ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 116 Tyrant Dionysius

Davos watched the envoy of Syracuse, Herolis, go away. When he turned to return to the living room, his expression became more solemn and worried: The tree was about to be quiet but the wind was not stopping. It seemed that Syracuse was preparing to fight with Carthage. The war has begun. No matter what the outcome is, Amendolara must develop and strengthen itself as soon as possible in order to gain a firm foothold in this troubled world.

Two days later, Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, listened to Herolis’ report in his palace. His face was gloomy at first, and then he burst out laughing: “What did a little mercenary leader become? Consul for life! Mathias, what do you think?"

Mathias, who was once the leader of the Campania mercenaries, wore a military uniform, stood upright at the bottom, and said without thinking: "Sir, I think that as a mercenary leader, you should focus on how to fight. Win a battle and get yourself money and glory, rather than doing something you simply don't know how to do. While that may look good, it's an easy recipe for failure and drags down innocent people."

"You're right!" Dionysius praised. He patted the back of the chair: "I sit in this position, trembling every day and not daring to slack off at all! A mercenary who only knows how to be brave and fierce. How dare you be the tyrant of a city-state!"

Herolis couldn't help but said: "My lord, this Davos is not a tyrant, but a lifetime consul elected by the people of Amendolara!"

"Herolis, what do you mean by this?!" Dionysius looked directly at Herolis with sharp eyes like knives.

Only then did Herolis realize that he had inadvertently touched Dionysius's reverse scale. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat, lowered his head, and did not dare to speak any more.

Dionysius looked at him carefully for a while, then looked away and said disdainfully: "He just played a little trick. It can only be said that this young man is a little smart. No wonder he can win several battles. It's a pity. No vision. Philistus, do you know how many citizens there are in Amendolara?"

A middle-aged man with a graceful temperament sat on the left side closest to Dionysius and said: "As far as I know, there should be less than [-] citizens. Of course, the number is far lower than this now."

"Listen, even if Amendolara was not affected by the war, it only had at most four thousand citizens, which is less than the number of citizens in one block of our Greek city of Cuza." Dionysius shrugged and said with a slight disdain.

Sparse laughter echoed in the palace.

"If that mercenary leader named Davos comes to my place, he can choose after defeating Carthage, Marsala, Palermo, Erice, Egadi Island, Segesta and other cities. It's better to be a tyrant than to live in the small town of Amendolara. It's a pity that he won't have another chance!" Dionysius finished speaking proudly, and then looked at Mathias: "We want to attack How prepared is the Carthaginian army?"

"More than 1 mercenaries have now camped outside the city of Syracuse. We in Syracuse can mobilize at least 2 citizen soldiers, including Catanai, Leotini, Taunis, and Pachinus. The army of other city-states is about [-] people... In addition, there are two thousand cavalry. My lord, the army you have is the most powerful army that has never been seen in the history of Greek city-states! Even Athens, the most powerful city at that time, was not like this. Huge army!" Mathias said excitedly.

Dionysius's expression was calm, and he turned his gaze to his brother Leptinius: "How is the navy prepared?"

Although Leptinius and Dionysius are brothers, he seems to be a bit honest and honest, which is actually the case.Because of this, Dionysius trusted his younger brother very much and promoted him to be the commander of the Syracuse Navy.At this time, he replied: "There are now 150 tri-propeller warships. Together with other warships, there are a total of 320 large and small warships."

"It's not enough..." Dionysius sighed, his fingers tapping the back of the chair hurriedly: "You must understand that to fight Carthage, two things are indispensable - warships and Cavalry, and we don’t have enough of both. Leptinius, it seems that you have to urge other city-states to speed up the construction of warships. As for cavalry, Mathias, you send people to the Apennine Peninsula to recruit Celtic cavalry. Philistus, you go and ask Sparta to recruit some Thessalian cavalry. Everyone, we must speed up the progress! Next spring, we will start to attack Gera!"

The three responded immediately: they will do their best to complete the task assigned by Dionysius!

"Macias, you have to work hard! A small mercenary leader can annihilate those barbarian natives with an amazing record of two thousand men. We have the largest army in the Greek city-states but can't create greater glory, then What a shame!" Dionysius was still concerned about Davos's rejection of him, so he encouraged Mathias.

"Sir, please rest assured, I will not let you down!" Mathias immediately expressed his stance.

"Very good, Mathias!" Dionysius praised again, and then he waved his hand: "Philistus stays, you all go down."

Herolis, Mathias, Lepthenes and the other two courtiers withdrew, but Dionysius' eyes followed Herolis's back until Philistus called him name.

"Do you feel that Herolis has changed a bit?" Dionysius tapped his fingers on the back of the chair with a gloomy look on his face.

Philistus was startled and carefully defended Herolis: "Sir, I didn't find anything. Herolis is still the same as before."

Dionysius glanced at him: "You have a good relationship with him, I know. I also miss the help he gave me when I was in the most difficult times, so I don't want anything to ruin our friendship! Dionysius said with some emotion: "...I recently heard that he is studying the history of Egypt. I think I can give him a period of leave so that he can concentrate on his research..." Dio Nisius murmured to himself, and Philistus sighed inwardly: "My lord, I understand..."

"This is only a temporary arrangement..." Dionysius comforted.

"Philus, Philosanus is your friend, could you please invite him to come here?" Dionysius changed the topic and said, "I just wrote a poem and wanted to invite him and You do the evaluation together. You know, the last time I discussed poetry with him, I offended him without saying a word well, and he didn't come to my place for three months."

"Ferosanus is a nice guy, but he just likes to put on airs. I will try my best to help you persuade him to come." Philistos said with a smile, "My lord, there are times when you, an almighty general, can't help ordinary citizens!"

Dionysius also laughed and spread his hands: "So who says that I, Dionysius, am a dictator!"

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During this time, Davos and the military officer Felicius were busy reorganizing the city-state army.

After the mercenaries became citizens of Amendolara, it turned out that Dracos, Cesta, and Adrianx had more than 1000 soldiers, and Davos had more than 800 soldiers. After the slaves were converted into freemen, nearly 300 people, plus about 250 citizens of the original city-state who are of service age, the city of Amendolara now has a total of about 3500 combat-ready people.

Originally, the highest position of the mercenaries was captain (actually held by Davos himself), and the highest organization was brigade. However, with the increase in the number of combatants, the original organization could no longer adapt to the actual situation of the current city-state.After discussing with Felixius, Davos decided to add a higher-level military establishment. Davos named it "Legion". The highest position of Legion Commander is still held by Davos himself. The tentative establishment number is The main force of 7000 people consists of seven brigades (six heavy infantry brigades and one light infantry brigades). Each brigade has 1000 people, with the highest position of captain (later commonly known as the "captain of thousands"); one brigade has five brigades. A company has 200 men each, with the highest position being the company captain (also commonly known as the centurion); a company has four detachments, each with 50 men, and the highest position is the detachment captain.

Because Davos was influenced by Rome in his previous life, he originally planned to cancel the detachment and change it to a centurion, but Felicius raised objections. He believed that the detachment had advantages in melee and mountain stations because it was more mobile and flexible, and With the support of four detachments, the company's ability to operate independently has also been greatly enhanced.After careful consideration, Davos finally agreed with Felicius's opinion.Since then, the detachment has been established as a unique military system in the city-state under the rule of Davos, and the detachment leader, as the lowest level of officers, plays a key role in connecting the past and the future in the legion, and is later honored by the soldiers as "the head of the army" .Later, many generals under Daves were proud of having served as team captains, so much so that Davers issued a military order that only those who had served as team captains for two years were eligible to be promoted to the position of the next-level legion. The position of captain is even more dazzling, but of course this is a story later.

A detachment has five squads, each with ten people, and the highest position is the squad leader (later renamed "sergeant major, held by veterans). In addition, the legion also has a cavalry team, an engineering battalion, a medical battalion, and a supply battalion... ...etc., the actual number of its legions may be as high as [-]. Of course, these are just assumptions now.

Since the number of combatants in the city-state of Amendolara was only about 3500, Davers organized it into four brigades.

The soldiers of the first group were all from the mercenaries led by Davos. The selection of the captain gave Davos and Felicius a bit of a headache. In terms of ability and prestige, Antonios was on par with Capos. Later, Considering that Antonios is serving as the city-state inspector, which is the third-highest official position in the city-state after the consul and city administrator, for the sake of balance, Davos decided to appoint Karp after talking to the two men. Si served as the first captain.

　There is another one after eleven o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)