ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 185 The Arrival of the Spartans

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt a little depressed.

"This is the arrangement of the goddess of fate. Who told us not to follow Davos in the first place!" Tormid said with a sigh: "Davos is indeed a favored one by God. He has created such a big cause in just half a year. Now we are It’s not too late to follow him!”

Listening to Thormid's words, Zantiparis, who has entered old age, looked up at the silent starry sky, and a feeling of sadness came to his heart: "I don't know how you feel? I am old and tired of wandering around. We keep fighting, and after today we are afraid that there will be no life tomorrow, so it would be nice to settle down here..."

After saying this, everyone was a little silent.

"Okay, everyone, don't think about the future. First, think about how to smoothly receive other companions in the next time and prevent them from making trouble, otherwise we will be in trouble!" Timasong reminded everyone worriedly.

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Timasson's worries were fulfilled the next morning.

Before Timasong and the others arrived at the port, they learned that a dozen outsiders were robbing the market, and they also clashed with the managers who came over, injuring people, until all the market patrols arrived (a total of 50 people, A detachment) arrested them.Timasong rushed over to take a look and found that it was indeed their mercenary. Finally, he invited Agasija to pay compensation and make a guarantee. The mercenary who committed the crime was also fined one month of hard labor, and the matter was finally settled.

In order to prevent something like this from happening again, Timasong and the others simply rented a house at the port and stayed there.

Even so, the number of conflicts and disputes that occurred every day began to increase, and most of them were related to these mercenaries. Some elders even proposed at the meeting to expel these mercenaries from the alliance and restore peace to the alliance. Finally, in Aga The abortion was aborted due to the opposition of Sia, Antonios, Capps and others, but it also made Davers feel a little pressure.

Time passed quickly, and at the end of November, the shipyard of En Anilus was completed. Daves and other veterans came to congratulate him and placed an order with the shipyard: three trireme warships.

The establishment of the Dionian fleet as soon as possible has been put on the agenda of the Senate to protect the alliance's increasingly prosperous ports and maritime trade, and at the same time to change the Dionian alliance, which has no fleet and is not even as good as its two allies. embarrassing fact.

By the beginning of December, the Assembly Hall of the Senate of Turii was completed, finally bringing an end to the sad history of the senators having to run to Amendolara whenever there was an important meeting, which required no confidentiality, wasted energy, and wasted money on the coachmen. .

At the same time, only the bridge over the Craty River is still under construction on the Thurii-Castellon Avenue, and the land part has been completely completed.The Turiyi Athletic Plaza is about to be completed.

As good news came from various construction sites, a small cargo ship with a large "∧" symbol embroidered on the sail entered the Gulf of Taranto in Magna Greece. When the passing ships saw this sign, they all took the initiative to avoid it. Give way to the waterway.

Phoebus, a Spartan general who had just passed his thirtieth year, believed that this was a matter of course. He instructed the helmsman: sail straight towards the port of Thurii without making any avoidance.

In the western Mediterranean, Sparta had the most dealings with Syracuse and therefore had some knowledge of Sicily.As for Magna Graecia, most Spartans knew little about it. Apart from seeing athletes from the Magna Graecia city-states at sports games, they had no other contact with them. Real Spartan citizens could not do business, so they had no contact with Magna Graecia. There is no trade between the city-states... Therefore, after Phoebidas entered this sea area, he looked at everything around him with interest.

After looking at the port of Turui for a while, he said to his entourage, Dorobises, "There are quite a lot of merchant ships here, and I think they are similar to Corinth."

Dorobyses was a Pileacian.The Pilians were also Lacedeans, but they were not Spartan citizens. Most of them lived on the border of Laconia. They had personal freedom and the right to handle local affairs, but there was no politics in the Spartan city-state. In the past, they were mainly engaged in commerce that Spartan citizens could not engage in. Now due to long years of war, the number of Spartan citizens has been reduced, and these Piliasians have begun to join the army.Precisely because of the different professions he had engaged in before, Dorobises had an active character that was rare among Spartans. He looked at the mouth of the Craty River where ships were coming and going, and deliberately asked: "The trade in the port of Corinth is now depressed, but how can it be?" It's not as lively as here. Phoebus, you should be asking me, 'How does it compare to Athens?'"

As soon as he mentioned Athens, Phoebias's face darkened.Originally, Athens was defeated, and Lysander established the "Parliament of 30" in Athens in an attempt to control the political situation in Athens. Although some Athenians rose up to resist, if Sparta fully supported this puppet parliament, the rebellious Athenians would not be able to do anything. However, King Pausan The elders headed by Nias and Diopetis were at odds with Lysander. They not only deprived Lysander of his military command, but also pushed the Council of Elders to negotiate peace with the Athenian democrats.In the end, the Athenian democrats overthrew the 30-member Parliament and established a new democratic regime. Athens, which had learned a painful lesson, became more flexible in its policies than before. On the one hand, it tried its best to please Sparta, but on the other hand, it used all kinds of methods. Resumption of post-war trade and agriculture... It was only a few years before Athens' trade began to flourish again.

Phoebus snorted and stopped talking.

At this time, the Dionia patrol ship came up.

Phoebus said loudly: "I am the envoy of Sparta, and I want to see the consul of your alliance!"

The patrol boat did not dare to neglect and immediately sailed back to Thulii City.

Diplomatic matters such as a visit from Sparta were, of course, handled by the Senate.It is impossible for the more than 50 senators of the Senate to be in the meeting hall every day, because not every day something big happens that requires a collective meeting of the Senate senators to deal with, and many of the senators have public duties, so Davos adopts a rotation system. , that is, every five senators are on duty in the council hall for one day, and the other five are rotated the next day.

Just as the patrol boat rushed to deliver the news to the meeting hall, Davos had already received the urgent report from Aristelas in his own courtyard.

The Spartan envoy is visiting!Davos frowned and immediately thought that Sparta might have come for Timazon and the others.

Soon, the patrol ship returned to the estuary and signaled the Spartan warships to follow it.

Before coming, Phoebidas didn't know much about Thurii. He didn't know that the city of Thurii and the port were not together. This was somewhat similar to Athens, but there was no wall to connect the port and the city, so once When a war breaks out and the port is easily captured, Phoebias views everything in front of him from a military perspective.

"Athens does not have such a big river, and you can see that the terrain is very flat, the soil should be very fertile, and the agriculture of Thurii should be very good!" The follower Dorobyses observed from an economic perspective.

After sailing a few miles, Phoebias saw Thurii's towers on both sides of the river and the iron chains hanging in mid-air across the Craty River.Phoebidas knew that once a foreign enemy fleet breaks through the estuary and goes up the Shuo River, this river barrage chain will be lowered to block the waterway for warships to enter the city.

The patrol boat finally entered the dock on the north shore.

Phoebidas found that the piers, trestles, and houses on the shore were all clean and tidy, but the pier at the edge was scorched, so Dorobyses curiously asked the captain of the patrol boat.

"That was reserved by our Archon Lord Davos. It can be found in various places in the city, including the temple. He wants every citizen of us to see these ruins wherever we go, and remind us of ourselves all the time. , this city was burned down by the invaders. We must remember this huge shame and not let Thurii be humiliated again. Only victory can restore its former glory! Just a few days ago, we have repaired a Ruins, because we got Niutum!”

Seeing the captain's solemn and proud expression, Phoebidas disapproved on the surface, but was touched in his heart.

At this time, a group of guards came over.

Phoebus observed their mental outlook and every move, and it can be seen that this is a group of well-trained, highly disciplined soldiers, and they must have rich practical experience.To be honest, except for Spartan citizens, he had never seen patrols in other city-states maintain good formations and be ready to fight at any time in his own city. He was indeed a little surprised.

The captain and patrol leader Olivers handed over and sailed away.

"Your soldiers must stay on board, please come with me to the Senate Chamber!" Olivers said to Phoebe Das seriously: "The alliance has regulations that foreign soldiers are not allowed to enter the city!"

"They are Spartans! They can enter and leave any Greek city-state freely!" Phoebidas said loudly and confidently.Although it is a bit exaggerated, the Spartans did have this privilege in many Greek city-states in the Eastern Mediterranean, so many city-states were dissatisfied with this.

Olivers glanced at him and said disapprovingly: "I know who you are. I don't care what you do in other city-states, but as long as you set foot on the land of the Dionia City-State Alliance, you must abide by our laws!"

Phoebus was extremely angry, but the patrol leader Olivers refused to give in, with a firm look on his face that said, "Either you abide by the alliance's regulations, or you withdraw from the alliance's territory."

In the end, Dorobyses compromised and allowed the Spartans to change into civilian clothes before being allowed to pass.

Phoebidas entered the city of Thurii holding back his anger.Before he came, he had heard that Turui had been burned by the Crotones a few months ago, but it was almost invisible in the city: the streets were straight and wide, the new courtyards were well spaced, and the roofs were everywhere. Visible flowers blooming.Looking far away, you can also see that there are two long elevated diversion bridges extending from the two huge wheel-like devices on the river bank to the centers of the two urban areas in the east and west. Several pools where children are playing have been introduced. There are fountains and statues in the pools where people can draw water and rest.And the water continues to pass through the drain holes in several directions below the pool, and flows along the ditches along the street in front of the houses of thousands of households, washing away garbage and dust, making the whole city clean and tidy, and nourished by water. , the whole city is full of vitality.

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