ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 171 Goodbye Ti Ma Song

After discussion, everyone decided to wait and see how things develop.After all, there was no successful precedent in the history of Greek colonization of the Western Mediterranean when the Greeks left the coast and occupied the mountainous areas of the indigenous people.Even if the Tua Alliance captured Niutum, how could their few people suppress the resistance of the Lucanians in a mountainous area full of Lucarians?How to deal with the subsequent attack by the Lucanian army?This is the next big question.

The city hall also decided to send merchant ships to establish trade relations with Pixis as much as possible in order to keep abreast of the trends in the Lucania region.

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Ephesus is located on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor. It was a famous city in the former Kingdom of Lydia, across the bay from Samos. It is said to have been built by Athenian colonists around 900 BC.After hundreds of years of development, it, together with Miletus and Samos, which are not far from it in the south, have become the three most dazzling pearls among the Greek states in Asia Minor.

In the center of the triangular area formed by these three prosperous city-states is Mount Michael. There is a sanctuary on the mountain called "Pagnonion", which means the temple of all Ionians. It was once the capital of Asia Minor. The place where the Greeks met to celebrate their entire alliance, and although it has now lost its former glory, it is still a place of worship among the Greeks of Asia Minor.At the same time, the influence of another temple was growing day by day, and its influence became more and more important. This was the amazing masterpiece built in Ephesus-the Temple of Arthenis.

A hundred years ago, when Ephesus was still attached to Lydia, it had become the commercial center of Asia Minor. Citizens from various city-states flocked there. After doing business and working, they naturally wanted to worship the temple for spiritual comfort.As a result, the Ephesians found that the original altar of Arthenis could no longer meet their needs. Believers often clashed in order to occupy a good position to worship. Therefore, building a temple became a top priority. At that time, the wealthy King Croesus of Lydia Generously donated money (this king later donated huge sums of money to Delphi to seek an oracle, was misled and went to war with Persia, and finally perished), and built a new temple on the site of the original simple altar, the most famous building at that time. Designers and master sculptors were invited to participate in designing the temple.

The completed temple is 100 meters long and 55 meters wide. There are 127 huge columns with a height of 18 meters supporting the huge roof of the temple. The entire temple is basically made of huge stone strips five to eight meters long. The momentum is grand and heavy.In the temple, the bronze statue of Arthenis is two meters high, wearing a crown and holding a bow. It has a kind face, vivid form, delicate and expressive appearance.There is no roof above it, so believers can look up to the sky and be with God in the temple...

After the completion of the Temple of Artenes, it soon became another holy place for the Greeks in Asia Minor. Even though many events such as the demise of the Lydian Kingdom and the outbreak of the Hippo War happened successively, its status did not diminish, and people came to worship it every day. There is an endless stream of Greeks, and this has been the case for hundreds of years.

On this day, a strong Greek man hurried out of the temple. While looking around, he followed the flow of people and walked straight to the temple gate.

The temple was too big, and there were dozens of steps alone. After walking up the steps, he was a little out of breath after a lot of exercise.

"Timazong!" A somewhat familiar voice shouted from the front.

He followed the sound and saw a man wearing a purple noble Bolton standing at the door of the temple and waving to him.

"Agacia?!" Timasong walked towards this seemingly extraordinary man in disbelief.

"Please call me Mr. Agarcia! I am now the elder of the Senate of the Tua Alliance!" Agarcia shook his sleeves, exposed his left hand, then gently held the sleeve of his robe, half of it on his waist (this is Turiyi The so-called aristocratic actions that senators often do in meetings), he said jokingly.

"Have you really become the... master of a city-state, as the rumors say?!" Timasong looked at him and asked with a trembling voice.

"Not one city-state, but the master of two city-states!" Agacia held out two fingers and explained seriously: "Davos is the lifelong governor of the alliance of these two city-states!"

"Permanent Consul?! It's unbelievable..." Timasong murmured: You must know that it has only been more than half a year, and the memory of parting with Davos and the others is still very clear. The status is already a world of difference? !

"What I said is all true! If you don't believe it, Artenis is inside, I will go in and swear to her!" Agacia became a little anxious, pointed at the temple behind him, and said seriously.

Timasong shook his head and looked at Agacia thoughtfully: "I believe you! Why did you come to me this time?"

"Although we have successfully changed our status, we have not forgotten our comrades who have been through life and death!" Agarcia stretched out his hand and said sincerely: "Consul Davos sent me to invite you to Magna Graecia!"

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Tiburon has been feeling suffocated recently.

Since he himself was sent to Asia by the Spartan Council of Elders to serve as Sparta's governor in Asia, he led an army against Tissaphernes, the Persian governor of Asia Minor, and captured many Persian cities, forcing Tissaphernes not to dare Then he attacked the Greek city-states in Asia Minor, thinking that he had done a great service for Sparta.Just because he encountered some difficulties when attacking Larissa and failed to capture it for several months, but suffered some small losses, the damn censor actually asked him to abandon Larissa and attack the Caria region instead. !He was so angry that he didn't dare to disobey.

Since Lysander gained great popularity for defeating the Athenian navy in the late Peloponnesian War, in order to strengthen his power, he proposed some proposals to the Council of Elders and passed them. One of them was to expand the censorship The power allows these civilian-born censors to go out with the army. If they find problems, whether they are ordinary generals or kings, they can question them at any time. Once the problem is serious, they can also propose punishment to the Council of Elders.

Tibulon had no choice but to lead his army back to Ephesus, preparing to rest here for a while before setting off to attack Carlia.Unexpectedly, within a few days, he heard bad news: Several Greek city-states in Asia sent envoys to Sparta, accusing him of allowing his soldiers to plunder Sparta's allies in Asia.

First he was so angry that he threw down all the valuable statues in the living room, and then he began to worry about gains and losses, because what these envoys from the Asia Minor city-states complained about was true.At the beginning, he brought 300 soldiers to Asia, including [-] liberated Helots, [-] other Peloponnesians, and [-] Athenian cavalry.Of course, this small amount of troops could not compete with the powerful Persia. After arriving in Asia, with the help of the allies, many soldiers were recruited, most of whom were mercenaries who had participated in the expedition to Persia with Cyrus the Younger, bringing the number of troops to [-]. There were almost five thousand soldiers in this huge team. There was almost no real Spartan warrior. The salary of so many soldiers could not be maintained for a long time just by donations from the Greek city-states in Asia Minor, so they plundered the captured Persian cities and territories. Looting and looting became inevitable.However, when the troops passed through their allies, those mercenaries who had become accustomed to robbery could not control their hands and feet, and robbed the property of their compatriots from time to time.Tiburon did not use military discipline to restrain him. Instead, he believed that since he fought desperately for you, it is appropriate for you to pay a price!
Now came the revenge of the Greeks in Asia Minor.

That night, Tiburon couldn't sleep.

The next day, the censor Chrysops came over and told him coldly: "Tiblon, the Council of Elders has sent Deciridas to take over your position, and you must return to Sparta. Accept the investigation! You must stay in this mansion now and are not allowed to leave without permission until Deciridas arrives!"

Tiburon sat down slumped and watched Chrysops arrange for soldiers to guard his door. He couldn't help shouting: "Don't worry, I won't run away like Clearchus! Even if I go back to Sparta to accept Investigate, and I will acquit you!"

Chrysops replied without looking at him: "I hope so!"

Chrysopus walked out of Tibulon's house and finally breathed a sigh of relief.He very much welcomes the Senate's investigation of Tibulon, because he is the mastermind behind it!
The reason why Chrysops did this was because he knew very well that Sparta had strategic considerations in making a great determination and spending a lot of money to go to war with Persia.The Spartan radicals headed by Lysander believed that they should take advantage of the defeat of Athens and regain the Greek hegemony to step out of the small Greek mainland and extend their power to the vaster and richer Asia Minor, defeat the Persians and become the protection of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor. And then became the overlord of the Eastern Mediterranean, fulfilling the dreams of generations of Spartans.Precisely because Chrysops had traveled to the hinterland of Persia with the expeditionary force and witnessed the vastness and richness of the Mesopotamian plains, he agreed with the radicals' ideas and deeply understood the painstaking efforts of Lysander and others.But Tibulon was a pure Spartan warrior. He didn't think about anything except fighting and killing people. While attacking the Persians, he allowed soldiers to plunder the allies, which made the allies in Asia Minor complain about his troops. Also began to feel dissatisfied with Sparta.

Seeing that more than half a year of hard work was going to be in vain, Chrysops warned Tibulon several times. Tibulon first pretended to obey but did not follow through, and then simply refused to listen.

In desperation, Chrysops secretly encouraged the allies in Asia Minor to complain to Sparta. Now his goal has finally been achieved.As for the upcoming Dechiridas, who is always known for his resourcefulness and is a Spartan general who can think about problems with his brain, Chrysops believes that he will not make Tibulon's mistake and will also cooperate with him. good.

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