Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

It turned out that although the Carthaginian Senate made the decision to let Marco serve as the commander of the Sicilian army, the elders headed by Hanno, on the grounds of the heavy casualties of the Carthaginian citizens in the last battle, refused to let the Carthaginian The Taichi Army organized an army to go to Sicily, but suggested that the Iberian army, led by Marco, should not be injured.

The veterans headed by Pretacouba will certainly not agree to this proposal. While strongly calling for "requesting further blame for the defeat of the last war", they are helping allied envoys from Sicily to preach in the city today about what is happening in Sicily. The tragic encounters of the Phoenicians and Carthages attempted to incite the hearts of the enemies of Carthage's citizens, and promoted the proposal of the "Old Organization of the Carthage and the Expedition to Sicily" by the Senate.

Time slipped day by day in the dispute between the two sides. Although Marco, who was far south of Iberia, was anxious, he still rejected the request of the senate to urge him to send troops immediately because he was "calling troops." Iberia's military strength made Hanno what he wanted, which is unacceptable to Marco now.

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When the Italian peninsula and Sicily fell into war, a major event also occurred in Greece.

Spartan King Cliombrotus finally led the assembled Spartan allies, crossed the Isthmus of Corinth, and entered Central Greece, summoning Spartans to station troops in this area, ready to conquer the bottom once again Bis, reinventing Spartan's authority in Central Greece.

But in the process, Spartan General Svdalias, who was originally stationed in Tespia, did not send an army to assist in the crackdown because of the previous riots in Thebes, afraid of being accused by the new king of Sparta. , Out of the psychology of atonement, and out of ambition to gain glory and compete with Fibidas, he developed a plan to attack the port of Piraeus at night.

He believes that by seizing the trading center of Athens, not only can he make up for the loss of Thebes, he can even win him the glory of not losing to Fibidas (although many Greek city states secretly despise, but Spartan citizens have so far (I still think that it is a huge achievement for Fibidas to sneak into Thebes).

Since the messenger of the new king of Sparta was already on his way, Sverdelias had no time to do a more careful planning, and he led the troops to set off that night and headed towards the southeast Piraeus port, but he The rated troops were unfamiliar with the terrain, and he underestimated the difficulty of this distance. As a result, it had already arrived before the port of Piraeus, and it was already dawn.

The Athenians in the port found their tracks and immediately mobilized urgently to prepare for defense.

Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Sverdelias had to return along the way.When retreating, in order to understand, the army ravaged the passing territory of Athens.

This provocative act for no reason immediately aroused the great anger of the Athenians.

Sparta once sent messengers to accuse the two generals of Athens for participating in the riots in Thebes. In order to prove their innocence, Athens executed these two unauthorized generals.But the Spartan messenger did not leave, but continued to stay in Athens, claiming to implement the orders of the Spartan Council of Elders, and continue to monitor the performance of Athens in the next period of time.

Now, the angry Athenians immediately arrested the Spartan messenger and asked angrily: Why did Sparta send troops to invade the territory of Athens and rob the people of Athens?!

The Spartan messenger, who was baffled by the anger of the Athenians after learning of what had happened in Piraeus in the morning, swears at Sverdelias’ bravery in his heart, and he immediately defended aloud: this looting The action is a stupid action made by the Spartan general, which has nothing to do with the Spartan government!

Moreover, he firmly stated that the Spartan Council of Elders will quickly judge Sverdelias and give Athens a fair explanation.

The defense of the Spartan messenger did not completely calm the anger of the Athenians.

The leader of the political arena in Athens, Cyrus Bros, died a few years ago, but in Athens, a democrat named Kalistratus stood out. He was not only a speaker, but also a A very capable politician who was elected as the ten generals of Athens for several years in a row. He persuaded the people of Athens, who were still angry, to remind them: If Athens is not ready to fight Sparta, then it is best to believe Spartan What the messenger said.

Despite their anger, the citizens of Athens also knew the strength of the Spartan military, so they finally agreed to release the Spartan messenger.

The Spartan messenger immediately rushed to the Spartan king Cliombrotus's station and reported to him what had just happened in Piraeus and the protests of the Athenians.

Cleome Brotus knew about the folly of Sverdrias, and in a rage, he immediately sent someone to arrest him and send him back to Sparta.

At the same time that Sverdalias was taken back to Sparta, the messengers sent by Athens also arrived in Sparta, which forced the Spartan Council of Elders and the prosecutors to speed up the disobedience order. , Unprovoked the trial of the generals of Athens.

Sverdlias seemed to be in a catastrophe, but his son had a close relationship with Aksi Rams’s son Archidamus, so he urgently requested help from Archidamus.

Achimdams did not hesitate to plead with his father for his best friend.

Agsilaus did not make a promise.

But during the interrogation, Agsi Laos spoke for Sverdrias.

He said: "Sverdrias is undoubtedly guilty, but we cannot kill a good person. Whether it is childhood, youth, or adulthood, this brave Spartan citizen has a decent life , Diligently contributing his own strength to Sparta, Sparta needs such a warrior!..."

Today Agassius has great prestige in Sparta, and his speech has made some neutrals in the Council of Elders choose to support Sverdrias innocent, and some elders felt that they should not be punished. Spartan general.

They believe that the riots in Thebes have damaged the prestige of Sparta in Greece. It is precisely when war is needed to restore the prestige. If Sparta punishes its generals at this time, it will not only frustrate Spartan citizens. The aggressive fighting spirit, and the self-mouthing approach will make other city-states look down on Sparta.

In the end, the Council of Elders passed the resolution of "Sverdrias innocence" by a majority of votes, and the prosecutors with the decision-making power were originally selected from Spartan citizens, they are younger and more radical, and of course agree Adopted this resolution.

The citizens of Athens who were eagerly anticipating learned of Sparta's sentence, were shocked: At first, in the face of Spartan's accusations, the Athenians executed their two generals!Now, in the face of Athens' accusations, Sparta easily found the perpetrators innocent!

The arrogance and arrogance of the Spartans completely angered the citizens of Athens. They strongly demanded that the Athens government must retaliate against Sparta.

Sparta’s approach was beyond the expectations of the generals in Athens. Since the signing of the peace treaty, the generals led by Kalistratus and Aristotles, in view of Sparta’s tyranny in the Greek mainland, Therefore, we adopted a neutral policy to wait and see.However, they are not idle, but continue to allow Athens to establish alliances with many city-states along the coast of Thrace, the Aegean Sea, and Asia Minor. Frequent economic and trade exchanges and mutual assistance in diplomacy have led to the fact that Athens is now more powerful than Collins. Before the war.

But the anger of the citizens now makes Athens’ desire to continue to hide and keep a low profile impossible. Although this is not what Calistratus hopes to see, the majority of citizens at the Civic Assembly strongly support the Spartan declared war and Athens finally passed the resolution smoothly.

The declaration of war in Athens shocked the Greek city-states, not only rejoicing the Thebis, but also uncomfortable for the Spartan King Cliobrotus, who was preparing to attack Thebes. He was afraid to attack Debbie with all his strength. At that time, the army of Athens came again from the east, so he became hesitant during the military attack on Thebes.

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Camulus decisively led the army out of the city of Rome, marching west, attacking Ostia.

Of course, Davies couldn't let his opponent's plan succeed. He had to send the soldiers of the First Army, Fourth Army, Sixth Army, and part of the Fifth Army, or take the merchant ship to the port of Ostia, or March along the north bank of the Tiber River to the estuary, and then ferry to the city of Ostia on the south bank.So far, about 35,000 soldiers (including the provisional reserve team set up by Thelis) have gathered in the city of Ostia to fully defend the siege of the Roman army that has less than 60,000 people.

Since Daphes still had to sit in Rome, he could only appoint Amintas as the temporary defensive commander of Ostia. After repeated thinking, he believed that: Amintas, who is experienced in warfare and qualified, can let The other legion commanders obey the command, and can also guard this small town.

However, in order to prevent his head from heating up, Daphes strictly ordered him to "only defend the city and not fight in the city!"

In addition, Daphes also appointed Croto Kataks, who fought in Ostia, as Amintas's staff. On the bright side, he was asked to follow Amintas to study military affairs, but secretly gave him a Zhang Shouling, once Amintas acted without permission, Klotokatax could issue a warrant to remove Amintas's position and change Oliver to commander.

This was the first time Crotocataxe was in charge. He gladly accepted the task, which made Davers achieve another goal: to cleverly keep his son away from the battlefield and protect his safety.