ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 380 Lijim's Request
As soon as little Clotokatax climbed onto his father's lap, he was about to be taken away by his mother, crying and fussing unhappily.

Davos had no intention of caring about him at the moment, and turned back to Atili Cruz and said: "The Dionia Senate will be very happy to hear this news, I hope-"

Atilicrus waved his hand and said immediately: "But Lijim also has a small request, and I hope Dionia can agree!"

The Greeks in South Italy all say that the Legimians are all businessmen, and they have to spend every penny. Atilicrus is one of the best. As expected, he can't afford to start early without profit!Davos cheered up and said, "Please tell me."

"You also know that the tyrant of Syracuse rebuilt Messina. Messina has now completely turned to Syracuse and is against Ligem in every aspect. And it also has an accomplice - Tyndareus. That was the colonial city where the tyrant settled the Messenians. It was not far from Messina. The two city-states joined forces and often disrupted the trade routes in the strait, and sometimes even seized merchant ships coming to Lijim for trade... If this continues, no merchant ship will dare to come to Lijim for maritime trade, and Lijim will be destroyed!" Atilicruz said with a melancholy face.

"We have protested to Messina many times, but to no avail. We also sent envoys to Syracuse, but the tyrant did not receive our envoys at all! So after discussion, our council decided to build on the Millais Peninsula A colonial city used to house exiles from some Sicilian city-states such as Catanai, Naxos, and Leotini..."

"Wait a minute." Davos turned around and said to the slave accompanying him: "Go to the study and get the map of Sicily." Although Davos has the habit of reading maps every day, compared to South However, Davos still has poor memory of Sicily's terrain and city-state location.

"The Sicilian city-states such as Catanai and Naxos were destroyed by Dionysius, and their exiles must be full of hatred for Syracuse." Davos knew that many city-states in Magna Greece were hosting them. Exiles in Sicily, this is because the Magna Greek city-states are wary of Syracuse, so they will easily provide help to the opponents who were driven away by Syracuse. Davos naturally thought of it at this moment Aristiras.

"That's for sure, so they won't be easily won over by that tyrant!" Atilicruz said hatefully.

At this time, the map was brought and Davos unfolded it on the wooden table where the cutlery had been removed.

"This is Messina...this is Tyndareus..." Davos looked at the map carefully.

Atilicruz also came up and looked at the map made of parchment: it was obviously specially drawn. Not only was it large in scale, but it was also meticulously drawn, no less than the one stored in Lijim City Hall. Look. This son-in-law who came to me paid no less attention to Sicily.Even the newly built city-states of Carthage, such as Lilipi, Messina, Tauromerion, etc., are clearly marked, and some destroyed city-states are also marked, and they are There are explanations on the side, such as Himera on the northern coast, which says "Destroyed by the war in Sicily launched by Carthage commander Hannibal 15 years ago."

"This is the Millais Peninsula..." Davos's finger finally fixed on the northeast corner of Sicily.The Millais Peninsula is said to be a peninsula, but what it looks like to Davos on the map is actually just a protruding promontory. It is right between Messina and Tyndares. The location of this colonial city is really wonderful. , which can just cut off the connection between the two cities. You must know that Messina and Tyndareus are both new cities (Messina was once destroyed by Carthage), and they are not strong, although there is Syracuse behind them. Support, but Syracuse controls so many city-states that it is impossible to fully support Messina and Tyndareus.Although Lijim is not as strong as Syracuse, it is still a strong country and very rich. A large amount of resources are poured into this upcoming city, which will soon make it stronger than Messina and Tinsidas. , thereby achieving the purpose of containing and deterring them.

But there is an important issue here.

"Have you considered Syracuse's attitude?" Davers asked in a deep voice.

"According to ancient tradition, any Greek city-state has the right to establish a colony, not to mention that the location of our new city is not within the territories of Messina and Tyndares..." Atilicrus said plausibly.

"With Dionysius's personality, he will not consider Greek tradition." Davos was not optimistic about this and said seriously: "He finally controlled western Sicily, but now there is an outsider. The forces want to extend their hands into his sphere of influence, do you think he will agree?"

"So I came to Thurii this time. Lijim hopes to get your support!" Atilicruz said eagerly: "For this reason, Lijim is willing to hand over our fleet to the command of Dionia."

Originally, the city-states in the Dionia League did not have such freedom to bargain with Dionia, but Ligem was the only large Greek power to join the alliance. After all, it was different from other affiliated small states. Dionia The Senate of Dionia showed enough tolerance and respect for it, and in order to enhance Dionia's voice in the South Italian League, last year Davers invited Lijim to join the South Italian League, like Crotone There was no strong opposition from other city-states, which shows that the influence of Ligem, an old powerful state, also made Ligem the only Magna Greek city-state that belonged to both the Dionysian League and the South Italian League.

Davos was silent: Support?It's easy to say, this means war, and Dionia is trying to avoid this happening now. Otherwise, why would he sign a friendship treaty with Syracuse? Li Jim wants to drag Dionia down. ah!

"I think such an important matter can only be decided after discussion by the Senate, and even with other city-states in the South Italian League." Davos said vaguely and did not give an immediate reply.

After finally sending away the unhappy Atili Cruz, Davos was still pacing back and forth in the living room, thinking about the Strait of Messina.

Finally, he called Aristiras.

"A war will definitely break out!" Aristelas said with certainty: "The reason why Messina and Tyndares dared to invade Ligem so boldly was originally the result of the support of Dionysius behind them. Maybe what Lijim wants to do is exactly what he wants, and he can just launch a war against Lijim, and not only can he take revenge on Lijim—" Aristelas said this and glanced at Davos.

Davos didn't care what he was implying and said: "Go on."

"And Syracuse occupied Ligium and controlled the entire Strait of Messina. Dionysius could tax passing merchant ships to feed his huge army. My lord, according to intelligence, Syracuse During the negotiations with Carthage, Zha asked for a large amount of war reparations, and used the money to purchase food, build additional warships, and pay mercenaries. This was not just to treat a Ligem!" Aristela Si said worriedly.

Davos was silent, he knew all this information.

Aristilas said again in a deep voice: "In addition... my lord, from the information gathered from various places in Dionia recently, I discovered a situation that I hope will attract your attention."

"Oh, what is it?" Davos looked at him.

"Now among the prepared citizens and registered freemen, a kind of worry is beginning to spread. They are worried that even if they become formal citizens of Dionia, they will no longer be able to obtain land..." Aristelas eased Xu said.

Davos raised his eyebrows.Indeed, the land in the plains in the territory of the Dionysian Alliance has basically been allocated. Only the Lucania Mountains and the Bruti region still have some free land, but that is not enough to distribute so many preparatory citizens.

"So they want to leave?" Davos said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, half joking and half serious.

"Dionysia is a paradise for free people, how could they leave!" Aristelas paused and said in a more serious tone: "They want a war, use war to win more land, use participation Fight to shorten the number of years to become a citizen, and use your achievements to win the chance of land!"

Davos was in a sinking mood.The military merit system he designed for Dionia can be said to be the source of attracting free Greeks to flock to bring Dionia, and it is also the reason that inspires their desire to fight and fear death.

"Those who forget to fight will be in danger, and those who are warlike will perish..." Davos muttered these words silently.The command of the Dionysian army must be firmly in his hands, otherwise once out of control, the consequences will be disastrous.But now, Dionia is still weak and needs this system to strengthen itself.

"Land..." Davos rubbed his chin.Now Dionia has indeed reached an expansion bottleneck: to the south, there is the powerful Syracuse; to the north, there are the Samnites. Davos knows that the Romans in the previous life spent decades It took a long time to conquer this warlike race, during which it suffered several disastrous defeats. Dionia would not easily provoke it before it was ready; further east, the Messapians and Puchetti people In terms of distance, it is the closest place to Dionia, but these two races are not good friends, and they are united together. Dionia needs to work hard to conquer them. However, the current situation does not allow it, and there is Tarantum sandwiched in the middle. The relationship with Deolia is not very harmonious, and without its full support, Davos does not dare to send troops to attack May. Sapi's.

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