Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Although the Greeks didn't know the destination of this huge fleet, they were familiar with the "black hair and double-split sign on the sails, but they used to trade on the Dionysian merchant ship. Seeing that it is now on the ship, does this mean that the barbarian kingdom across the Adriatic Sea is finally going to attack the mainland of Greece?

Regardless of the fears and suspicions of the Greek people, the Dionysian fleet went straight south, and quickly crossed the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth and entered the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula.As we approached dusk, the fleet had to land early and prepare for the campsite.This is because in today's inability to reach the southern coast of Messinia, further south is the steep and narrow coast, the ships are difficult to dock, and the crew cannot get a rest.

But the place where the entire fleet docked is the northwest corner of the Peloponnese Peninsula. The terrain here is relatively flat. It has been called the Ellis region since ancient times. It is very famous throughout the Greek world because of the Olympia Games It is held here. There is also the famous Zeus temple. Of course, there are two more famous city-states, Alice and Pisa. They have always been dead enemies for the right to host the Olympia Games.

The Dionysians landed on the shore just outside Ellis’ territory. When the dense ships saw the coast, thousands of soldiers washed up on the beach, the neighboring Greek people were terrified The mouth ran inland.

The people in Ellis City quickly got the news and were equally panicked: although they had little dealings with the Dionysians, they had never provoked this western behemoth. There were no signs. The Dionysians sent Has the army come to invade their territory?!

The parliament carried out emergency military mobilization of citizens in the territory, while urgently consulting, and even they finally came to a conclusion: It is said that the Dionysians believed in Hades and did not recognize Zeus as the king. Is this time for the purpose of From the destruction of the Temple of Zeus?

The members of Ellis sadly found that if this is the case, in order to defend the protector Zeus, the Ellis have to fight desperately.

Just when the Ellis felt pessimistic about their prospects, they received an urgent notice from the City Guard: The Dionysian Ambassador visited.

Ticias, a citizen of Dionysian, a native of Tindaris, who served as several generals of Tindaris in succession, was very prestigious among the people of Tindaris, and later responded to the requests of the people to convene and host citizens The conference eventually led Tindaris to merge smoothly into the Kingdom of Dionysia, and he became a veteran of the kingdom.

When the news that "Davers approved the Dionysian army to attack Peloponnese and rebuild Mesenia" was sent to the senate, he took the initiative to meet King Davers and hoped to follow the army because he 'S ancestral home is Mesenia...

At this time, Ticias walked up to the center of the Ellis meeting, looking at the pair of angry and frightened eyes, he had a sense of pride as a citizen of a big country in his heart, but he Suppress this pride, try to make your expression sincere: "Children of Zeus, respectable Ellis citizens, on behalf of the Kingdom of Dionysia, I extend my most sincere apologies to you! Our ship The team was on the way because of the late weather. In order to prevent accidents, the team had to temporarily rest at the beach, so they entered your territory, but please rest assured that we will only rest for one night and leave tomorrow. Any harm caused to the people on the land, and based on the inconvenience caused to us by our brazen behavior, we will also pay a certain amount of gold and silver as an overnight overnight fee for the army to compensate Ellis... …"

These words from Ticias made the Ellis MPs suspicious, but a hanging heart finally fell.

There was a commotion in the venue, and the MPs whispered a discussion for a while, and then someone stood up and asked, "Dionysians, your brazen actions really caused Alice a lot of trouble, but if things are just like you As we said, we are still willing to forgive you for your brazen behavior..."

Alice is not a good-talking city-state, not to mention the decades-long conflict with Pisa, and during these decades it has also fought several wars with the Spartans, but Mr. Alice is now So it became so reasonable, but because the Dionysians came so suddenly, and the number of troops was so large, making them consciously difficult to fight, so they wanted to send away this plague as soon as possible.

Then, some lawmakers asked curiously: "I don't know where is your army in Guibang?"

Ticias was waiting for this question, and he immediately asked, "Have you heard of Tindaris City in Sicily?"

"Tindaris...should be a city-state built on the northeast corner of Sicily with the support of the original Syracuse Lord Dionysius. It is said that most of its citizens came from Messenia, and later Tindaris turned to Dionia..." said one MP.

"It's not surrender, but the collective of Tindaris citizens decided to join Dionysia!" Ticias corrected it aloud, and then said: "When the Tindaris joined the Holy Kingdom of Dionysia, King Daveus once promised,'Someday it will help Mesenia to gain independence and free the Mesenians who are slaves'... but shortly after that, due to the influence of the war, Dior Niya and Sparta signed a long-term peace agreement, and this commitment was temporarily put on hold until this year the Spartans tore up the peace agreement with us Dionysia--"

There was a gloating smile on Ticias' face, and he said aloud: "King Daveus finally had a chance to fulfill his promise, so the Dionysian army you see is to go to the region of Mesenia and rush Walking there and occupying the Spartans for hundreds of years, let Mesenia become the home of Mesenians again!"

At the end of the day, Ticias' emotions became heated, like a sudden flame ignited in the venue, which shocked and excited all the people present: the news was amazing!The Western Mediterranean overlord Dionia declared war on Sparta!!

Why are Ellis people excited?Isn't it also a member of the Peloponnesian League?!

Alice is indeed a member of the Peloponnesian League, but since the Spartan King Akis (Leotichides’ father) led an army into Alice’s territory and defeated it, forcing him to be convinced , And even taking part of its territory as its own, the Ellis moved away from Sparta. In subsequent military operations led by Sparta, the Ellis contributed very little to punish Its disobedience, the Spartans even handed over the hosting of the Olympia Games to Alice's dead enemy, Pisa.

In the Peloponnesian League, Alice is gradually being marginalized.What worries the Ellis people is that in the Spartan Armistice Conference that they participated in not long ago, in addition to Thebes, Ellis was the second city-state not to sign the contract, because according to the contract, each city-state It must be independent, and the Alice can never allow several towns under his control to be independent. Therefore, Alice also refused to participate in the previous oath held in Athens, so that Alice in Peloponnese The western part of the Neesa Peninsula is too isolated.

Therefore, during this time, after the Arcadians were stalemate with Sparta because of the establishment of the alliance, the Alice were overjoyed. A few days ago, they specially sent a messenger to Megalopolis to prepare for Aka The Dias expressed their support, and now the declaration of war on Sparta by the Kingdom of Dionysia undoubtedly gives them a strong heart.

In this tumultuous noise, someone suddenly screamed: "Dear Dionysian, you just said that the Dionysian kingdom is about to let the Mesenians rebuild their homes, the Mesenians you said What do you mean?"

Ticias took a closer look, and the person who spoke was the one who had answered the origin of Tindaris. He probably had a spectrum in his heart. He said aloud: "All the Spartans were enslaved and lived in Mesenia and Largo. The Messenian slaves in Neasia, all the Messenians and their descendants who are forced to live in exile in other city-states will be regarded as citizens of the Messenian city-state to be established by our Holy Kingdom of Dionys, Dionia welcomes them to return to the homeland where their ancestors lived and rebuild their own homeland!

In fact, I am a Mesnian, this time I will witness the Dionysian army to invade the Spartan robbers who have occupied our homeland for a hundred years, and will liberate those compatriots who have become black raiders. They regained their dignity and freedom and brought the land of Mesenia back to life in the hands of real Mesenians!"

After hearing the words of Ticias, the member of the parliament suddenly turned red, and he couldn’t help opening his mouth to sing: “Under the towering and steep mountain Tegtos, there is the clear and gentle Pamisus River, and the towering Itom blessings In the beautiful city of Messeny, countless cattle and sheep ran on the rich plains of water and grass, and countless farmers worked in the fields..."

Ticias froze for a while, and then sang: "...Spartans like a wolf occupy our land and enslave us like cattle and sheep. We cannot bear the burden, and their cruel leather whip Many of the fruits of the labor harvested on the intensively cultivated land are attributed to these fierce robbers..."

At this moment, several Ellis councillors joined it, singing passionately: "... Gods of Olympus, if you are willing to bless Mesenia, I would like to be a hero Aristo Like Demes, sacrifice his own daughter and fight to death;

Gods of Olympus, please lower your blessings. I will fight like Aristomenes forever. As long as the people can be saved, I am willing to go through hardships, bruises, and nothing."

At the end of the singing, the singing of seven or eight people overwhelmed the hustle and bustle of the venue, and at the moment everyone's face was in tears.

Since the fall of Mesonia, this song, unknowingly created by someone, has been whispered quietly among the enslaved people of Messiah, and it also reminded the Messenians who fled their hometowns and scattered across the Mediterranean. The suffering of his predecessors.