Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Most of the laborers are slaves and Latins, some of the sailors are Etruscans, and some are Campania..."

Davies was slightly surprised: "No Romans?"

"There are businessmen and some residents of Rome, but due to the short time, the workers and sailors in the port have not yet found out..." Midolades defended.

Hearing this, Daves raised a little hope in his heart, because according to the data collected before, there were not many people living in poverty in Rome, and some even sold as slaves. outstanding.

But he thought about it: Ostia is a small city, there are not many Roman citizens, or maybe Rome has invaded Walsey, attacked Helniki in the past year, and obtained a lot of land to let Rome Civilians have new places...

Thinking of this, Davers asked again: "What about the slaves? Who are these people?"

"There are our allies, the Walsi, as well as the Helniki, Masi, Equa, and Etruscans... basically all of the aliens captured by Rome after they were defeated, so they welcome us Coming, and willing to pull fiber for our warship, because we promised to give them freedom." Midolades said with some excitement.

Daveus nodded, and his attention was already attracted by the noisy sound in front of him: it was an open space lit by torches, and thousands of people were densely gathered in the center of the open space under the guard of the soldiers.It’s still early spring in March and the weather is cooler, but half of these people are still wearing thin and simple linen clothes, and some of them are even naked, and people who wear and don’t wear clothes gather together in two piles Clear, but all of them watched the heavily armed soldiers from time to time.

Maltius led the guard into the open space first, and their gorgeous costumes and neat and powerful steps immediately attracted their attention.

"Donius, King of Dionysia, is here!" Maltius sang aloud, and the subsequent messengers immediately repeated it aloud in Latin.

There was a lot of commotion in the crowd in the space.

But he saw that the guards quickly separated on both sides, and then two tall and strong guards held the kingdom flag and the golden scepter high, and walked into the open space.Afterwards, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a gold helmet and gold armor, flying colorful feathers on his head, and a magnificent magnificent man. He was walking in without hesitation, surrounded by a group of Dionysian officials wearing gorgeous burtons.

The noise in the open space suddenly disappeared. People squirmed up uncomfortably, withdrawing back unconsciously, but then secretly glanced with some curious eyes, but when Daveus's eyes touched them, they again He hurriedly bowed his head like a frightened rabbit.

"I am King Dave of Dionysia!" After making a self-introduction in a simple sentence, Dave said aloud: "Over the past decade, the Romans have continuously attacked the surrounding races and forces. , Looting the land, killing the people, and forcibly turning the captives into slaves, extremely greedy and bloody! The Walsi and the Helnikians are worried that they will be annihilated by Rome, and then they allied us with Dionysia. (Daveus had formed an alliance with the Helnikians before heading north.)

We sent messengers to negotiate with Rome, hoping that it would stop the invasion of Walsey and Helniki and return the land it had occupied.Who knows that the Romans not only did not persuade, but accelerated the aggression against the territories of these two races. Now that the Helnikians have been surrounded by the Romans in the city of Filantirum, they may be destroyed at any time, and Walsey The soldiers of the United States were lost in the previous invasion against Rome, unable to stop the next invasion of the Romans.

In order to fear that Dionia would stop its aggression, Rome even encouraged its allies Carthage to tear up the peace agreement that Dionia had been observing for many years, and declared war on Dionia!So-I led the Dionysian army to come here to fulfill the covenant, protect Dionysian allies Walsey and Helniki, punish those who dared to violate Dionysian majesty, and provoke war Rome and its allies must defeat it completely!"

The reason why Dafs said this patiently to a group of low-profile civilians and slaves is to show all the forces and races in the Latium region and even the surroundings why the Dionysian army came here , And the purpose here.

As soon as a few speakers spoke his words in Latin, they heard someone on the field yelling: "Kill the Romans! Save Helniki (Walsey)! We want to be free!..."

Daveus looked up and saw that the group of undressed people looked excited, and even some people shed tears, and there was even more commotion in the whole open space.

Maltius immediately pressed his short sword, took a step forward, and shouted: "Quiet!" The guards immediately shouted in unison.

People are silent again.

Daveus looked around them and said sincerely: "The enemies of Dionysia are only the Romans and the Roman city-states that assisted the Romans in fighting us. Anyone who stayed neutral in this war and even helped Dionia The city-states and the people will be treated as friends by Dionysians and gain the friendship of the Dionysians! You--"Daveus pointed at the slaves: "You will be released in a few days, in order to ensure that you can be safe. Back to your family, we will provide you with some rations. If you can help the army during your stay in Ostia, you will also receive some salary rewards."

Daveus' words made the slaves smile, and some people even saluted Daveus with their own etiquette, and Daveus also ignored the humble return.

His kindness not only won the favor of the slaves, but also made the laborers no longer nervous.

At this moment, Davis said again with a serious expression: "Before coming to Latium, I thought that only the Romans were destroying the tranquility of this area, but after I came, I discovered that there was an equally terrible demon in Let the people of this land suffer as if they were living in hell, that is—"

Seeing the attention of the laborers attracted himself, Daphes said aloud: "Nobles! Nobles in Rome! Nobles in Latin city-states! They are like ferocious wolves, completely ignoring the friendship of their compatriots. Using power and money to shamelessly snatch the land of their own city-state people, and then force the people who lost the land to become their slaves, creating wealth for them like cattle and sheep, and finally died in the field, even the bones can not bear to bury it And those people who do not want to be slaves and serve the nobles above are forced to flee the city-state, but they are wandering around, living hard, unable to feed their wives and children..."

Daveus said in a heavy tone, and after listening to the emotional translation of the messenger, the workers were evoked memories of their tragic encounters, and some even sobbed.

Seeing this scene, Daphes took advantage of the situation and said to a messenger: "What's your name? Where do you come from? How do you live now?"

The young messenger immediately replied: My name is Adrius, originally a citizen of gabii in the Latium region. The Gauls invaded the Latin region more than ten years ago, not only occupying Rome, but also Break through the city of Gabi, not far from Rome.When the Gauls were repulsed, we returned to our homeland, but found that my family was occupied by the nobles in the upper field of the Tiber River tributary, because the village was destroyed by the Gauls and the city hall was destroyed. So I couldn't come up with evidence that the field belonged to my family, and the nobleman bought the judge... We not only lost the case, our father was also falsely accused, and was blamed...The father dragged his unhealthy body and took his mother, Me and my brother left Gabi angrily..." When he said this, his eyes were already red.

"Oh my god, you are just like me, and I was occupied by the land after the war!"

"I am not. I was sick because my wife was sick and borrowed money from the rich to treat the disease. I thought that when the autumn harvested and sold the food, I would be able to pay off the debt. But I did not expect him to say that the money can only pay off the interest. In the end, my field also Was robbed by the rich man!"

"The loan you borrowed is usury! Damn noble! Damn rich! The senate of the city-state will only help these rich people to speak, where is our life!"

...

The encounter that the black-haired and black-eyed Latin messenger said quickly resonated with the Latin laborers who had been silent.

After reading the information collected from the Latinum area in detail, Davers realized that the fierce conflict between the nobles and the civilians was not only in Rome, but also in other Latin city-states, and the situation was even more serious. The nobles were greedy and robbed. As civilians bear heavy debts, it is difficult to survive.After all, Rome can obtain more land and slaves through the expansion of force, which can give the civilians a breathing opportunity, and other city-states not only do not have this condition, but because they rebelled and were defeated by Rome, they were taken away by Rome. Some land was added, which made their arable land tense, and land competition and mergers became more intense, and this was exactly what Davis wanted to see.

"How did you live afterwards?" a worker asked loudly and couldn't help but wonder.

So Adrius pointed his finger and continued, "Father used to work here, but at that time the port of Ostia was not as busy as it is now. The father did not earn enough money for our family. He took the risk We went to Naples to the south—"

"Oh, that is the Campania region occupied by the Greeks, but their maritime trade is indeed much more prosperous than here!" someone exclaimed.

"But it didn’t take long for my father’s old injuries to recur and he could barely walk. Through the introduction of well-meaning people, we helped our father to the city of Pompeii, not far from Naples, and asked the priest of the Temple of Hades in the city for help. The old priest not only cured my father for free, but also allowed our family to live in the temple for a period of time, and also provided food for free, and he also told us that not far south of Pompeii there is the Kingdom of Dionysia A city of Enona, where there are not only a large number of job opportunities, but as long as you are willing to become a Dionysian citizen, you can apply to the city hall, it is easy to pass, as long as you abide by the law and be diligent in that city After working for a few years, you can successfully become a Dionysia citizen and get the land..."