ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 265 Trina’s shocking news
Aristocrates understood that the "Turii Tragedy" Davos referred to referred to the fact that Turii counterattacked the Lucarians and entered the mountains rashly two years ago, and eventually all died on the banks of the La River.

He thought about it and felt a little unwilling in his heart: "But...it would be such a pity to miss such a good opportunity!"

"Aristotle." Davos smiled slightly: "Let me ask you, is it Dionia strong now, or Pixis and Potentia strong?"

"Of course we are strong in Dionia! Pixis and Potentia together are not our opponents!" Aristocrates replied without hesitation.

"In this case, what we should do is to take a bite of bread, chew it slowly, eat it into the stomach, and turn it into our own strength until we are full, instead of just eating it one bite after another. If you eat it but don't swallow it, you may choke in the end." Davos explained patiently.

"I understand, my lord!" Aristocrates said convincingly, as smart as he understood what Davos meant, he had to spend time and energy to gain a firm foothold in the center of Lucania, and then use Dionys Ya's strength leisurely crushed Picosis and Potentia from the front.

"So now we have to negotiate with the envoys of Pixis and Potentia, and sign a peace agreement with them such as non-aggression, so as to appease them and prevent them from brazenly attacking the area around Grumentum. Make trouble, but the term of the agreement cannot be too long." There was a hint of murderous intent in Davos' gentle tone.

"As for Garaguso... It is said that it is located in the deep mountains, has little contact with the outside world, and has a relatively harsh living environment. You can consider forming an alliance with it to strengthen trade..." Daves said this and heard the sound outside the living room. He immediately stopped talking and said with a smile: "An interesting guest is here."

"Interesting guest?" Aristocrates rarely heard such comments from Davos. He looked outside the door curiously. When the slave butler Ribazo led a person in, he suddenly realized: It turned out to be him. !

Sipulos, a native of Trina, when envoys from several city-states in the south came to seek help from Dionia, his lanky figure like a spear shaft was quite eye-catching.What is also eye-catching is his behavior. Not only when Dionia proposed the creation of the South Italian Alliance, he was the envoy of the Crotone Allies who first fully supported it; secondly, he was the envoy of the First Legion who went to reinforce Long Capus later mentioned in his report to Davos: On the way to reinforcements, Trina's envoy Sipulos strongly requested to march with the Dionian army and eat and live with the soldiers.It is reported that at Trina's citizens' meeting, he also praised the combat effectiveness of the Dionia army and proposed that Trina should strengthen cooperation with Dionia...

Aristocrates remembered that after hearing about this man's performance, Davos once commented: Sipulus is a smart man who is flexible, good at observation, and knows how to adapt!
So this time at the inauguration ceremony of the Temple of Hades, he was one of the distinguished guests specially proposed and invited by Davos.

At this moment, Davos was looking at Sipulos, and what he was thinking about was the conversation between him and the Elia envoy that was secretly reported at Christia's restaurant last night.

Davers knew in his heart: After Dionia defeated Crotone and gradually became the most important force in southern Italy, it would naturally attract a lot of people's attention.The unique political system of Dionysia naturally cannot escape the eyes of those who are interested, but there are not many such incisive analysis as Sipulos...

"Sipulos, Dionia's best friend, you are very welcome!" Davos said loudly and happily: "I have been busy with the celebrations these days. I originally wanted to treat you after the celebration to express my gratitude. ,did not expect……"

Sipulos saluted respectfully and said: "My Lord Consul, I insist on coming to visit, but I am really helpless. The city-state urgently requires me to convey a proposal to you."

"Oh...what proposal?" Davos motioned Sipulos to sit down and talk.

Sipulus glanced at Aristocrates and hesitated to speak.

"I would like to introduce to you, Aristocrates, a very talented young man, my exclusive scribe (actually just a scribe, because he has not yet obtained the qualifications of a preliminary citizen), you can rest assured." Diver. Aristocrates was quite moved after hearing what Si said.

Sipros nodded to him, sat on the wooden chair, and then asked: "Does the Archon know the Brutians?"

As soon as these words came out, Davos roughly understood Sipulos's intention: "I know a little about this neighbor to the west of the Dionia Alliance. The Bruti people are natives of Italy and also live in the form of tribes. , but compared with the Lucarians, their number is small and the danger to Dionia is much lighter. I heard that they often attack you Trina." Davos looked at Sipros with a half-smile. , said.

"Not only Trina, they also invade Asprostum and southern Turii from time to time." Sipulos reminded.

"But after all, the times are few, and since the establishment of the Dionia Alliance, the harassment of us by the Brutians has been completely invisible." Davos said with a relaxed expression.

"In fact, since last year, the Brutians have suddenly stopped invading the territories of all Greek city-states. This is not just because Crotone, Silitium and our Trina coalition forces have inflicted heavy losses on the Brutians - "Sipulos paused and felt Davos's eyes focused on him. He deliberately increased his voice and said, "It's also because major changes have occurred within the Bruti people."

"What change?" Davos's heart moved, but he said calmly.

"Trina borders the Brutian town of Knapetia. It has been fighting with the Brutian people all year round. It is relatively familiar with them and has some sources of information." Sipulos's expression became solemn: "Last year we received news that the leaders of various Bruti tribes gathered in Cosenza City and have been discussing the formation of a tribal alliance."

"Is this true?!" Davos was shocked and couldn't help but lean forward. No wonder he was a little out of breath. The reason why he pretended not to care before was because when he knew that Sipu After Ross's visit this time was related to the Brutian people, he did not want to be too enthusiastic and lose too many chips in discussing the issue of attacking the Brutian people in the future. After all, the Brutian people could not be like the Lucanians. poses a huge threat to Dionia.

As far as he knew, in the small mountainous area occupied by the Bruti people, their tribes had always been divided: the tribe in the north was centered on the city of Vig, because it bordered Laos, so it used to be with Lucca. The Nians are closely related. They were present in the previous invasion of Turii by the Lucanian tribal coalition. The central part is centered on the large city of Cosenza, which is the most powerful. To the east, there are other people living in the upper reaches of the Crati River. Some Bruti tribes built the small city of Bisignia. They often crossed the mountains and plundered in the southern part of the Subali Plain. This was their masterpiece. Southeast of Cosenza, there was another small city of Ambania, which is said to be It was originally built by the tribes who escaped from the city of Asprostum when it fell to Crotone; and south of Cosenza, there is the city of Cnapetia bordering Trina, which also invaded Trina. Na's culprit.

The Bruti Mountains, with high mountains and dense forests and rugged roads, has the only plateau in southern Italy. The cities of Vige and Cnapetia guard the narrow passages to the sea on the north and south sides of the west coast, and Bisignia and Ambania block the sea. The only mountain road connected to the east coast makes this area a land of four fortresses. Since it called itself the habitat of the Brutians, the Brutians have always rushed out of the mountains and invaded others, almost never It was invaded, but there were more internal tribal wars.Most of the wars were started by Cosenza. The most powerful one wanted to annex other tribes. Except for Crapetia, which had close relations with Cosenza and remained neutral, Vigo, Bisignia, and Ambali Asia often unite against Cosenza.It is precisely because the frequent inter-tribal wars consumed the strength of the Brutians that they did not pose too much threat to the city-states of Great Greece.But now that the Bruti people, who have always been in disputes, actually want to establish a tribal alliance, their threat to the Greeks has greatly increased, especially Dionia, whose large territories border the Bruti Mountains.

"Of course this is true." Sipulos said with certainty: "Because in May this year, the Bruti Tribal Alliance was established! It is reported that the Bruti tribes elected Cosenza Chief Pianlon as the new alliance leader. The leaders: Sedorum, the chief of Vege City, Likum, the chief of Bithynia, Bergam, the chief of Ambania, and Pangame, the chief of Krapetia, are the elders of the alliance. Cosenza is the center of the tribal alliance and governs all Bruti tribes..."

After listening to Sipulos's words, Davos couldn't sit still. He stood up involuntarily, walked slowly, and asked in a deep voice: "Where did you get the information you mentioned?"

Seeing Davos's performance, Sipulos knew that this matter had attracted great attention from the most powerful person in Dionia, and he suddenly felt relieved.

But he didn't know that the reason why Daves cared so much about this matter was not only because the Bruti people formed a tribal alliance, which might cause danger to the territory of the Dionia Alliance, but more importantly, Daves had already Already thinking about the Brutians.

With Crotone also being defeated by Dionia, the establishment of the South Italian League left the Dionia League with almost no power to compete with it in southern Italy.

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