Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

These black village chiefs have been able to be free. They are grateful to Dionia. They can still become the top of this new city-state. They are more than pleased. There are more considerations, not only from Dioni The suggestions of the fellow Asians all agreed, and they also offered to take the initiative: the candidates of the General Committee are all served by the compatriots from Dionia, because they are well-informed and have more experience in governing the country.

The people from Dionia will certainly not postpone. Five generals will be selected soon, and Ticias, the veteran of Dionysia, will become the chief.

Ionikos watched all this, and although he saw a few clues, he dared not make trouble from it. He witnessed Dionya’s naval and army forces are extremely powerful, and even their complete military. The logistics made him aware of this terrible from the Western Mediterranean Kingdom.

Who knows, Ticias quickly found him and made it clear to him: As long as he is willing to join Mesenia, the council will leave him a seat.

Ionicus considered for a while, and finally agreed that although he grew up in Alice from an early age, he did not have much influence in the Parliament and never held an important position. The reason is well known, but it is not announced. Mouth: Because he is a Mesenian immigrant.

But he also put forward a condition: he hopes to bring several well-connected Mesenian immigrants from Ellis to join this new city-state and become a member of the council.

Ticias agreed.

Ionicus immediately applied for a Clipper to the 1st Fleet and hurriedly returned to Ellis.

The constantly promulgated laws of the new government of Messenia, led by Ticias, are being carried out in full swing: not only will all black raiders in Messenia be free, they will also become citizens of New Messenia, and A parcel of land will be obtained, and parliamentarians from Dionia will confirm and register the population and land of each village with the assistance of the village heads for subsequent distribution;

In order to protect this freedom and independence from hardships, New Mesenia citizens must receive strict training from Dionysian soldiers in order to defend their city-states when the Spartan army strikes; New Mesenia is established and also It must have its own city, and the parliament soon decided to rebuild the city of Messeny. It will serve as the center of the new city-state, and no other towns will be built, so that citizens can be more united.As a result, it was the turn of the soldiers of the 1st Legion of Dionynia. They would lead the new citizens of Mesenia to expand the original Spartan barracks into a town;

A Greek city-state also needed a protector. The original protector of the Messenians was Zeus, but Ticias and others easily persuaded the village heads to stop believing it because the Messenians had three times The failure in the war means that Zeus did not bless them at all.Out of gratitude and trust in Dionia, the citizens of New Messenia unanimously decided to ask Hades for blessing.At the same time, the Parliament also decided that the heroes Aristotles and Aristomenis, who once led the people to rebel against Sparta, would also set up statues to sacrifice;

The Parliament also made a decision to send envoys to the city-states of the Peloponnese peninsula to inform them about the independence of Mesenia in order to gain their support, of course Sparta is not among them...

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The plains of Mesenia are filled with a joyful atmosphere, and the spartan territories across the Tegtos Mountains are dismal.The impact of the failure of the Battle of Lextra on the Spartans has not passed, and now a larger disaster has suddenly come-Mesenia has been taken away.

Messenia is extremely important to Sparta. Sixty percent of the agricultural output of the entire city-state comes from there, half of the Spartan citizens’ land is also there, and more than half of Spartan’s labor comes from Mesenia. … Losing Mesenia, Sparta's strength has been cut by at least half.

But learning of the news of its capture, the Spartans, who had always reported them, did not immediately organize an army to kill Mesenia as usual, because today Sparta is already in a storm.Before Sparta was determined to send troops to attack the Arcadia alliance dominated by Mandinia, but only a few Peloponnese allies responded to the call, so the coalition forces that attacked the Arcadia alliance until now Failing to complete the formation, there is still a huge shortage of military food. In such a bad situation, Sparta still has the strength to confront the stronger Dionysian army.

At the Council of Elders, the Ombudsman and the Elders scolded Dionysia for his betrayal, but he was helpless about the difficulties Sparta faced.

Agsilaus, who was ill to attend the meeting, also made a fire, scolding them for short-sightedness, knowing that Dionysia was already hostile to Sparta, he still did not listen to his repeated dissuasion, and ended the friendly agreement signed with him in advance. As a result, Thebes took the opportunity to form an alliance with Dionysia, which led to the realization of the words that Davis threatened Sparta more than ten years ago (Mesenia was captured).

Elders also retorted, pointing out that Sparta sought support from Persia and ended the war with Thebes as soon as possible. Agsilaus is also a positive promoter, then it should be understood that if Sparta does not cooperate with Dior When Niah broke the diplomatic ties, he certainly could not gain the trust of the Persian king, and the decision of the council of elders finally made this decision.

Except for the Ombudsman, the elders are elderly, and will not spend a long time on meaningless abuse and endless debate. It will not take long for everyone to calm down and discuss how to solve the huge Spartan face. Threat.

As the city-states with the most dealings with Dionia in Greece, they understand the strength of the kingdom on the Italian peninsula. They do not think that Sparta can now fight it. They rightfully turned their attention to Persia.

As a result, the Persian messenger Datis, who was still stranded in the city, was invited to the venue.

After learning of the news that "Dionysia sent troops to seize Mesenia, Datis felt nervous. Next, instead of being arrogant, he was very active. After all, he came to Sparta with a mission, but now he has not. The realization of Sparta’s plan to unify the entire Greek city-state would lead to the premature invasion of Peloponnese by the Dionysians. This may well destroy the strategic vision of the Persian king, so he must work hard save.

Dartis first urged the Spartans not to be too nervous. A large number of grains gifted by Persia and 50 Talent gold coins were on the way. Then he also promised that he would apply to the King of Persia to plead for his energy. Sponsored more gold and silver to Sparta, while allowing Sparta to recruit soldiers in Asia Minor, so that it could form a large army as soon as possible to repel the attacking Dionysian army (Luketra will shake up Spartan hegemony, together with the establishment of the Arcadia Alliance, most Spartan allies no longer responded to Spartan’s call as before, so the Spartans had to go to Macedonia, Thrace, Ionia, Asia Minor and other regions to recruit soldiers, and this obviously costs money).

The Ombudsman and the elders felt calm, but soon they discovered one of the biggest problems: it took time to recruit soldiers and form an army, and now the Dionysian army is on the west side of Tegtos Mountain, and there is always May invade Spartan territory.

Agsi Laws made a serious analysis of this: There are three options for the Dionysian army to attack Sparta.One is to take the middle road and cross the Tegtos Mountain, but the Tegtos Mountain is steep and the pass is controlled by your own side. It is difficult for the Dionysian army to pass from here; one is to take the north road and pass Arcadian Area, invading Sparta, but the city-states of Arcadia have never had any contact with Dionia, and now they have formed an alliance. I am afraid that they will not easily allow a large number of foreign troops to pass through their territory; There is the south road, let the army take the boat into the Gulf of Laconia, and land on the coast of Sparta. According to the information obtained from the mouth of the soldiers who returned from Mesenia, there are many ships in Dionysia, and their troops landed quickly. Rapidly, this route is the biggest threat to Sparta.

Everyone believed that Agsilaus was right. After some discussion, the Council of Elders finally made a decision: temporarily cancel the military operation against the Arcadia Alliance, and send a messenger to show goodwill to it; Territory military mobilization, strengthen the defense of the coast, and build the facilities to prevent landings; conscript young Pirisians and black soldiers in the territory to join the army...

And against the black heroes, the Council of Elders also passed a resolution specifically: only the black heroes perform well in the war, they can be free.

Agsilaus also asked the Persian messenger Datis: He hoped that Persia could send a fleet to help Sparta defend the Laconian Gulf.

Datis promised in full, promising to convey Spartan's request to the King of Persia.

In addition, the Council of Elders also decided to send a messenger to Mesenia. In addition to taking the opportunity to ascertain the next movement of the Dionysian army, the main thing is to delay the Dionysian attack as much as possible in the name of deliberation. To earn time for Spartan to form an army.

This important meeting concerning the life and death of Sparta didn't end until the afternoon. Agsi Laos dragged his tired body back home, and immediately summoned Xenophon who had been waiting in the mansion. Tell him briefly.

That night, Xenophon was very disturbed when he heard the news of "The Dionysian Army landing on the coast of Ellis" at home, and he drove to Sparta as soon as daybreak, but he lived away from Sparta. Farther away, when he arrived at the Agassius mansion, the Spartans had received the news that "the large fleet of Dionys had invaded the Gulf of Mesenia", but Sparta was too late to send reinforcements, The Dionysian army has landed on the coast of Mesenia.