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Chapter 179 Oh, Sparta

"Shut up! Drag this traitor from Lucaria down, chop him into pieces and feed it to the dogs!" Xinsinaga shouted angrily. He must not let Hermon preach the benefits of the Greeks here, which may destroy the people's faith. Fighting spirit.

"Kill me? Okay! Dionia's consul Davos is the most protective of the calf! When you attacked his camp, he wiped out the Lucanian coalition! The Crotones invaded his territory , he captured all the Crotones as prisoners! You kill me, a citizen of the Dioria Alliance, believe it or not, the army of the Dionia Alliance will kill the city of Grumentum tomorrow!" Hemon let the soldiers come up to hold his hands and shouted fearlessly.

Xinsinag's face twitched a few times and he changed his words: "Kick him...get him out!"

Hemon smiled secretly in his heart. He had long heard that the leader of Picosis was a weakling who bullied the weak and was afraid of the strong. It was indeed the case. If it were Akpiru, he would not dare to volunteer himself to die: "Don't you want to hear this? Listen to the good news I bring?!"

Xinsinag's waving hand was still in the air.

"What good news?!" the leaders asked urgently.

Hermon pushed away the guards and said loudly: "As an envoy of the Dionysian Alliance, I was assigned by the Senate to discuss the possibility of peace with Grumentum and Pixis!"

When Xinsinaga heard this, his heart was shocked.

"The Greeks won't attack us?!"

"Great! We don't have to give up on Grumentum!"

"Can't trust the Greeks! Why occupy Niutum if you want peace?!"

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There was a sense of relief in the heated debate among the leaders.

"Stupid Picosis people, have you forgotten the old saying of our Lucanians. 'You are not afraid of wolves if you have a big stick in your hand.'" Hermon laughed: "If the Deoria Alliance does not Occupy Niutum, will you be willing to sit down and negotiate with the Alliance?! The Greeks who love the sea are actually not interested in the land of Lucalia at all. It is full of mountains, the land is barren, and the roads are also very bad. It is very difficult to do business and travel. If it weren't for the fact that the Lucanians always attacked Thurii through Niutum, the alliance occupied Niutum in order to protect the territory from infringement, blocking your way south. …”

The leaders thought that this was indeed the case and stopped talking.

Xinsinag asked again uncertainly: "The Greeks really intend to negotiate peace with me?!"

"Of course it's true! Otherwise, why would I come?!" Hemon said angrily.

Sinsinaga suddenly felt relaxed. He leaned back in his chair and said, "Is Niutum still in chaos, afraid that I will take the opportunity to attack?"

"Big Chief, are you telling the truth?" Hermon said sarcastically.

Xinsinag coughed awkwardly and said, "Okay, let me hear the conditions of your Dai...Deoria alliance."

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Both sides have the will for peace, so naturally the negotiations went smoothly.

One day later, an agreement was reached: the Deionian City-State Alliance, Picosis and Grumentum were bounded by the narrow road between the two rivers and would not invade each other. The two sides could open markets at the junction; The Nia Alliance is not allowed to support the enemies of Pikosis. If small tribes or wandering mountain people who are not under the control of Pikosis seek refuge in Niutum, Pikosis cannot stop them...

The term of the agreement is one year.Originally, Xinsinag wanted the term to be five years, but Hemon rejected it. His reason was that many people in the alliance doubted whether the Picosis could abide by the agreement. If the Picosis took one year, If his good performance has won the trust of the veterans of the Dionia Alliance, then the next contract extension period will be extended.

Cincinnago was angry, but he had no choice, because he needed this peace agreement more than the Greeks, so that he could deal with the hostile tribes in Grumentum without any worries, and then deal with the hostile tribes that accepted Lusa Wu's Potentia, as for the Dionian Alliance, at least after he became the leader of the Lucalians...

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Before the Dionian Alliance signed the contract with Xinsinag, Avinogis of Laos had reached a new agreement with the alliance: [-]. Laos agreed to build Thurii - Niutum - Laos Avenue, and is willing to provide a large number of laborers (there were originally a large number of Greek slaves in the city of Laos, mainly descendants of Sybaris, and now they have become free people, but Avinogis could not let them obtain land, so he only Able to sell their labor to make a living. In addition, the Lucarians in the former city of Laos were either killed or turned into slaves).At the same time, Avinogis also intends to provide all the funds for road construction.On this point, Davos politely declined his kindness, and finally proposed to share it equally between both parties.

[-]. Without the permission of Laos, the Dionysian Alliance shall not convert Laos people who have entered or escaped into the alliance into alliance citizens, and shall be responsible for sending them back.

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At the southernmost tip of the Peloponnese Peninsula, there is a land that was called Lacedaemon in ancient times and is now called Laconia.This land is surrounded by some natural barriers, facing the sea to the east and south, the dark and terrifying mountains to the north, and the desolate and tall Taygetos Mountains to the west, with its five peaks standing like claws, even if Even in the hot summer, it is often covered with snow.The small plain protected by these dangerous terrains is run through by the turbid and rapid Eurotas River from north to south. Among the red rocks on the promontory cliffs at its mouth is the hero who once dazzled Greece and triggered the ten-year Trojan War. Helen's tomb, and along the river mouth, reaching the middle of the river, there is a city without walls on the river bank, its name is Sparta.

This is a rather rustic city. Although it seems to occupy a large area, and except for the temple, other buildings appear low and simple, it has a quiet and peaceful atmosphere unique to the countryside. There is no noise from market vendors and no Thespian's playfulness.As soon as early morning comes, people in the city get up early. Helots go to the fields to farm, housewives do housework at home, and some men go out to participate in military training and others to participate in political affairs.

The Council of Elders and the Council of Control were the two major authorities in Sparta.On this day, both institutions were dealing with matters concerning Asia Minor.For the extremely powerful Control Council, Tibulon's rant against Chrysops in Ephesus was destined to be nothing more than a joke. The evidence of his dereliction of duty was conclusive, not to mention that the envoys from the Asia Minor allies were still waiting in Sparta. As a result of the trial, no one dared to intercede on his behalf. He barely had a chance to plead his case, so he was fined and sentenced to exile.

At this point, Tiburon would be driven out of Sparta.

At the Council of Elders, except for King Agis who was unable to attend due to serious illness and entrusted his younger brother Agesilaus to temporarily attend on his behalf, the other 29 elders all arrived on time and first discussed the aftermath of the city-state of Ellis.

The city-state of Elis was located near the Olympian region of the Peloponnese Peninsula. It had always received the support of Sparta in order to win the right to host the Olympian Games from Pisa, another city-state.Unexpectedly, during the Peloponnesian War, it surrendered to Athens, and the year before last stopped the Spartan King Agis from going to Olympia to offer sacrifices to the Temple of Zeus because of the Oracle of Delphi...

These things finally angered the Spartans. Six years after Athens surrendered, they declared war on Elis and sent the humiliated king Agis to lead an army to invade Elis. If it were not for the earthquake, Argis Keith thought it was not a good omen and took the initiative to withdraw troops.Then the war was over at the beginning of the year.At the urging of the censor, a few months later, Agis led his troops to successfully invade the territory of Ellis again, burning, killing, looting, destroying fields and buildings, and capturing a huge number of livestock and slaves, and finally arrived at Ellis. ——This city, which also had no wall protection, was trembling under the threat of Sparta's powerful force. The people rioted out of fear. Although the riot was suppressed in the end, the national strength of the Ellis city-state was greatly damaged.

Agis did not take the opportunity to capture the city of Elis. After all, this was an ancient Greek city-state. As the host country of the Olympian Games, it enjoyed a high reputation among Greek city-states.Akis withdrew his troops and returned home, and soon fell ill.

After discussion, the elders agreed that if Ellis, whose strength was greatly damaged, did not want to be attacked by Sparta again next year, he would definitely come to peace talks.Sparta must force Elis to allow towns such as Frixa, Epitalion, and Epion to become independent from its tributaries, further weakening its strength and making it no longer capable of resisting Sparta.If Ellis agreed, Sparta would also be allowed to host the Olympian Games and have jurisdiction over the site of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

The reason why the Spartan elders were unwilling to return the right to host the Olympian Games and the jurisdiction of the Temple of Zeus to Pisa (because Olympia and the Temple of Zeus were already within the territory of Pisa) was because they believed that Pisa had been After Sparta separated the Olympia region from the Pisa territory, it had always been resentful of the Spartans, and the Pisans had always had a good relationship with Sparta's mortal enemy, Argos.

After dealing with Alice's matter, Elder Lysander stood up and said: "Elders, I believe you have all read the report Chrysops sent in Ephesus. The Oversight Council hopes that we can come up with a report as soon as possible. Addressing comments.”

An elder muttered dissatisfiedly: "The Overwatch Council is too overbearing now, and it actually ordered us!"

Everyone present seemed not to have heard it. Only King Pausanias said abruptly: "That's not because of Lysander's support!"

Lysander also seemed unaware.

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