Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

This amount of compensation is certainly expensive.Herolis was finally forced to agree to pay war reparations in many negotiations with Dionia, which is why he wanted to concentrate his power to develop Syracuse as soon as possible, so that Syracuse can get out of the defeated quagmire as soon as possible. the reason.

However, the people of Syracuse found that there were fewer people in the Syracuse civilian soldiers and sailors.

He immediately sent someone to negotiate with Dionysia, but Dionysia’s official response made them feel helpless: Due to the fierce attack of the Syracuse army, Dionysia was already on the verge of extinction. With food support from Carthage, they had to answer the request of the respondent and provide some Syracuse captives to Carthage.

Herolis had no choice but to make a fuss about war reparations, and urged Dionysia to reduce some of the compensation.

However, the people of Syracuse believed that Herolis did not do her best to allow the Syracuse to become a slave to Carthage.

The people were disappointed with him, including many civilians in the port area, because many of the unreturned prisoners were Syracuse sailors.

At this time, Daves also ordered the spies lurking in Syracuse to spread unfavorable rumors about Herolis, because Davers knew that many of the resolutions made by Herolis were correct, but he did I don't want to see Syracuse rise again.

As a result, the public's dissatisfaction and suspicion about Herolis is rising, and many people are rumored underneath: Herolis wants to be the second Dionysius.

And in this period of turbulent people, according to the proposal issued by Herolis, Facie Pesas and Damocles... These generals who were supposed to be severely punished under the original Dionysius He and the Minister suddenly escaped from prison, took some people who were dissatisfied with Herolis, escaped from the city of Syracuse, and met with the mercenaries of Masias wandering in the west mountains, even occupying the tin The sub-state west of Rakuza-the small city of Acre.

Of course, Herolis could not allow Dionysius' remnants to make trouble in Syracuse's sphere of influence, so he decided to lead the team personally, and before he left, he told Falecus, Cuccias, and Stacey. Kos and others guarded the city of Syracuse. After all, he also knew that the political situation had been unstable recently.

Who knew that Herolis had just led his troops to Aclay, and while he was attacking the city, he got the bad news: the rebellion in Syracuse, the civic assembly not only re-elected the general, but also unanimously passed the proposal to try dictatorship Herolis.

Why could it be so easy to get Herolis out of power in Syracuse?That's because of the support of Falecus, Cuccias, and Stacey.

It turned out that these close friends of Herolis deeply felt that after becoming the leader of Syracuse, Herolis became arbitrary and could not listen to their opinions. Although they were also members of the Executive Committee, they hardly had any Real power, of course, is dissatisfied.Coupled with the influence of rumors in the city, they are worried that Herolis will really become a dictator.So after Herolis led the city out, and under the persuasion of Ty Agnes, they resolutely chose to cooperate with the Democrats and abandoned Herolis.

Herolis heard about the chaos in the city, and immediately led the army back to the division, trying to calm down the situation quickly.Unexpectedly, the soldiers ran half of them before they reached the city of Syracuse.

Seeing that things were impossible, Herolis had to escape from Syracuse with a confidant by boat.

He did not choose to escape to the Kingdom of Dionysia that had helped him to overthrow Dionysius, nor did he choose to escape to Sparta, Syracuse’s former confederacy, but chose Corinth, the former mother state of Syracuse. .It was three years since the Kingdom of Dionysia (391 BC), and the Corinthian War has come to an end.

In order to prevent the recurrence of the situation of Herolis, the democrats who had power in the city of Syracuse chose 25 generals headed by Stacys and Farecus to manage the affairs of the city-state through the civic assembly. They also repealed some of the bills promulgated by Herolis during his administration, which included "war compensation for Dionia and the land allocated to civilians in the port area also recovered..."

This not only worsened the diplomatic environment of Syracuse, but also made the people in the port area very angry.

At the same time, Te Agnes also proposed: to increase the punishment of the citizens who once worked for Dionysius.This has caused panic among many people in the city.

The King of Dionys, Davis, ordered Chen Bing of the Eighth Army in Katanay and the northern border of Syracuse to pose a force to attack Syracuse.

In the end, the new generals of Syracuse expressed surrender and had to increase the amount of war compensation.For the civilians who caused the riots in the port, Ty Agnes and others sent mercilessly to suppress them.

It was at this time that Fasi Pesas and Marcias led the rebel army in Acle to march to Syracuse and uttered the slogan "To revenge for the citizens who had served Dionysius. "This slogan actually won the approval of many people in Syracuse

As a result, Te Agnes led the unsettled civic soldiers out of the city, but was defeated by fewer rebels than their fascistans, and had to retreat into the city to defend.

And Fasi Pesas and Marcias are generals with rich combat experience, and they are very familiar with Syracuse.Fasi Pesas pretended to attack the south city of Syracuse, but Masias quickly led a few soldiers to bypass the mountain north, rushed to the north wall of Syracuse, and attacked the Hexamen, so broke in Inside the city, enter the Poppicre area.

The people in the city were shocked.

But at this critical moment, the General Executive Committee of 25 generals was discussing who should be held accountable for losing the city, and at the same time they were arguing over how to defend the enemy and could not come up with a specific measure.It was not until the army of Marcias approached the inner city that the generals hurriedly put together their troops to meet the enemy, and the result was naturally a failure.

The panicked democrats had to retreat to Ortijia, and Fasi Pesas also took the opportunity to enter the city and meet with Mathias. The original mercenaries under his command took the opportunity to retaliate in the city, and the people were miserable. .

Herolis, who is far away in Corinth, has been paying attention to the development of Syracuse. At this time, after learning about the tragic situation of the current people, as a patriot, how can he stand idly by.So he requested some reinforcements from the Corinthian government and led them back to Ortijia by boat.

It was already the sixth spring of the Kingdom of Dionia (388 BC), and the people of Syracuse warmly welcomed the return of Herolis and asked him to forgive their betrayal.

Herolis made a heartfelt speech on the island of Ortigia. He said: "..." No matter how the Syracuse people treat him, he will come back to protect this country and the people here, If he could not save his motherland, he would rather burn himself on the ruins of his motherland!..."

The people of Syracuse, including friends and political enemies who opposed him in the past, were deeply moved by his words, and the people shouted: "Save Syracuse!!! Save Syracuse!!!!!!"

Seeing high morale and popular support, Herolis immediately formed an army, opened the gate of the long-closed Ortigia island, rushed out of the isthmus, and launched a fierce attack on the rebels.

Facie Pesas and Marcias hurriedly headed for the battle.

The people in the city heard that the leader was Herolis, and they all responded.

The rebels suffered a losing streak, and eventually Marcias was killed. Fasi Pesas was also captured. The rebels were basically wiped out.

The prestige of Herolis who won the victory greatly increased, so he didn’t hold a civic conference, he abruptly canceled the general executive committee, and deprived the power of 25 generals such as Tiagenis, Falecus... We did not dispute this.

This time, when he regained power, Herolis clearly established a Syracuse-like regime with Dionysia and the Corinthian system.

This is a regime in which a few elites rule the majority, and for this reason he relies more on the Corinthians to help him complete the task of transforming the system.

In recent years, the turmoil in Syracuse has caused the people to endure hardships. In addition, Herolis has reinstated the bill he previously enacted in Syracuse, and many people have obtained benefits. Rollis's change of regime and seemingly dictatorship did not express strong opposition.However, the political opponents of Herolis, such as Teaguenis and Falecus, did not have the support of the people, and they could not set off big waves. The political situation in Syracuse began to stabilize.

Heroliz's rule also gradually stabilized, but in this stability there was a danger.

Among the Corinthians who came to Syracuse with Herolis, there was a young nobleman named Andemacus who, because of his bravery in fighting, was recognized by Herolis and served as the defense of the security of Syracuse. The Chief of the City Guard, and also the Captain of the Palace of Herolis.But he was jealous of Herolis' achievements and tried to replace them.

In the eighth year of the Kingdom of Dionysia (386 BC), when Herolis went to the Temple of Apollo to sacrifice, the killer of Andemacus Maiton stabbed the plenipotent general of Syracuse, and then Andemacus took advantage of the situation to usurp the highest power of Syracuse.

In order to consolidate power, he promoted the Corinthians, and the people of Syracuse complained a lot.

A few months later, at Demeter’s harvest celebration rally, Herolis’ widow revealed the truth about her husband’s assassination.

The people were angry, and they gathered to overthrow the rule of Andemacus.

Andermarcus also assembled the army to suppress, but in the end he suffered a fiasco and he died in the chaotic army.