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Chapter 1184 Fierce debate at the Athens Citizens’ Assembly ([-])

"This...this..." Calicenos was frightened when he heard this. He was so impressed by the young commander's momentum that he did not dare to say a word to dissuade him.

"Then what will happen if this fertile land is vacated?" Clotokatax looked at Calicenos and said solemnly: "I think Mantinia is the most important place on the Peloponnese Peninsula. Dionia’s most loyal ally, so I decided to give the land of Tegea to you Mandinia.”

Calisenos's heart was beating wildly, thinking that he heard wrongly, and couldn't help but asked loudly: "You...you mean to hand over Tegea's territory to us?!"

No wonder he was ecstatic. The territory of Tegea and Mandinia is the only plain in the Arcadia region. It is narrow from east to west and long from north to south. The terrain is higher in the south and lower in the north. Tegea is located in the south and occupies this area. Most of the land is a small plain, and Mantinnia is located in the north. The river floods every rainy season. The Mantinians have suffered enough from the floods and want to expand their land southward, so they follow the Tegea people. Conflicts continued.

Just because Tegea received the full support of Sparta, the Mandinians had some scruples and did not trigger a major war.Unexpectedly, before the Corinthian War, the Spartans invaded Mandinia. With the help of the Tegeans, they blocked the river in the north of the plain and used water attacks to destroy the city of Mandinia. Eternal suffering for the Dinians.Now that Mandinia has the opportunity to own the entire plain, not only can it obtain more fertile land to enhance its strength, but its long-standing worries will also be completely resolved. How can Calicenos not be overjoyed?

"I hope Mantinia will give me an answer tomorrow! After tomorrow, I can only regard you Mantinia as abandoning this land and use it as Dionia's military base in the Peloponnese. .”

"Don't worry, General Clotokatax, I will rush back to Mandinia right away. We from Mandinia will definitely give you a positive answer tomorrow!" Calicenos said quickly.

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Clotokatax nodded.

Calisenos got on his horse, held the reins tightly, tightened the horse's belly, urged the horse, and hurried toward the north.

"Your Highness, if you hand over Tegea's territory to Mandinia, I'm afraid other city-states in the Arcadian Alliance will be dissatisfied with Mandinia." Printors reminded him at this time.

Clotokatax said with a firm expression: "Although the Arcadian Alliance has become our alliance, the situation within the alliance is too complicated, Tegea has rebelled, and Okomenus is also being lobbied... and How can we be reassured by cooperation with such an alliance!

It is better to strengthen the relationship with Mantinia, which is truly willing to cooperate with us. It was originally one of the strongest city-states in the Arcadia region. Now if it merges with the Tegea territory, its strength will skyrocket. Become the absolute leader of the Arcadia Alliance.

Moreover, once Mandinia annexes the Tegea territory, not only the city-states of the Arcadian Alliance will be dissatisfied, but other city-states in mainland Greece may also want to interfere (this is the tradition in mainland Greece, when a city-state is destroyed by an enemy, In a few years, they will be supported again by the enemies of their enemies), Mantinia can only rely more on us Dionia! "

"That Lycomedes from Mandinia seems very shrewd, I'm afraid he may not agree."

Clotokatax smiled: "He is in Megalopolis now. After the Mandinians make their decision, I am afraid he still doesn't know about it. And even if he knows, facing With such huge interests, he alone cannot convince all the people of Mandinia.”

Clotokatax considered it very carefully, and Printors had no doubts. At the moment just now, he felt that he was facing King Davos, and his tone of voice changed unconsciously. A little more respectfully: "I understand."

At this moment, Ctissus came over with a solemn expression holding an earthen jar, and said in a low tone: "This is the ashes of Adoris...

Clotokatax took it carefully, and when he held it in his arms, tears flowed out again...

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Kalias kept looking around, suddenly feeling very nervous, because this was not the Executive Committee of the Athenian Generals, nor the 500-member Parliament on Mars Hill, but the Citizens' Assembly on Pnyx Hill, the highest meeting place in Athens. Authority, look at these stacked and surging heads, listen to these noisy and heart-stopping murmurs, the Athenians declared, "When they hold citizens' assemblies, the number of people often exceeds 5000." It seems that it is definitely not the case. False words.

At this moment, he saw the chief general of Athens, Callistratus, walking to the center of the venue, raising his right arm high, and said in a loud and penetrating voice: "Citizens of Athens, the Citizens' Assembly has officially begun!"

Gradually, the surrounding Athenian citizens stopped talking, and the entire venue became quiet.

Callistratus continued: "In the last meeting, we discussed the issue of the Dionysian army's unprovoked invasion of the Peloponnese. Today, the Dionysian envoy also came to Athens and wanted to solve the problem. To communicate with us on this issue, let’s first listen to what he has to say.”

When Callistratos pointed his finger at Kalias, the tension in his heart disappeared at that moment. He stood up and walked to the center of the venue step by step...

In the past years, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Megara, Argos... almost all the Greek city-states in the world once had envoys standing here, facing the picky Athenian citizens, explaining For the sake of their city-state's claims, whether for war, alliance, trade, or simply because a certain city-state citizen broke the law in Athens...

Countless famous Athenian scholars have delivered exciting speeches here, including Solon, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Themistocles, Clemons, Pericles, Alcibiades, Su Grates...

Whether in the Dionysian Academy or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Karias studied many articles about Athens speeches from his teacher Ansitanos. In these years, he traveled back and forth to various allies and tribes in the Western Mediterranean. Although Tian received a satisfactory answer from Thebes - Thebes will remain neutral, Kalias understood that this was what the Thebans originally wanted to do, and it was not his credit. Today is finally here It's time for him to really use force.

Karias stood still in the center of the venue, his eyes scanning the indifferent faces around him, and a feeling of pride arose in his heart.

He took a deep breath, feeling the abundant breath flowing between the chest, throat, mouth, and nasal cavity, and then spoke: "Citizens of Athens, I represent the 200 million citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia (excluding women and Children), my sincere greetings to you!"

His first sentence caused a commotion among the surrounding Athenians: "Two million citizens?! Really or falsely? Counting overseas territories, Athens will not have more than 1 citizens. Dionia turned out to be More than ten times that of Athens?!"

"First of all, I want to correct a mistake made by Master Callistratus. Dionia sent troops to the Peloponnese to fulfill the covenant and help Thebes fight against the Spartan army.

In this regard, I admire you Athenians very much. When the city of Thebes was occupied by the Spartans and the Theban democrats were in danger, it was you who bravely reached out to help them;

The Thebans retook the city, but faced an attack by the Spartan army. In such a dire situation, you were not afraid of the Spartan threat and formed an alliance with Thebes. Not only did you provide them with material assistance, and also sent fleets to directly participate in the battle, threatening the Spartans' rear.The Thebans' ability to persist until now and win the battle of Leuctra is absolutely inseparable from your selfless help.

Although Dionia formed an alliance with Thebes late, we Dionia deeply hate Sparta, the culprit who keeps provoking wars in the Greek mainland and makes the entire Greek people unable to live in peace!We in Dionia are also concerned that Sparta continued to bully Athens after the Peloponnesian War, and even invaded your territory during the Great King's Contract, wantonly killing and looting villages near the port of Piraeus. The people, the disgusting incident with no intention of repenting afterward, empathizes with it!
Therefore, even if Athens is tied up because of the new contract, you should be optimistic about Dionia's defeat of Sparta..."

Callistratus noticed that the faces of the citizens had softened, and he immediately interrupted Callias intentionally: "Thank you very much for your wonderful speech, but first I want to correct one of your mistakes, you You can call me by my first name, but you can't call me 'Master', because all citizens of Athens are equal, regardless of size. If I dare to call myself an adult, I am afraid that my compatriots will expel me from the country with pottery tablets today. "

There was a burst of laughter in the venue.

Callistratus continued: "However, it is no wonder that you would make such a mistake, because I heard that in the Kingdom of Dionia, the people in the country are divided into many levels, ranging from kings and ministers to The people at the bottom are very hierarchical and cannot be called by their names casually, otherwise they will be punished, so it is no wonder that you seem more reserved when you come to Athens."

Karias smiled slightly: "I call you 'Sir' not only as a way of respecting you, but also as a way of respecting the power given to you by the citizens of Athens. It is the concentrated expression of the will of all Athenian citizens. As for you Speaking of our Dionia, I would like to ask Lord Callistratus first, have you been to any of our towns in Dionia?”

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