afraid of the Romans.

In fact, the stronger and stronger forces closer to Walsey are the Samonais, but unfortunately this powerful mountain race is always extremely aggressive towards the surrounding forces.In the past years, Walsey and the Samone have also fought many times. Several towns such as Sora and Cepeatae, which are close to the mountains of Samone, are also used by Samo. With the Nai people occupying, how dare the Walseys ask for help from this violent hostile force.

Therefore, after discussion, the Walsey Alliance agreed that only the powerful kingdom of the south, Dionysia, was the most suitable target for help. However, Walsey had no formal diplomatic contact with Dionysia before and was afraid of being rejected. So the Walseys thought of a way.

The Walsey League sent a messenger to go south by boat, and came to the Campania region. There is a Campania League in the Campania region that seems to be stronger by the Walsey people. Its relationship with Walsey is not bad. , The two sides often have trade exchanges.

The Campania League was originally an alliance of Greek colonial city-states in this area. Its purpose was to protect city-state security and jointly resist foreign enemies. Its main enemy was the Samone in the mountains to the east.Later, some Etruscan city-states that were also infested by the Samone in the eastern part of the Campania Plain also joined in.

The Etruscans were once the most powerful force in Italy, occupying the entire northern and central half of Italy. Later, due to the invasion of the Celts, its power was greatly weakened, and many territories were constantly being used by other races. After the invasion, its forces began to retreat northward.But in the eastern part of the Campania Plain, there are several Etruscan city states headed by Capua and Suessla.

After joining the Campania League, Capua had also competed with Naples for the dominance of the League. However, after the Captains of Samona captured Capua 20 years ago, the alliance has been dominated by Naples.

Therefore, the messenger of Walsey came directly to the city of Naples, made a request for assistance from Walsey to his council, and euphemistically reminded the Napolits that the Romans were aggressive and once Conqueror was conquered, Walther The Campania region, which is not far away and has fertile land, may be its next target.