Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Spartan messenger asked Dionia to make a promise: no more funding for the Spartan enemy next time.

Anta Oris responded with the words of King Daveus, but there was more anger in his words: "You can all make the Apulian rebels who fled to the Peloponnesian Peninsula easily return For tourism in the kingdom, why can't we sell the Thebes a little food. Sparta should be fortunate that our Dionysia is only food, not anything else!"

The Spartan messenger returned home in distress, and the words of the Dionysians made all Spartan elders and ombudsmen vigilant and made them realize that the Dionysians had always been sceptical about Spartans.

This made them feel more urgent, but in the new year and when the spring returned to the earth (376 BC, 18 years in the Kingdom of Dionysia), Agsi Laus was sick in bed and could not go out, the inspectors were not allowed Not accepting another Spartan king, Cliombrotus, as the commander of the whole army, and continued to attack Thebes.

After the coalition forces gathered together, Kleomeblotus decided to take the path of Agsilaus' first attack on Thebes-crossing the Corinth Bay by boat, landing in the west of Piosia, and Tespia People meet.

However, the Thebes had already suffered a loss. How could they be fooled again? They ambushed in advance in the mountains south of Tespia. When the Spartan army after the landing passed the valley pass, they suddenly attacked and attacked them. Retreat.

Kleomeblotus saw that the Thebes occupied the main road and thought that it was impossible to enter Thebes again, so he led his troops to withdraw to Peloponnese.

After that, the envoys of the allies gathered in Sparta. They were dissatisfied with the fact that Sparta had recruited its citizens to fight for Thebes, but there had been no obvious progress. They complained that citizens are becoming more and more slack in this war. Fight this way again, I am afraid they will refuse to fight again.

They put forward new suggestions: The Thebes had a heavy defense on the south. It was indeed difficult to make breakthroughs, but the number of warships of the coalition exceeded the Athenians. Why not use a fleet to transport an army and bypass Athens from the sea. Landing in the north of Central Greece, uniting the Phokis to attack Thebes from the northwest?

In the end, Sparta adopted this suggestion and sent a fleet of 60 three-tier paddle warships, but while circumnavigating the waters near Athens, it also robbed the grain ship from the Black Sea to Attica.

Athens was almost famined and immediately dispatched 80 warships to catch up with the Spartan fleet near Naxos (Nathos city of Sicily, not the Kingdom of Dionysia). The two sides launched a fierce battle and the Spartan fleet was killed. The defeat resulted in the failure of the previously planned military operation.

The Athenians were inspired by the victory, and because of the request of the Thebes, they decided to also send a fleet of 50 three-tier paddle warships to bypass the Peloponnesian Peninsula and attack the Spartan Union Navy. Disturb its allies.

The Athens Council appointed Timothyus, one of the heroes who restored Athens, Konon, who had played for Persia, as commander of the fleet.

In 375 BC (the 19th year of the Kingdom of Dionysian), Timothy led the fleet to sail, and there was no landing attack on Peloponnese, but he did an important thing, that is, landing in Corfu The island, but he neither enslaved the local residents nor forced him to change the political system. As a result, all the city-states on the island were willing to join the maritime alliance of Athens.

You should know that Corfu Island is the Greek land closest to the Kingdom of Dionysia, which means that the maritime forces of Athens have extended to the Adriatic Sea, but the Kingdom of Dionysia has nothing to say at this time.

As the Athenian fleet bypassed the Peloponnese peninsula, the Spartan coalition had to guard against it, so they did not launch a large-scale offensive against Thebes. The Thebes seized this favorable opportunity and boldly attacked everywhere in an attempt to liberate And conquer the neighboring city of Pioxia controlled by the Spartan army.

Among them, a military operation commanded by Peropidas is most famous.

When the Thebes received intelligence and the Spartan army, originally stationed in the city of Orhommenos, was transferred, Peropidas thought it was a good opportunity to conquer the northern neighbors (Orhommenos) And Thebes was separated by a Copais Lake), so he led 300 infantry and dozens of cavalry hurriedly marching northward around the Copais Lake.

As a result, when he approached the city of Orhommenos, he got a dismal news: the Spartan garrison had returned to the city.

Peropidas was reluctant to forcibly siege the city, as this would lead to increased casualties among the soldiers, and he had to lead the army back without success.

Unexpectedly, the army suddenly encountered a Spartan army from the north when passing through a place called Tiesia.

The incident was in a hurry, contrary to Peropidas's expectations, and the Spartan army had more soldiers than he led.

There are strong enemies in the front to block the road, and the city of Orhomenos in the rear is not far away. The Spartan garrison in the city may attack at any time, and the side is blocked by Kopais Lake. The Thebes army is in deep desperation and unable to Escape, Peropidas can only lead the army to fight desperately.

He placed 300 infantry in the middle, and the cavalry divided the wings.

The Spartans rushed over as soon as they were lined up.Not long after the two sides fought, the Thebes cavalry on both wings were defeated.

But in the middle road, the Spartan army with more soldiers than its opponents was in a hard fight, because they faced the Thebes specially organized by the Thebes government and specially trained by Ipamiunda. Holy Army.

These 150 pairs of Thebes gay youth are not afraid of strong enemies. They not only attack fiercely, but also cooperate very well. They also encourage each other during the fight, so they always have high morale.

After a period of fierce fighting, the Spartan army began to retreat step by step under their impact. What was worse was that their commander died in the battle, and finally the Spartan army was defeated.

Due to the danger, Peropidas did not dare to order a chase and led the victorious division back to Thebes in a hurry.

In this battle, the number of people on both sides does not exceed 1,000. Although the scale is small, the significance is even more significant.Unlike the battle that killed Fibidas, this time it was a victory in a face-to-face confrontation. There were many real Spartan soldiers in the defeated Spartan army, so the victory shocked the whole of Greece. It has inspired many people of the Central Greek city-states controlled by the Spartan army to resist, and also made the fledgling Thebes sacred army famous in the Greek mainland.

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"Beep! Beep! Beep!..." In the early morning, the manic copper whistle of Turiri's slave camp sounded.

Under the urging of the foreman, the slaves quickly got up to wash and then lined up to enter the canteen for breakfast.

The canteen building of the slave camp is similar to the canteen of the Turui military camp, but it is smaller in size and is a square tetrahedral building. More than 20 corridor columns support a 4-meter-high stone flat roof. The three sides are open and smooth. Closed on one side is the kitchen. The spacious hall is neatly and densely packed with dining tables and benches, enough to accommodate two or three hundred people at a time.

The slaves smelled the scent of food in the air, and did not swarm up, still standing in a long line, according to the order, and walked to the steaming window.It is important to know that these slaves did not observe discipline in the first place. They only learned the rules after many severe punishments.

"Uncle, what's so delicious for breakfast today?" A slave asked immediately after standing in front of the window and handing in his wooden trays and crocks.

Most of the cooks and helpers who work in slave camps are also slaves or freed slaves. Therefore, they often have a good attitude towards the slaves who come to the cafeteria to eat, and sometimes give extra care.

The middle-aged chef with a wooden spoon said with a grin: "You have a good day! Breakfast includes not only bread, porridge and broth, but also a piece of pastrami for each person, and honey on each piece of bread! "

"Really?"

"Do I still need to lie to you!" The chef handed him the breakfast with a wooden tray and handed him: "You take a good look at yourself."

"Wow, there is real meat!" the slave shouted excitedly.

Listening to his shouting, the slaves in the back showed a commotion.

"What's going on! Quiet!" The foreman yelled, immediately restoring the team to silence, but every slave's face was full of longing.

"Hurry up and leave after finishing breakfast, don't stop there!" the foreman urged harshly.

The slave bit the honey bread and carried the wooden plate, and hurried to the table to sit down.

The chef was from a liberated slave, and he didn’t attack the foreman at all. Instead, he tapped the copper pan full of broth with a wooden spoon and said to the slaves, "Do you know why breakfast is so rich today? I heard it was Because more than 20 slaves passed out at the quarrying site yesterday, and... several slaves were injured (actually 7 slaves died). During the treatment, the doctors discovered that they collapsed, yes Because I'm so hungry... I don't know what happened later, Your Majesty knew about it, and specifically issued instructions to let you eat and eat well to ensure your health.

After receiving the order, Icarus didn’t have a good night’s rest, and immediately asked us to discuss it, and urgently sent someone to the Turiyi market to buy food... In the future, not only will your breakfast be rich, but dinner will also be very good. Abundant, food will be transported to the construction site at noon for you to add meals!"

The slaves immediately cheered, and the entire cafeteria boiled.

The foremen changed their faces and were about to yell loudly.

The chef has already shouted loudly: "Let us thank His Majesty Dave Si!"

"Thank you His Majesty Daphes!!!" The cafeteria cheered.

More than half of these slaves were from the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, and each has their own gods. However, under the long-term influence of other slaves and environments in the camp, most of them began to believe. Hades.