ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 187 Phoebe Das’ Provocation

"The Dionian Alliance has no intention of going to war with any Greek city-state, but if any city-state wants to provoke a war, want to humiliate us, and invade our land! Everyone, what is our answer?" Davos looked around and shouted loudly asked.

"Fight to the death! Destroy the enemy!"

"Fight to the end!..." the former mercenary veterans shouted in unison.

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Phoebus came out of the meeting hall with a livid face. Dorobyses came forward to meet him. Seeing that he looked wrong, he asked urgently: "How is the situation?!"

"Let's go! Get on the boat! Go back!" Phoebidas squeezed out angrily.

Under the "escort" of the patrol team, Phoebus and his party hurried back, boarded the passenger ship, and sailed to the seaport under the surveillance of two patrol boats.

"You said, if my ship crashes into it!" Phoebidas pointed at the patrol boats sandwiching his ship on the left and right, and asked angrily: "Will they sink?!"

"Huh?..." Dorobyses was shocked. Before arriving at the council hall, he had a premonition that this mission would fail, but he actually made Phoebias so angry. What happened in the council hall?He was too knowledgeable to ask.

Phoebidas looked at the city of Thurii that was about to disappear out of sight, secretly burying the humiliation he suffered this time in his heart, and said coldly: "Let's go to Castellon!"

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"Lord Consul, driving away the Spartan envoy this time may be detrimental to the alliance." Cornelus said worriedly.

"I have already said, drive away those mercenaries! You insist on staying, now trouble is coming!" Polyxis said dissatisfied.

In the face of accusations, it was difficult for Capps and Agarcia, who were once comrades of these mercenaries, to refute.At this time, Plessinas stood up and said: "Didn't the mistakes made by those mercenaries be punished by the laws of the alliance?! Didn't other free people make mistakes?! Why must those mercenaries be driven away? Where are the soldiers?! Everyone, our alliance is extremely short of labor right now. It is precisely because of the open, free and equal attitude of the alliance that we have attracted so many foreigners and free people to come. Without any reason, we rashly drive away those who defected to the federation. People will only damage the image of the alliance and make all Greeks who want to join us doubtful!"

"But what if Sparta declares war on us?" Orpheus asked worriedly.

"So what, do you want to agree to Sparta's unreasonable request and let Lord Davers lead our citizens to Asia Minor?!" Plessinras angrily yelled.

"I...I..." Orpheus glanced at Davos guiltily and did not dare to speak.

"Sparta may not dare to go to war with us!" Davos smiled confidently: "We are not a small city-state, but a powerful force in Greater Greece! It may not be easy for Sparta to win. ! But most of its energy is now concentrated on Asia Minor. The war with Persia is not an easy matter, nor is it easy to end! I also heard that not long ago, Sparta just had a conflict with the people responsible for hosting the Olympia Games. There was a war in the city-state of Lys... It can be seen that even in the Peloponnese Peninsula, there are many city-states that are dissatisfied with Sparta. At this time, it dares to start another war in Magna Graecia. I doubt it! "Davos said this, but in his heart he already regretted that he had rashly agreed to Agasia's offer without considering it carefully.There are never absolute things in the world. If Sparta goes crazy and insists on going to war with the Dionysian Alliance, although Davos is not afraid of fighting Sparta, the originally planned alliance expansion plan will come to nothing. .

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The Spartan warships' movement toward Castellon was unexpected by the Alliance, and the patrol ship immediately reported the discovery to the Senate.

After urgent discussions with the senators, Davos decided to send an envoy to Castellon immediately, bringing an order from the Senate: Castellon refused to receive the Spartan envoy.

When the envoy rode a fast horse and quickly arrived at the city of Castellon, taking advantage of the newly built Thurii-Castellon Avenue, the chief general of Castellon City, Amycles, had already led the others. The general and some members of the Council of Centuries rushed to the port to prepare to welcome the Spartan envoy.After all, the envoys of Sparta, the overlord of the Greek city-states, were here. As a small and remote country, they certainly did not dare to neglect them.

When they saw Phoebidus disembarking from the boat and were about to introduce each other and say hello, his subordinates hurried over and handed Amicles a piece of papyrus. Si said: "Dear Spartan envoy, there is an urgent matter we need to discuss, please wait a moment!"

Then without waiting for Phoebus's reply, he led the generals and congressmen to the distance.

"What seems to have happened?" Dorothys said curiously when he saw them forming a circle and arguing about something.

Phoebus didn't speak. He stared into the distance, feeling something was wrong.

Amycles came back to him with a bit of determination on his face: "Dear Spartan envoy, I am sorry to tell you that Castron, as a member of the Dionysian Alliance, has just received the news from Dionia. Onia's strict request will not allow you to enter the city of Castellon! So -" Amycles waved apologetically, and a group of soldiers came up.

"You are humiliating Sparta! Have you thought about the consequences of doing this?!" Philidas threatened angrily. He originally wanted to drive a wedge between Castellon and Dio after entering Castellon City. It is best to break away from the Deoria Alliance, because as far as he knows, Castellon has not been in this alliance for long.In addition, he also wants to stay here for a few days, send soldiers to sneak into the port of Thurii, capture a few mercenaries who escaped here, go back to report to the Council of Elders, and at the same time retaliate against the Deoria Alliance. Now It seems impossible to achieve.

Seeing Phoebus leave angrily, Amycles was temporarily relieved, but then became worried again: The Diorian Alliance was too courageous to provoke the Spartans, in case they really led their troops. What should Castellon do? !

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Still unwilling to give in, Phoebus turned the ship around and sailed toward Tarentum.

Tarantum is a powerful state in Magna Graecia, and Phoebidas does not think that the Dionysian Alliance can affect it. Moreover, Tarantum is a sub-state of Sparta and the two parties have friendly relations.

The establishment of Tarantum was somewhat dramatic: hundreds of years ago, Sparta coveted the fertile land in Messenia to the west of Laconia, so it launched a war. The wars continued for nearly 100 years. Finally, Messenia was completely annexed and the Messenians of the same race were turned into helots.However, because the Spartan men were fighting abroad for a long time, the women were unbearably lonely at home. As a result, they had relationships with the Piliasians in Sparta and gave birth to a number of babies. When they grew up, they were not recognized by Sparta. So after many efforts, Franzos, the leader of them, obtained the opportunity from Sparta to ask Delphi for an oracle. As a result, the Temple of Apollo gave a confusing oracle: Find a rainwater A city can be built where rain falls from a clear sky.Therefore, Sparta agreed that Franços would lead these illegitimate children and deportees to leave Sparta and establish a colony.

Franzos led the team to sail westward, looking for a settlement. Their fleet crossed the Adriatic Sea and arrived at the Gulf of Taranto. They saw many places along the way, but they did not meet the requirements of the oracle, and for a long time The voyage was filled with complaints among the people who accompanied him, and François was also frustrated.He told his wife about his troubles, and she put his head on her lap to comfort her. As a result, the sentimental wife became depressed. When Francois felt her tears splashing on his forehead, he He suddenly realizes the true meaning of the oracle, for his wife's name means "clear sky."So he immediately ordered people to disembark. The place of disembarkation was the Puglia Bay in Tarantum.They built a city here and named it after Talas, son of Poseidon.

Although the founders of Tarentum originally left Sparta because they could not obtain Spartan citizenship, and later, Tarantum has developed into a democratic city-state (but it has a dual-consul government, senatorial system similar to Amendolara). The Senate and the Citizens' Assembly were all political systems born out of Sparta's Twin Kings, Council of Elders and Citizens' Assembly, except that there was no Control Council and it was less oligarchic). Bada was very different, but it always had good relations with Sparta.During the Peloponnesian War, Tarantum always stood firmly on the side of Sparta and refused to allow the Athenian fleet to dock and provide food and water when it passed through Magna Graecia on an expedition to Sicily.This was retaliated by Athens, which strongly supported the Messapians against Tarantum.

The arrival of Phoebidas was of course grandly welcomed by Tarantum, but after Phoebidas exchanged greetings with Tarantum's senior officials, he immediately mentioned the arrogance and unreasonableness of the Dionysian Alliance and its attitude towards Greece. There is a lack of respect for traditional city-states.And reminded the senators of Tarantum: The Dionysian Alliance advocates force and aggression, which is a danger to the Magna Graecia city-states!
He also suggested that Tarantum should no longer ally with the Dionian Alliance, but instead limit its expansion.

The newly appointed consuls Diomiras and Umarchus just talked about him and kept joking. It was not until Phoebias repeatedly forced him to express his position that he smiled and said: The Dionian Alliance and Sparta There must be some misunderstanding, and Tarantum is willing to help you mediate.Other than that, don't mention anything else.

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