Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Because young and middle-aged citizens were sent to fight, but did not return for a long time, the labor force of the people’s homes was lacking. Many families needed to buy more slaves to ensure the farming and harvesting of farmland and the successful completion of family workshops... Therefore, this led to The prosperity of the slave market.

There are only two places in Turriy that are basically unaffected by the war: One is Turrii School. Teachers still take classes as usual. Even if the father of a student is killed in battle, he will be enlightened by the teachers and his companions. Gradually come out of grief during the play; the other is the Dionysian Academy, whether it is a highly-educated teacher or a high-level student who continues to focus on his research and learning, but this does not mean They are deaf to the current situation.

Behind the classroom of the Faculty of Letters, Ansitanos is sitting under a big tree, telling the history of Egypt. More than 20 students surrounded him, sitting casually on the grass, listening carefully to his story. Use a pen to write down the main points on the wooden board that you carry, and keep raising your hand to ask questions, the atmosphere is relaxed and lively.

Ansitanos looked up at the sky and said, "Today's class is here, and in the morning two days later, we will continue to—"

He was talking, seeing a student raise his hand high, so he gently asked: Ionicus, what else do you have?"

"Teacher, now His Majesty King Davos is leading the army to fight the powerful Carthage in Sicily. Can we win?"

Ansitanos frowned: "This is not something to teach--"

"Teacher, tell us about it!"

"Teacher, don’t you always say'learning history is to find experience from the past and make more wise choices in times of crisis'? And now that we are fighting with Carthage, it is not the kingdom that has encountered the most A difficult moment! So, can we win in this important war? Can you use our historical analysis method to analyze this war for us?"

"Since I heard that'the army of Carthage has invaded our territory in Sicily', I have been very worried and even unable to study with peace of mind! Teacher, you are knowledgeable and know more than we know, whether your analysis is good or bad , I will be able to settle down and work harder to prepare for the future!"

"Teacher, please tell us!"

...

The students’ requests made the good-tempered Ansitanos sigh helplessly: "Well, then I will tell you about this war."

The students cheered suddenly.

Ansitanos didn't speak immediately. He pondered for a while before saying: "I'm sorry, some details about this war involve kingdom secrets. I can't disclose it to you, and I don't know much about military affairs. I can’t understand and analyze the strategic tactics taken by both parties. I can only talk about some of my views based on what I know about the current situation of the two parties and my analysis of the past history of the Mediterranean...”

The students immediately sat down and prepared to listen to each other.

Ansitano cleared his throat and said slowly: "I have just said that Egypt was conquered by Assyrians from the Two Rivers, and Egypt has been a powerful kingdom in the Eastern Mediterranean until then. Come again Talking about Assyria, Assyria, which dominated the eastern Mediterranean region, was later destroyed by the rising Persians, which was also mentioned in the book "History" by Herodotus. The West conquered the entire Mediterranean, but was defeated by their unremarkable Greek native city-states led by Sparta and Athens. Herodotus described this in more detail. Later, Athens and Sparta Start to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean...

What do I say about this?If you carefully read the history of these countries, you will find that they all have a process from weak to strong, and from strong to decline. A country is like a person, going through children, teenagers, youth, strong age, old age... During the entire period, it is possible that it will die halfway.

In his youth, because of his weakness, he had to endure bullying and was forced to sign various unequal agreements, struggling to make friends with the strong men around him; when he was young, he had a strong physique and strong energy , It wants to compete with strong players; by the middle age, its strength and energy have declined, its character has become stable, it will strive to maintain all the honors it has won; and in old age, old age and decay Not only is the wealth possessed easy to be stolen by others, but even life is difficult to preserve... you talk about, in which period of a kingdom is the most terrible?

"Of course in youth!"

"No, I think it's middle-aged!"...

The students competed to speak.

Ansitanos waited for them to express their opinions before saying: "My view is youth, because this time is the most energetic, the most enterprising, and the most united, like the convergence between the mountains. The rising stream, even if it is blocked by tall rocks in the front, it will run down until it reaches a wide river...Assyria and Persia are basically working hard at this time, eliminating the powerful countries that hinder them and expanding rapidly. Laid the status of overlord.

In the middle age, not only are there strong enemies outside, but also internal contradictions, the entire country has to spend more energy to solve these problems, and the country’s wealth is also wasted in internal consumption, so it will not only stop Expansion abroad, and sometimes forced to shrink inwards, which country do you say belongs to this situation?"

"Teacher, is it Persia?!" a student said preemptively: "Persia had a civil war for the throne more than 20 years ago, and His Majesty Davis participated in that war. After that, Sparta invaded Asia Minor and the Persians turned out to be There was no ability to repel them. Although the Spartans finally reconciled, it was also because of the Corinthian War. And a few years ago, the Persian army attacked Egypt again, but the result was still repelled... This is not in accordance with your teacher. What did you say!"

"That's right, Asitatis! My opinion is the same as yours." Ansitanos praised a big claim without hesitation, and asked other students: "So what time do you think the kingdom is now? ?"

"It was a teenager!" Some students said in unison, while others said nothing.

"Our kingdom has only been established for more than ten years. If it is counted from the establishment of the alliance, it will only be twenty years. If we look at the time, the Kingdom of Dionysia, which has only a short history of more than ten years, really looks like a teenager. "Ancitanos first analyzed the reasons why the students made this judgment, and then said: "But from other perspectives, it is not the case. Our kingdom directly owns much more land than any other A Mediterranean city-state, including Carthage, the number of citizens of our kingdom is far more than these countries, and the annual income of the kingdom is far from what they can compare, only less than Carthage. We do not need to actively pay Good surrounding forces and races, because they either take the initiative to form alliances, or they are afraid to seek the support of other powerful forces.

The kingdom continues to expand outwards, and our territory continues to expand. Not long ago, it had just defeated Rome and Samona and gained a lot of land.Although our citizens are also afraid of death, they are more eager to win honor in the war, and their loved ones will do their best to support them, rather than hinder.Our great king and our senate will never succumb to external pressure, but respond to the provocation of the enemy with more positive actions... The whole kingdom is showing a vigorous and energetic spirit, full of vigorous vitality and hope, just Like the sun rising in the sky in the morning... I believe you feel this way too, isn't it youth?"

The students nodded excitedly, expressing their agreement.

"Teacher, what about Carthage?" someone asked eagerly.

"Carthage's situation is a bit complicated." Anthanos murmured: "Carthage has been established for 200 years, and the time is long enough. It has suffered many failures in the battle with Syracuse before. , But it also conquered Numbia and southern Iberia one after another.

There is no unified country in the Numbia region, and the tribes have been influenced and controlled by Carthage for a long time. It is actually very easy to conquer it, and its resistance is also very weak.Carthage has a small population, and its citizens occupy a large amount of Numbian land, so that many Numbian slaves can cultivate for them, and they can easily enjoy a luxurious life without any effort...

His Majesty Dapheus once said,'Life is too easy, it will lead to the corruption of the Carthaginians'.Your Majesty’s judgment is correct, so when the Carthaginian army fought against us for the first time, we overcame them with less and more easily...

But the conquest of Carthage against southern Iberia was different.As far as I understand, Carthage was not very influential there, but there are a lot of fierce indigenous people living in that area. The Carthage people can finally conquer southern Iberia and take their land resources and population as It is indeed not easy to use oneself, and it also shows that the Carthaginians there have a strong enterprising spirit.So when the army of Carthage again attacked Sicily and was dominated by the Iberian army, we rely on the Sicilian army to fight, and we are no longer opponents...

If you combine Carthage's basic soil with southern Iberia, I think Carthage is neither in his youth nor in his middle age, but during the time when his youth is moving towards middle age.However, you must know that southern Iberia is actually ruled by the Margonides of Carthage alone, and they have no small conflicts with the other nobles of Carthage’s basic soil. In a long and arduous war, it is difficult to say whether the two sides can unite and fight with all their strengths without any differences.

Therefore, looking at it all together, Carthage is a young and middle-aged man. It seems to be strong and powerful, but its development is actually not perfect, and there are many hidden diseases.And our energetic, healthy and aggressive kingdom is at war with it. I believe that even if there are several failures in the middle, the ultimate victory will definitely belong to us!"