Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the evening two days later, the Dionysian Palace held a grand dinner. In addition to King Daphes and Xenophon, there were also Hilos, Alexis, Amintas, Philius, Agassia, Tolmed, Capps, Antonios, Epidnis, Matonis, Olivers, Geogris... Even Princess Christosia also attended the banquet.

At the banquet, everyone recalled their adventures in Persia, and thanked the mercenary leaders such as Daveus and Xenophon for finally taking them out of the danger and toasting them one after another. The scene was quite warm.

Others lamented the wealthy life they enjoy today and regretted the wrong choices made by Kriano, Timmasong and Xenophon.

Of course, some people persuaded Xenophon to leave Sparta, to settle in Dionysia, to enjoy the rest of his life with his former comrades, and was perverted by Xenophon.

When the banquet was coming to an end and Xenophon toasted Daveus, he used the strength of the wine and asked boldly: "Now Dionysia is so powerful, why did he behave in the face of Sparta's early end of the friendly agreement So forgiving?"

Daveus narrowed his eyes and told the story calmly: "A few years ago, Mauritania sent some elephants to the kingdom to show their respect, and the hounds in the palace were scared because of fear when they were housed next to the palace. , Barking at the dog far away, but the elephant has been very quiet, as if it was nothing. After a while, the hound will not bark, and the two sides are at peace..."

Xenophon visited the zoo these past two days and knew how big the elephant was. After listening, it was silent for a while.

After the Spartan Mission quickly returned to Sparta, the Elders and the Ombudsmen were relieved after learning that King Dionia had calmly accepted the "Spartan Ends Friendship Agreement" without any intention of punishment. .

It was just that when Xenophon visited Agassius, he detailed his experience in the Kingdom of Dionysia and solemnly reminded: "Although Dionysia is not malicious towards Sparta, it is best It is still necessary to re-sign the contract with Dionia as soon as possible and restore friendship!

This is an obvious question, but Agassius thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "You are right, our peace talks with Thebes and Athens must be held as soon as possible, and the contract must be signed as soon as possible. Bada has the confidence to negotiate with Dionia."

……………………………………

In the spring of 371 BC (Twenty-three years of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia), the Thebes War, which lasted for many years, finally ushered in the dawn of peace.With the support of Persia, the two sides of the war will conduct peace talks at the Spartan city.

Since it was Spartan’s home ground, the main city-states of the Peloponnesian League sent envoys to participate in this peace talk, and they arrived at the venue as early as possible.Immediately following was the delegation of Athens, the chief general of Athens, Calisstratus, as the main person in charge, and his assistant was Kalius, the torch bearer of Eleusis Smith.The last arrived was the Thebes Envoy, headed by Ipamironda.In addition, Persia also sent messengers to participate in this meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Athens went to Sparta. Kallias and Kalistratus accused the Spartans of arbitrariness and oppression of the allies. This was the culprit leading to this war, and at the same time, they pointed out the war. The harm caused to the various Greek city-states in Greece has resonated with the envoys of the city-states present.

However, Agassius and Achimdams who Spartan attended the meeting seemed to feel reasonable about this, and did not immediately refute.Therefore, all the messengers present quickly reached a consensus: stop the war.

It seems that the Athenians still stand on the side of Thebes against the Spartans, but in fact through the contact of Tamagoras in Persia with Lutikli, the two sides have secretly reached a certain tacit agreement.Thus, this tacit understanding was revealed in the following discussions on signing contracts.

Both Athens and Sparta declared that, according to Persian recommendations, the basis for peace is still the principle established by the'Contract of Kings', that is, all city-states must withdraw the troops (whether army or navy) stationed in other states, Any alliance must be disbanded so that all Greek city-states remain independent.

In this way, there is a big problem, which is also a problem that could not be solved after the end of the Corinth War and the signing of the "Contract of the King": the League of Athens and the League of Peloponnese do not meet the regulations and should be dissolved.

So Ipamironda, who had been watching the performances of the Athenians, pointed out the problem immediately.

Unexpectedly, Athens and the Spartans were already prepared, and Calisstratus immediately admitted that there was indeed something wrong with the original "Contract of the King". He believed that it should be amended to change the provisions to read: No city-state shall be forced Become a member of the alliance, but different city-states can cooperate with each other as they wish, but no treaty may be made to make mandatory provisions.

Agsilaus immediately agreed with this, he thinks such a modification is more reasonable and more acceptable to various city-states.

The other Peloponnesian city-state messengers have also expressed their approval, and with the support of the Persian messengers, the terms of the contract have been determined, and they will wait for the oath to sign the contract.

One by one, the messengers of the Peloponnese city-states scrambled to sign the name of the city-states, and Athens and Sparta also signed. Finally, it was the turn of the messengers of Thebes, and everyone's eyes focused on them.

Ipamironda stood up with a condensed face, solemnly taking an oath in the name of Zeus, then took the pen and wrote the name on the oath.

Most of the people on the field were relieved, but they heard Agassius say in a deep voice: "Thebes, you signed the wrong name.

Ipamironda said very firmly: "I have confirmed it, there is no wrong sign!"

At this time, the other talents in the meeting felt that the situation was not right. They scrambled to take a pledge and saw that it clearly read: Piosia, Ipa Milunda.

Agsilaus said angrily: "Ipamironda, are you fooling us? Everyone knows that Pioxia is a region, and Thebes is just a city-state in this region. What's the matter? Right to sign on behalf of all city-states in the Pioxia region!"

Ipamironda was not afraid. He looked at Agsilaus and said without hesitation: "What's so strange, you can think of Pioxia as Laconia (Lagoni Ya is the area where the Spartans live), or—"

Ipamironda turned to Caristratus again, and said very powerfully: "Attica, not the Peloponnesian League, or the Athenian Maritime League!"

As soon as these words came out, the messengers of the other city-states in the venue were shocked: the ambitions of Thebes were unequivocal, they wanted to unify Pioxia!

Karistratus immediately retorted: "When the Greeks talk about Athens, it refers not only to the city of Athens, but to the entire Attica region; when the Greeks talk about Sparta, it also refers to The entire Laconia region; but when people talk about Thebes, do they refer to the entire Pioxia? Obviously, it refers to the city-state of Thebes.

Why is this happening?That is because Athens and Sparta have integrated a region into a long time ago, and after a long time, other Greeks have agreed with this.Unfortunately, they could not agree that Thebes represented Pioxia because many city-states in Piosia are still independent."

Agsilaus said immediately, "According to this pledge, Thebes must dissolve your newly established Pioxia Alliance, so that each Pioxia city-state under your control will be independent and free!"

Ipa Milunda's unswerving words pushed Agassius back: "If you Sparta allow every town in Laconia to become independent, then our Pioxia Union will be dissolved!"

Then, he looked at Agsilaus and Callistratus with a determined look, and said with a strong speech: "You Spartans have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Pioxia, just like our Debbie Sis has no right to interfere in the internal management of Laconia; Laconia, Piosia and Attica represent distinctly different regimes. Under Zeus’s testimony, each regime is justified; Pi The formation of the alliance between Osha and the development of Attica into a city is a natural thing. This process is as legitimate as the development of Lagonia into an oligarchic government affiliated with Sparta—"

The son of Agassius interrupted his voice aloud: "You are talking nonsense! You Thebes just want to continue the war, attack other Pioxia city-states, deprive them Independence and freedom, this is never allowed!"

Ipamironda sneered: "Don't you Spartans do this before! Shamelessly captured our city and dispatched garrisons and officers in other Pioxia city states to deprive them of their independence and freedom, precisely because Your aggression, we Pioxia talents realized that we must unite together to guarantee the freedom of our Pioxia people!"

Achimdams was suddenly speechless.

Ipamironda said rightly to Agsilaus: "For this Pioxia League, we Thebes did take some strong measures, but you Spartan have no right to interfere, because no one can In the ancient times of accurate timekeeping, your ancestors took stronger and higher pressure measures. The country you maintain is built by this tough way.

Now the friendly allies of Thebes and Pioxia have decided to adopt the same method as your Sparta, to establish a united and unified Piosia alliance that includes all Pioxia city states, in order to achieve this great Goal, our citizens will not be afraid of death!"