Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

However, the Dionysian Military Department has studied the Gauls’ tactics early, and Leotizides and Patroclus have also specially trained on this, so first they rushed out of the array of light infantry Long-range attacks on horses in horse-drawn carriages, then the heavy infantry’s square array quickly turned into a checkerboard array, widening the gap between the units, and reserving channels for the remaining Gaul chariots, even if they rushed into the array, they did not The law had a great impact on the entire formation and was soon eliminated.

On the contrary, the charge of the Gaul warriors was shot by Dionia's heavy infantry, resulting in considerable casualties.

In the close fight, although the Gaul warriors attacked with fierce swords, they faced the most elite soldiers of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Legions of Dionysia, and the 14th Legion After defeating the Gauls in Etruria several times with the Twelfth Army, they were equally fearless, so the entire front remained immobile, and more soldiers quickly attacked the Gauls’ flanks, gradually Surrounded by...

Supported by the belief of guarding their homeland, the Gauls fought hard for more than two hours, and finally defeated...

The Dionysian army took the opportunity to cover up, and the two cavalry regiments pursued continuously.

The Gauls flee all the way, and there are countless people who died in war, were killed or captured.

Since then, the Dionysian army has been destroyed, and it took only two months to occupy the entire territory of Gaul.

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Time has entered the twenty-first year of the kingdom (373 BC). The conquest of Gaul by the Holy Kingdom of Dionia shocked the entire northern Italy, including the Venetians, Umbrians, and even part of Liguria. People sent emissaries on their own initiative, requesting an alliance with Dionia or showing their favor.The allies in north-central Italy also strengthened their determination to closely follow the Kingdom of Dionia, and even many Latin allies saw that the Roman soldiers of the 14th Legion had received a lot of land after this war. The clamor strongly demanded that the city-state be merged into the Kingdom of Dionia so as to be able to enjoy such benefits.

The conquest of the Holy Kingdom of Dionyssia in the Gallo Mountains of Shane has caused great waves throughout the Western Mediterranean, but for the native Greek people, except for a few people who are concerned about this matter, most people’s eyes are still Focusing on Sparta, Thebes and Athens, the war in Greece lasted for several years with no signs of ending.

Leading the fleet expedition to Kirkira was the first battle that Athens’ general, Iphikratus, commanded after Egypt’s battle for the King of Persia and returned to Athens. The battle went very smoothly, and the Spartan army stationed on Kirkira Island was defeated However, soon Iphicrates also encountered difficulties in lack of military spending, and he had to let his soldiers work on the Kirkira farmland in order to make ends meet.

At the same time, Iphicrates had to turn to his friend in the army, the chief general of Athens, Kalistratus, for help.

Callistratus had realized that it would be difficult to continue the war in this state, and he decided to return to Athens to convince citizens that he would either provide military expenses to the fleet regularly or conclude peace.

However, when he returned to Athens, he found that the energy of the citizens of Athens was devoted to one thing-the trial of Timothy.

Because of the fall of Corfu, the citizens of Athens blamed him on Timothy Hughes, and some people accused him of "corruption and dereliction of duty" during his army expedition, so the citizens were excited and immediately tried them It was completely forgotten that it was Timothy who led the army to recapture the island of Corfu, and made the Corfu join the Athenian League. During this period, Athens provided only a small amount of military expenses. Raise.

However, the trial lasted for several months, and no definite result has been obtained, mainly because Timothy is quite famous in the mainland of Greece, and he has received strong support that ordinary people can’t match, even Cesari’s arrogant Ia Song Alpietas, king of Epirus, also came to Athens in person to prove his innocence.

Because it was Timothy’s unremitting efforts that these two monarchs would temporarily join the League of Athens, and it was through them that Timothy was able to borrow money to conduct the Corfu expedition, because in order to raise military expenses before, In addition to the long trial costs, Timothy is almost bankrupt. Now in order to entertain these two distinguished guests, so that the diet can be matched with their identity, Timothy has to pay his wealthy neighbor banker Par Sion asked for help.

At the end of the trial, Timothy was acquitted, not because of the support of Jason and Alcaitas. The citizens of Athens actually did not look down on these two powerful figures from Northern Greece. They were regarded as barbarous, mainly The reason is because Callistratus told them: Corfu has recaptured.

Although Timothy regained his freedom, the finance chief of the army he led at that time was tried, and he was sentenced to death for corruption and dereliction of duty.

The Athenians no longer trusted Timothy, and Timothy was completely disappointed in Athens. The Athenian with excellent commanding skills (especially in naval warfare) quickly left Athens and turned to play for Persia.

After Corkila suffered repeated failures, the Spartans grew increasingly disappointed.The land attack on Thebes still failed to make any progress, coupled with several successive earthquakes on the coastal area of ​​Peloponnese this year, the panicked Spartans quickly sent people to Delphi Ask for oracles.

The priests of Delphi had long been tired of the endless wars, because the war had spread to the territory of Fokies (Delphi was located in the area of ​​Fokies), so Petia gave the oracle: This is Poseidon's Bada’s continued warfare was furious.

So Sparta finally decided to seek true peace.

They still hope to bring peace to Greece through the mediation of the King of Persia, just like the last Corinth War.Although the Kingdom of Dionysia not far from Sparta is also capable of acting as a mediator, for some reason, the Spartans did not have this idea at all, so they sent envoys to the Persian court.

Coincidentally, the Athenians also had this plan.Because the war continues until now, military spending has become a huge burden for the Athenians, and may even reduce the citizens' viewing allowance.

Another important reason is that Thebes not only was not weakened in this war, but became more and more powerful with the assistance of Athens. They not only unified most of the city of Pioxia, but also in the confrontation with the Spartan coalition. Gradually it began to gain the upper hand, and the strength it showed made the Athenians also frightened. After all, before the Corinth War, Athens and Thebes were deadly enemies for decades.

Especially this year, Thebes raided Platia in the southeast of Pioxia.

Platia, a disaster-prone mountainous state, was once besieged by the Spartan forces because of its firm support for Athens during the Peloponnesian War, and was eventually destroyed.And at the beginning of this war, in order to contain Thebes, Sparta returned Platia exiles to their original places and rebuilt their homes.Because of its extremely important strategic position, the Spartan Allied Forces must pass through the Corinth Isthmus, cross the mountains, and enter the Pioxia area. The Thebes have long been interested in incorporating it into the Pioxia Union. While the Spartan army's attacks were declining and their own strength was increasing, they sent messengers to persuade Pratia many times.

The Platias persuaded that they should consider carefully, while quietly sending people to Athens, hoping to rejoin the League of Athens.

The matter was noticed by Thebes. At the suggestion of Peropidas, Thebes army raided Platia, and soon occupied the city, and the Platias were expelled from the country. Many people were Escape to Athens.

Upon learning of the incident, Aesoplady immediately wrote a speech in "On Platia" to express sympathy for their tragic fate, and at the same time condemned the criminal acts of the Thebes.

Although this incident did not formally turn the two powerful Greek city-states of Greece into revenge, it no doubt further alienated the relationship between the two sides.

Kallistratus made good use of these reasons and persuaded the people at the Civic Assembly to decide to stop the war with Sparta.

The Athenians also did not consider inviting Dionia as a mediator: First of all, they believed that inviting former sub-states to be the moderators of the meeting was somewhat disgraceful to Athens, and in recent years Isocratic publicity, It also made Athens wary of Dionia; secondly, as a mediator of this war, it needs to have sufficient strength and sufficient influence in Greece. Dionysia has never been involved in the Greek mainland before, and it also has Sparta has a long-term peace agreement.On the contrary, although Persia is thousands of miles away, it has been waving in the long sleeves of various Greek city-states, and it has been using money to win this and fight that one. The "king contract" that was successfully signed a few years ago has already demonstrated its influence in Greece.

Therefore, Athens also sent messengers to Persia.

When Thebes discovered that both Sparta and Athens had sent envoys to Persia for support, he was somewhat anxious. During the discussion, Peropidas made the first proposal to seek support from Dionia.

Due to the increased strength of Bis at the end of the two years, the Spartan coalition can no longer block Thebes, so the Thebis senior executives learned more outside news, and what surprised them most was that Dionysia defeated Gads Taiji has become the overlord of Greater Greece and Sicily (In the impression of the native Greeks, only these two places in the Western Mediterranean and Carthage are the land of civilization, and the rest are barbarous, not worth looking at ), it can be seen that the Kingdom of Dionysia is very strong and very close to Thebes, and once sold food to them when the Thess was the most difficult, and expressed goodwill, so if it can get its support, Thebes was not afraid of Persia at a distance.