ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 226 Davos Crotokatax

"See, he's beautiful, like you!"

"I haven't named the child yet, I'll wait for you to come back to pick it up."

As for the child's name, Davos had considered it on the way back.He put one hand around his wife's shoulder and held his chin with the other, thinking thoughtfully and said: "I remember the first time I learned that you were pregnant, it was just after we defeated the Crotones... and this time he was born, we defeated the Crotones again. Rotone, the war with Crotone has just ended. This child is so destined to Crotone. This is Hades' wish! I think it is better to name our child... Crotone Katak Si, what do you think?"

"Krotoka Tax... Crotoka Tax..." Christia read it softly a few times, then looked up at her husband with a slightly worried expression: "Is this name too ostentatious?" Tax means conquest, and Crotoka Tax means the conqueror of Crotone)?"

Davos smiled and said: "My child has this name. When he grows up, the people of Dionia will shout his name and think of the hardships when the country was founded and what his father did to this alliance." He will be tolerant of his contribution! At the same time, if my child is ambitious, he will create his own glory inspired by this name!..."

Christia, who was not very satisfied with the name, thought for a while and finally nodded: "Okay, let's call it Crotokatax."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crying of the children in the outer room stopped abruptly.

Christia covered her mouth and looked at Davos in surprise: "Oh my God, this name was blessed by Hera! The child also accepted it!"

At this time, Azuna came in holding the child.

Christia took him and said softly: "Little...little baby, this is your father! Call daddy!"

The child yelled "haha" and danced.

"Look, he called you!" Christia smiled softly, and then carefully placed the child in front of Davos.

Davos carefully placed him in his arms, fearing that he would injure the little guy with any force.

This time, the child did not cry. He opened his bright eyes and looked at Davos curiously, scratching his face with two fleshy little hands.

Davos let him play around. At this moment, he felt the surge of blood connection in his heart. He said excitedly: "Christia, I want to pass my name on to my family as the surname of my family." Children, and if they are passed on to future generations, I believe that the Davos family will become the most dazzling family in the Mediterranean!"

Davos's words made Christia's eyes light up.Most Greeks only have first names but no surnames. In order to distinguish between duplicate names, they often add their place of origin or other comments in front of their names to distinguish them, such as: Socrates of Athens, Socrates, son of Asidatis, etc. , but the nobles of Persia, the great eastern country, have surnames.Of course, Christia, who was from Miletus in Asia Minor, knew that she could hear her husband's ambition in Davos's words. She repeated her son's future name with great interest: "Davos Croto" Kataks..."

At this time, Davos caught a glimpse of a small head emerging from the door of the bedroom.

"Cynthia, come in!" he waved.

Seven-year-old Cynthia led Adoris, who was almost five years old, hesitantly to the bed.

"Come and see your brother!" Davos said happily to the two siblings.

"You have a child... do you still want us?" Cynthia asked timidly.

Davos was stunned. He didn't expect this adopted daughter to be so sensitive. He immediately handed the baby to Kristya, held them both against his chest with one hand, and said loudly: "You will always be my children, Davos. Why?" I will not want you!"

Christia also said softly: "And mom also hopes that when you grow up, you can take good care of and protect your brother!"

The two children were comforted by the couple and immediately lost their melancholy, looking curiously at the baby in Christia's arms.

"Can I pet him?" Cynthia asked softly.

"Of course." Christia smiled softly.

Cynthia touched the baby's little face carefully: "What's your brother's name?"

"Crotokatax, his nickname is...um...Crow."

"He is so small." Adoris also curiously held the baby's little hand and said like a little adult: "Brother, I will protect you."

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"Hey, wake up! Wake up!!..." Kolbus, who was sleeping soundly, was pushed awake. He opened his hazy eyes, still feeling sleepy. He turned over and prepared to continue having a sweet dream.

Immediately, a whip soaked in water hit his body, causing burning pain. He immediately jumped up in pain, and the devilish voice of the overseer rang in his ears: "Get out to the quarry immediately, Lord Lysimenes wants to lecture you!"

Colbus had long been frightened by the whip of the overseer. He dragged his sore legs and endured hunger as he staggered out of the cave. He accidentally knocked down his companion beside him. He subconsciously reached out to pull him. As a result, he was also brought down to the ground because he was completely weak. He struggled for a while before he got up, during which he was kicked several times by the supervisor.

Crotone prisoners staggered out of various quarry caves like ants in a dense crowd and gathered in this circular quarry square.

There are piles of freshly dug marble materials everywhere.On the sentry tower at the entrance, Lysiménez, the person in charge of the Turii Stone Mine, looked down at the scene below impatiently: "It's too slow. Go hurry up and make these cowards in Crotone hurry up." One point!" he ordered his subordinates.

As a result, the Crotones were driven like lambs to the guard tower by the overseers with sticks and whips.

This similar scene was also staged in front of the Tuliyi Copper Mine and the Temple of Hades.

"People of Crotone, based on the crimes you have committed against Thurii, I wish I could lock you here for 100 years! Let your dirty flesh turn into sewage, and let your fragile bones turn into powder!... ..." Lysimenes cursed viciously: "But the great Hades showed mercy and allowed our Dionysian Alliance to sign an armistice contract with the damn Crotone, and... became... an alliance, now you ...You can...go home..."

Lysimenes reluctantly finished these words, and the place suddenly fell into dead silence. The prisoners could not believe their ears.

"He... what did he say?" The companion next to him asked with a trembling voice.

"He said...he said we can go home..." Kolbus murmured, and then he seemed to react and grabbed his companion's shoulders fiercely: "Did you hear that?! We can go home. !We are free!..."

After countless people confirmed that the news was true, they were so excited that they shed tears. They hugged each other, cheered, kissed the ground under their feet, closed their eyes and felt the warm sunshine... In the past few days, they were like slaves in the dark cave. Mining, and having to endure severe beatings from overseers, not having enough to eat, not being able to sleep... made these pampered Crotone citizens almost collapse. They have never felt that freedom is so precious as they do today.

Lysimenes snorted a few times and didn't want to watch anymore: "Move the bread and cheese over there and let them eat."

"They are full, what if they resist?! We can't deal with so many prisoners!" his men said hesitantly.

"Isn't that just right!" Lysimenes sneered: "They break the contract they just signed first, and then we can wipe them all out!"

"understood."

"When they finish eating, let them take a bath in the river and change their clothes, so that the people from Crotori will not say that we tortured the prisoners."

This is not called abuse!His subordinates cursed in their hearts.

With the arrival of the Crotone envoy, the captives completely believed the fact that "Dionia and Crotone have formed an alliance and they are going home." Under the protection of fully armed Dionia soldiers, they lined up to Port of Thurii...

Why protect?Fearing that the aggressive Thurii might harm the defenseless and weak Crotone captives.This situation had been experienced by Kollebus half a year ago, but this time the Turii people did not cause any trouble to the huge team that was returning to Crotone as he feared. Even when they arrived at the port, they I saw very few people in Turii.

Where have the people of Turii gone?This thought only flashed through Kolbus's mind, and now his heart was completely occupied by joy: he could go home smoothly!

After the troop transport ship left the port of Thurii, the prisoners were completely relieved.

"This place, I will never come again!" A prisoner shouted venting, and most of the soldiers, including Colebus, nodded in agreement: two wars, two captures, especially the second, It was a day like a nightmare, and they didn't even want to recall it.Each of them has more or less fear of the Dionia Alliance in their hearts!
In fact, during the Second Crotone War, Dionia treated the Crotone prisoners in this way because it had no choice. After all, the management of tens of thousands of prisoners was already very difficult. Dionia's own male citizens Most of them are fighting abroad again.At the same time, Crotone's fleet also raided the coast of Turic from time to time. Once these prisoners rioted, the consequences would be disastrous.Therefore, the Senate decided to imprison them like slaves in mountain mining areas far away from the coast, and crush them with harsh environment, hunger and heavy labor...

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The people of Dionia had no intention of paying attention to the Crotone prisoners who left Thurii, because their hero was about to return!
The third legion left 3000 men under the leadership of Asistes to temporarily guard the city of Asprostum.The first legion left 2000 men, led by Xiros, to temporarily manage Crimesa.All other troops returned.

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