ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 275 Leotizides
"Well... the people of Tarantum are not as obvious as Hybatrus said, but they really don't like to interact with our city-states in Magna Graecia." The soldier who knew Tarantum well before - -Sitarsis answered seriously: "It is only in recent years that they have initiated the establishment of a South Italian Defense Alliance in Magna Graecia because of the constant intrusion by the Messapians to jointly resist the indigenous barbarians! Although like the previous Thurii , Croto and other city-states have joined, but everyone is not active..."

"Why do these Tarentum people look down on us!" Hybatrus said loudly: "Brothers, actually you don't know that the Tarantum people say that they are descendants of Sparta, that is all false! They Descendants of illegitimate children, children of Spartan women and slaves!”

As soon as the words came out, the soldiers were in an uproar. Most of them came from poor backgrounds and had no education. Of course, it was impossible for them to understand the history of Tarantum. Of?! The Tarantums were Spartan women and slaves—"

"Of course it's true! Any soldier who is a former citizen of Thurii should know this. It is said that it was hundreds of years ago. Spartan men were fighting outside for a long time, and the women...hehe...it was so uncomfortable. Start it with the slaves! When the children were born and grew up, when the Spartan men came back and found out about it, they could not bear the insult and drove them out of the city-state. So Sparta People built Tarantum not because they were forced to colonize due to their large number of people and insufficient food, but for the stability and reputation of the Spartan city-state. Therefore, it is not the people of Tarantum who should look down on us, but we should look down on us. They! They're just a bunch of illegitimate children! A bunch of—" Heitbarus was mocking proudly, when suddenly he heard people around him shouting: "Be careful! Get out of the way!"

Before he could react, he received a heavy punch in the face. Suddenly his vision went black and he fell forward. Fortunately, he was supported by his comrades behind him.

"Hey, why are you hitting someone!" The surrounding soldiers were shocked and hurried forward to stop the angry soldier.

"Shut up! Shut up! If you say anything again, I'll beat you to death!..." The soldier's eyes were red and he roared at Heitbarus with an angry expression.

"Shut up, Prosaus, you're crazy!" Sitarsis, the squad leader, hurried forward and angrily reprimanded the wounded soldier: "Picking quarrels and provoking trouble, beating your comrades, you will be punished by military law!"

At this time, Heitbarus came to his senses, saw the person coming clearly, and became angry: "How dare you hit me! Brothers, beat him up! Beat this nasty stone!" After that, he rushed forward fiercely. He went over to push Sitalsis aside and started a fight with Proseus. Several soldiers were actually encouraged by him and joined the fight.

The ship was in chaos, and the noisy shouts naturally alerted Parmanius, the captain of the squadron who was also on the same ship. When he arrived with his people, Proseus had already captured the soldiers, including Hythebalus. Knocked to the ground.

"Prosous, do you want to be kicked out of Dionia?!" Parmenius's shout shocked Prosaus, who was still in anger, and immediately stopped kicking when he thought of something. , stood there with hands tied.

"Tie him up!" commanded Parmenius.

The soldiers came forward hesitantly, but Proseus remained motionless and allowed them to push him down on the deck.

"Captain, he was the one who made the move first. I didn't provoke him, but he suddenly came up and punched me!" Heitbarus pointed at the scars on his face and complained to Parmanius.

"Don't talk yet." Parmanius ignored him, but asked the team leader Sitartsis for the reason, and his face immediately darkened.

"Why did you beat your comrades?!" Parmanius asked.

Proseus had his hands tied behind his back and was forced to the ground, but he allowed Parmenius to interrogate him without saying a word.

Parmenius now felt a headache.

Previously, many soldiers from the First and Second Legions moved to Crimesa and Asprostum, where the Fourth Legion would be established. Therefore, the First and Second Legions had to expand their recruitment to supplement their numbers. Shortage.

As a registered foreigner who applied to become a preliminary citizen, Proseus was said to be from Argos. Therefore, after entering the recruit camp, his performance in training quickly amazed the instructors in the military camp: This The young man is not only physically strong, but also highly skilled. He is good at everything from shields, spears, sabers, and javelins. He is also very skilled in marching and arraying and listening to orders. Some of the unique tactical moves of Dionysia can also be learned instantly. Yes, easily won the first place in the big competition of the boot camp.

The instructors were surprised by his military talent, and team officers at all levels also heard about his deeds and rushed to have him join their teams.Matonis is also one of them. It is said that he left Daves' relationship and finally asked him to join his team, reminding Parmanius many times to focus on training him.

However, Parmenius soon discovered that Proseus had a great flaw - he was not gregarious.He performed very well during training, but during breaks he didn't like to talk, rarely talked to his teammates, and always sat alone, not knowing what to think.His teammates nicknamed him "Stone" and accused him of being arrogant. That's why Heitbarus had so many helpers during the fight just now. This shows that the soldiers in the team don't like him.

"Very good, if you don't say it now, the military judge will let you say it when we get ashore!" Parmanius threw down this sentence angrily and left. He still wanted to think about how to mention this to Matonis. thing.

Proseus was tied to the mast. He didn't care about the strange looks from the soldiers around him, and he didn't care about the punishment under military law, but his eye circles were still red. He lowered his head and tried his best not to let tears fall, because at this moment , he thought of his mother.

Proseus is not his real name. His name is Leoticides, the son of the former Spartan king Agis. His mother finally chose to commit suicide because of rumors, and he finally made up his mind to leave Sparta.

While searching for a place to stay, he found that there were not many places to choose from.The Eastern Mediterranean is now under the control of Sparta, and Persia, which is at war with Sparta, may be a place to go. Although Leotyzides wants to take revenge on Sparta, he does not want to ruin his reputation and that of his father, making the people think that he had It was right to choose his uncle Agesilaus to succeed him.The Western Mediterranean was an area beyond the reach of Spartan power, and there were many Greek city-states. However, he also hoped that one day he could cause trouble to Sparta, who had humiliated him and caused his mother to die, so there were only a few city-states to choose from.

Syracuse was one, but it was allied with Sparta.Carthage was one, but unfortunately it was a foreign race, its language was incomprehensible, and Leotizides did not understand it at all.In the end he chose Dionia because Dionia was rude to Sparta when Phoebe Das complained to the council of elders that he was going to Dionia, but he was at the meeting place The rare city-state alliance that dared to defy Sparta was very curious.Prior to this, the Ombudsman Crithorpes had recommended to the Council of Elders what he called a "Gentile with extraordinary military talent", and this person was the current consul of Dionia, Leotich Des clearly remembered that his uncle also expressed concern about this person.

When he found an opportunity to escape from Sparta and came to Great Greece, he discovered that Dionia had a great influence in Great Greece. It was almost the most powerful city-state alliance in southern Italy, and it was not yet established. Two years.

Leotizides was surprised by the rapid rise of Dionia, so he settled in the port of Thurii to observe. After learning about Dionia's past deeds, the unique city-state management system and urban customs, especially After witnessing a triumphal ceremony, he had a vague hunch that one day this city-state alliance would be able to realize his wish.He felt that he was in the right place, so he decided to remain anonymous and stay in Dionia.

He brought some of the gold and silver secretly stored in Crete by his father Agis to meet his daily needs and applied to the alliance to become a citizen of Dionia.Thanks to Sparta's cruel "Agoge" training he received since childhood, he stood out in Dionia's recruit training, and he actually obtained the status of a formal citizen of the legion before he became a preliminary citizen.

But he was obsessed with the grief of his mother's death and harbored an unforgettable hatred of the Spartans, and he was unable to integrate into this new group.But the word "illegitimate child" is simply taboo to him. No wonder he goes crazy when he hears it.

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The bay of Tarantum is shaped like a gourd. The two naturally formed arc-shaped bays are stacked together, which not only expands the capacity of the port, but also makes it safer.The people of Tarantum reinforced the opening of the calabash bay and the narrowing of the waist, and built two water gates to further strengthen the defense of the port.

At this moment, the first water gate opened wide, and countless troop transport ships filed in. Under the guidance and supervision of dozens of Tarantum patrol boats, they successively sailed to the northwest corner of the bay.The coastline of the entire bay is quite long. Tarantum City is in the southeast corner of the bay and cannot include all the land defenses of the bay. Therefore, Tarantum arranged the station of the Dionian reinforcements in the northwest corner of the bay. It is the weakest point in Tarantum City's control over the bay, and it is also out of the intention of wanting the Dionians to help defend the bay.

Davers' boat sailed through the first water gate. It turned out that the windy sea was calm here, which made him sigh greatly: You must know that although the breakwater has been built in Turiyi Port, excavation and construction work have been carried out inward. Although the port is widened, the port is still a bit crowded. In the event of a storm, damage to ships is inevitable. Unlike the bay here, there is no need to consider these problems at all. It is really a natural and excellent port. I don’t know about another famous port in the Magna Graecia city-state - —What is the port like in Crotone?
Note: I have some time today and want to talk about Archita in history.The information I have collected is more about his achievements in mathematics, and only a few words about other aspects. He was called "Pericles of Magna Graecia", and he served as the governor of Tarantum in his middle age. After taking the throne, Tarantum remained prosperous and powerful in the Apulian region for more than ten years, but please note that even during this period of prosperity, Brindisi and Manduria were never defeated by Tarantum. The record of the occupation of Tarantum means that the prosperity of Tarentum was still defensive in nature.He also invited Plato to Tarantum when he was ostracized by Dionysius II. Plato once believed that Achetta was the expected philosopher king in the Republic he described, because Pythagoras The Sri Lankan school not only inherited mathematics, but also had its own philosophical concepts.Archita died in a shipwreck, and his body is said to have been recovered centuries later.

There was no plan to write about his death at this time in the book at the beginning. It was just the butterfly effect of the protagonist that caused the Tarentum people, who had always been defensive against Messape, to launch a large-scale attack on Messape. In the end, this character was written and written. It has come to this point under my control.It is better to die in battle than to sleep at the bottom of the sea, and his mathematical achievements can only be completed by others, I hope it is Dionia Academy.

　Thanks to Kite 2001 and Yuyun Yushi for the reward!Your support is my biggest motivation for writing! !

　　
　
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