Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Just when Tapirus was born, the Roman officials finally appeared. He vaguely remembered that the man who was approaching him was the Roman elder named Paulus.

"Your elders in Rome are harder to see than our king of Dionysia. I haven't shown up for more than ten days and haven't let us go out. I thought you Romans would imprison us here. I almost couldn't help but want to He sent someone to Turiy for help." Tapirus said with sarcasm and threats when he saw him, and the timidity revealed in his words did not care about his face.

Paulus said unmoved: "Dear Dionysian messenger, you have also seen the chaos outside the hotel. We are also here to protect the safety of your life. And for more than ten days, the Senate has been There have been repeated and heated debates on Dionia’s proposal, and there has been no clear result, so I have not come to inform you."

"So, is there a result now?" Tapirus frowned.

"Yes." Paulus said solemnly: "Walsey is a feud with us in Rome. When we were still weak in Rome, the Walsh people have been relying on the powerful and constantly invading our land in Rome. Killing the people of Rome...Citizens of Rome are determined to eradicate this life-and-death enemy, Walsey, in this war, so they passed with a majority of support votes at the urgently held civic conference The proposal to continue this war, so sorry..."

Tapirus was not disappointed or shocked. In fact, before leaving Turrii, King Daveus vaguely expressed the hope that Rome would reject this proposal.

The main task of Tapirus is to go deep into the city of Rome and learn about the political, military, and social details of this city-state. Although they are restricted from going out, the slaves and ground staff in this hotel But they have long been bought through, and learned a lot.

At the moment, Tapirus asked with a smile: "Sounds... do you still hold a civic conference?"

"Because the Senate has always been controversial, we have to finally resort to the civic assembly to resolve it." Paulus solemnly said.

"Well, I can only take your decision back and tell His Majesty the King." Tapirus was sorry, but he was really eager to leave this ghost place.

"It's wrong for you to stay in the hotel during this time! To express my apologies, this is a gift from our senate on behalf of Roman citizens to the messenger and your entourage." Paulus waved his hand and accompanied him The soldier lifted up two boxes.

When you open it, it is full of silver coins. It is estimated that there are at least two Talent.

If the previous delay was to allow Rome to occupy as much Walsi land as possible, in order to increase the weight of the negotiations with Dionia.Then, after receiving the unequivocal support from Carthage, the Confederate, Rome, who was bold and courageous, did not hope that after rejecting the proposal of the Kingdom of Dionysia, it would really fight against it, because even with Carthage’s The war with Dionia will surely cause some damage to Rome, and avoid it if possible, so they use money to bribe the Dionysian mission, hoping he can go back and say something good.

Tapirus blinked and said, "Thank you." He accepted it without a word.

Of course, he did not want to take the money and money as his own, because according to the bill enacted the year before, accepting a gift from a foreign country is a form of bribery. If he sees the money open, I am afraid that it will not be long before he returns to Turi, the Ministry of Supervision will collect it. He complained to the entourage in his messenger group.He just wanted to bring the money donated by Rome back to the finance department, which was a small contribution made by his envoy to Rome.

As for saying good things to Rome, that is impossible!Tapirus will only tell King Daveus what he has seen and heard in Rome.

For the safety of the Dionysian Mission, the Roman Senate even arranged patrols to escort them to the port of Ostia.

When Tapirus walked out of the hotel, countless Roman people yelled at them fiercely: "Dionians, Rome does not welcome you! Get out of Rome like a dog!"

"Damn the Romans, how dare they threaten us with war, and deliberately steal our land! Tell you, the Romans are not afraid of war, we will kill as many as you come!"

...

They not only scolded, but also threw debris at the Dionysian Envoy, but most of them were blocked by patrol soldiers with long shields.

Patrol captain Cassius apologized repeatedly: "I'm really sorry, these guys are rude and ignorant people, but in battle, they are all brave fighters, I hope you don't mind!"

Is this an apology!Tapirus' eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said lightly: "I heard that in Rome, there are many rude and ignorant civilians like this. When they turn the fierce of the enemy to the Roman nobles, I am afraid. You don’t feel well."

Cassius listened, and his face looked a little ugly.

On the afternoon of the same day, the Dionysian mission left the port of Ostia by boat.

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The news of the fiasco of the Kautini tribe was spread throughout the Samone region and caused great shock.

At the request of the Kautini people, the four tribal alliances of Samone immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the matter.

The meeting was held in Kautim.

"Dear chiefs, the Dionysians violated the covenant and dispatched troops to ambush our Cautini people on the plains of Campania. The unprotected case, we Cauti Nepal’s chief Segovani and more than 2,000 fighters were captured, more than 3,000 fighters were killed and injured, and all tribes suffered heavy losses... After the battle, the Kautini Alliance immediately sent people to Campania. The Dionysians negotiated, but they refused to release our captive clan and chieftain, but arrogantly warned us that we must stop all hostile activities.

At present, Dionysia’s army is stationed in Tsara, threatening the territory west of Kaoutini like a hungry wolf. Lola, Cesar, and Kapua. The tribes living around these towns are all because of Fear of being destroyed, and have moved to the mountains, now the entire Kautini area is in chaos...

I urge all the chief leaders to see that we are all descendants of Savoni, and work together to stop the aggression of the Dionysians and avenge the dead Kautini people!"Usibic, the leader of another large tribe living in the city of Kautim, pleaded with tears.

"When entering the city, I think you have already seen the tragic situation in the city of Kautim, you can no longer let the Dionysians rampage, otherwise Kautim's today is our tomorrow!" Karacheni Architect Contruc stood up angrily.

The Karacheni tribe lives in the middle of the mountainous area. It is surrounded by Pentney, Hilpini, and the so-called Samona branch—Frentani. It has the smallest number and the smallest territory, but it is also the most courageous and abiding. The ancient tradition of the Samonais.

"I said ten years ago, don't be afraid of the Dionysians, even if they kill no more of our fighters, we, as the descendants of the wolf god Savoni, will fight them to the end!" More than half a year old, but sounded like Hong Zhong, he pointed to Badani, the chief of Pentene: "You bowed to the enemy for your captured father and clan, but your father came back and died because of shame and suicide. Don’t you want to take revenge?!”

"And you—" Contruc pointed his finger at the chief of Hirpine, Lesguk, and reprimanded: "In the battle ten years ago, your tribe had the most dead and wounded warriors, and it also lost Koppsa, Enorna and other large tracts of land, as chieftains, you don’t want to avenge them and retake the territory, but instead like dogs to please the enemy, the result? The Dionysians did not give you any benefits, but insidiously separated you. The friendly relationship between the tribes has caused the Abenerum people not to obey your orders, but to treat the Dionysians better, which is a shame!"

"And you Kautini!" Contruk pointed his finger at Usibik: "If it were not for your chieftain to support the two fools signing the covenant with Dionia, he would not be today Captive of the enemy! Look at your current Nuceria and other regions, where the people have abandoned their belief in the great wolf god and worshipped the gods of aliens. This is a betrayal of their ancestors! This is blasphemy!! You have today's disastrous defeat, and Savoni punished you!"

Leskuq, Badani, and Usibic were scolded by Contruc, saying they were ashamed.Since Contruc is the chief of Samone who has been in office for nearly 30 years, he is the oldest and has great prestige in the tribal alliance, so despite their dissatisfaction, they are not easy to refute.

At this time, Jonny, the high priest of the four tribal priests of Samone, also said sharply: "The sinister and cunning Dionysians have a sinister intention for us, and they not only want to destroy our people, We also want to replace our great gods with evil gods, to destroy our traditions and make us the Samoines completely their slaves! We can’t stand it any longer, we must take up weapons and fight them to the end! Drive out of the mountains, reclaim our land, and restore our traditional faith!"

"It's not enough to drive out of the mountains, we have to inflict heavy damage on them, so that they don't dare to come and offend us, the Samonei!" Kontruk emphasized again.

"Battering Dionysia?! Ha, it's so easy to say!" The younger Badani couldn't help but refute: "Do you know how big the Dionysia Kingdom is?! How many people are there?! It is easy to organize an army of 100,000 people, and can we make up 40,000 soldiers?!"