ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 325 Polluxes’ Criticism
After Patroclus and Stephos finished lunch, they ran to the Temple of Athena not far from the school.

This temple was built by the people here to thank Athens for its great help in rebuilding the city of Thurii (the original patron saint of Thurii was Apollo).After the Peloponnesian War, when Thurii forcibly severed its ties with Athens and expelled the Athenian Thurii people, the number of people who came here to pray became much less, and even now there are very few.

Children like to play rugby and soccer games in the small, flat, empty square in front of the temple.In these sports, Patroclus is a little star, because at the age of 13, he is far superior to other children in terms of strength, speed, and agility, and everyone loves to play with him.

But in the past few days, neither he nor Stepforos had any interest in playing. The two children lay on the wall of the temple and threw stones at the Corsene River out of boredom.

"Stepforos, I haven't seen my father for almost two months. Let me tell you, this is the first time I have been separated from my father for such a long time since I was a child. I don't know how he is now..." Patroclus stared blankly at the rushing river, and said with a little worry and complaint: "Last time, when their first legion passed through Thurii, Master Davos didn't even let them go home! They walked so fast, I tried my best to catch up after class, but I didn't catch up..."

Stepforos smiled broadly and said: "I heard from my father that the requirements for being a soldier in the legion are very strict, much stricter than those in our school. If you violate the rules, you will be spanked. Your father is afraid of being spanked. Butt, of course I don’t dare to come and see you!”

Patroclus glared at him: "I don't think you are worried about your father."

Stepforos stopped throwing stones into the river and reminded loudly: "I told you, Amyntas is not my biological father! But... he is very good to me and my mother..."

Stepforos tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "He often told me the story of how he fought with the great Archon Davos in Persia. He is a hero, I like him very much, and I believe in him It will be okay! Because the battles commanded by the great Archon Davos have never failed!"

His optimism infected Patroclus: "You are right, the Dionian Army is invincible!"

At this time, a child ran into the temple excitedly: "Good news! Good news!..."

"Proclus, what good news makes you so happy?!" The children stopped playing and looked at him.

"Cheer, classmates! The Third Legion, led by my father, destroyed the invading Picosis!" Proclus shouted excitedly.

"Is this true?" Patroclus asked hastily.

"Of course it's true!" Proclus raised his head: "If you don't believe it, go to Thurii City and the whole city will cheer!"

"No one doubts this victory, but the victory mainly comes from the command of Archon Davos." Seeing Proclus's extremely excited look, Stepforus couldn't help but remember that no news had been sent back from his adoptive father. Just make a mistake.

Proclus was speechless for a moment, stared at Stepforus fiercely, and couldn't help shouting: "Anyway, it is my father who is commanding the troops in Grumentum, and what is your father doing now?!"

Now it was Stepforos's turn to be speechless.

Just as the two were fighting, the other children cheered: "Great, victory!"

"Dionia is victorious!"

"The army is victorious!"

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The cheering children began to line up according to the military moves taught by the instructor, and played a "triumphant" game. Proclus and Stephrous were pulled into the team by Patroclus.But soon, the two got into an argument over who should be the flag bearer...

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At the same time, in the Thurii Senate, the senators were discussing the affairs of the Dionia Alliance.

The rotating chairman Marij took out a piece of papyrus and said: "The chief executive of Crimea, Mr. Skombras, sent a document saying that he had thought of many ways, but Crimea still had problems. Few people are willing to subscribe to wheat bonds. So far, the bonds allocated to several other cities have been sold out, even Asprostum. Only Krimisa——" Mariji increased his volume: " It was originally assigned the minimum, but not even half of the share was completed! Do you think you can bring the remaining bonds back to Castron? Amycles has sent people to tell him several times. , 'The citizens of Castellon are eager to subscribe to our bonds!'"

"agree!"

"I have no opinion!"

"Borrow 100 kilograms of wheat and pay back 115 kilograms within a year. What a huge profit! Dionia has not benefited the citizens at all. Why are so many people in Crimesa unwilling to subscribe? We should Think carefully about the reasons!" Kunogolata reminded everyone.

As soon as these words came out, most of the elders turned their attention to Antaoris.

He looked quite embarrassed, coughed a few times, stood up and said: "My lords, I...I think there are several reasons for this...First of all, Crimesa was the last to join the Dionia Alliance. It has only been half a year now! The most important thing is that it is different from Asprostum..." At this point, he stabilized his mood, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Although to be honest, it makes people It’s uncomfortable, but this is a fact. The outbreak of the Crotone War was not provoked by the Dionians, but many Crimesa people believe that Dionia should bear some responsibility. Crimesa Many people died in the war with Dionia, and half a year is not enough to resolve the resentment in their hearts. With resentment, naturally they cannot fully trust Dionia..."

Antaoris' words caused a brief silence.

After a while, Cornelus said in a deep voice: "The war with Crotone was unavoidable. Although Crimesa has become a part of Dionia, it seems that we still need to do more Work hard to resolve the grief in the hearts of the people of Crimesa. I also hope that Antaoris, Eurippus, and Pleades can provide more help!"

"Whether it is as a member of the Senate or as a Crimesa people, this is what we should do!" Euricpus said firmly: "I believe it won't be long before the Crimesa people will Be grateful and proud to be a Dionian citizen!”

Eurippus' words were unanimously recognized by all the senators.

At this time, Pollux stood up and said: "Dear elders, we just talked about the issue of wheat bonds. It reminds me that Lord Melses once said, 'This batch of military rations exchanged from the people is worth the same. It can sustain the use of Dionia's team for more than two months'. Am I right? Lord Mercis."

Although Melses hated Polluxes, he had to nod and said: "Yes, I said it. But -"

"Thank you!" Polluxes interrupted Melses loudly and said quickly: "Even if we have captured Bithynia, it takes only two months to get such a huge area of ​​Bruti with a population of 10,000+ I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer it! More importantly, when we concentrated our efforts on dealing with the Brutians, the Lucarians in the north were also taking the opportunity to cause chaos. Now, the Senate is concerned about Bagule...well... Your Excellency is seriously injured and you don’t know whether he is alive or dead. Is there any good way to deal with Pycoses’ massive attack on Grumentum?!” When Polluxes said this, he looked sympathetically at Vespa and Hermon. Although he hated these "barbarians who sneaked into the Senate" in his heart, he needed these staunch supporters of Davos to be suspicious of the young man.

"No! Because all the soldiers are fighting against the Brutians! If this continues, I am afraid that the Brutians have not yet conquered the Brutians. It's time! At that time, our Dionia Alliance will be attacked on both sides, and the army will face the dilemma of a shortage of military supplies. A catastrophe will befall Dionia... My lords, please think carefully about this terrible situation It's very possible!" Polluxes cried out sadly.

A few senators changed their expressions, and some were thoughtful.

Seeing this scene in the front, Ma Liji secretly hated: This damned Polyxis has only been quiet for a few days, and then he came out to make trouble again!

In order to keep it secret, only Avinogis, Sesta, Hieronymus and the main officers of the Third Legion knew about Davos's design to seduce the Lucanians.Unaware, Maliji anxiously winked at Plessinas in the back row, hoping that he would stand up and refute Poluxis.

"We are so militant! As soon as we defeated Crotone, we soon attacked Grumentum. Within a few days of helping Tarantum, we launched another war against the Brutians... Our crazy expansion has caused uneasiness among the surrounding forces, and they will join forces to deal with us! Picosis's attack is just a precursor. For the long-term security of Dionia, we should think about it carefully and formulate some bills. Put restraints on this practice of waging war at will!"

Polluxes did not mention Davos in his words, but anyone could tell that these words were obviously directed at Davos, and the great meeting hall suddenly became very quiet.

At this time, there was a "bang", and the sound of the door being pushed open was particularly clear in the quiet closed space.

Felicius walked into the venue quickly with excitement on his face.

Mariji's heart moved, he broke the silence and said: "Master Felicius, you are late!"

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