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Chapter 576 The end of the Magna Graecia War

Philosanus said at this time: Syracuse is willing to sign a peace agreement with Dionia.

Davos was already prepared for this, and he said simply: "To sign a peace agreement with Dionia, Syracuse must agree to the following requirements.

First, the Syracuseans launched this war, causing serious damage to Dionia and Magna Graecia. Therefore, Syracuse must compensate Dionia for two thousand talents. Restoration of Asia and other city-states of Magna Greece;

Second, the Syracuseans captured by the Dionysian army, as the invaders of this war, their hands are stained with the blood of the Magna Graecia. Dionysia cannot easily To release them, a ransom must be paid, the price of which is determined by the identity of the captive;
Third, Syracuse must dissolve the Sicilian League;

Fourth, Syracuse must recognize the fact that Taunis, Leotini, Catanai, Siculi, Naxos, and Tauromenion have joined the Dionian League, and must not infringe on the interests of these city-states. ;
Fifth, Messina..."

Philosanus, who has a straightforward personality, was irritated by these harsh peace negotiation conditions, but Davos's words made him suppress the urge to leave immediately: "You are unwilling to accept these conditions, Dionia can Talk to Dionysius."

This is what Herolis and others are most worried about. In order to prevent Dionysius, who has been knocked to the bottom, from resurrecting, Philosanus has to work with Davos's men, led by Ansitanos. Dionysian officials negotiated.

By the next day, the news that "Dionysius raided Syracuse and almost succeeded if it were not for the help of the Dionian army" spread back to Silitium. After learning about it, Philosanus realized Herolis and the others faced risks, so the negotiation process accelerated.

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At the same time, the news that "Syracuse's expeditionary army surrendered to Dionia" has also been learned by the people of Locri, and the people in the city suddenly panicked.

At this time, Xilos led [-] soldiers, marched secretly from west to east, quickly passed through the mountain road, approached Lokli, and used more than a dozen crossbows to smash the temporary defensive camp built by the Lokli people at the exit of the mountain road. The rapid attack overcame the obstruction of part of Locri's army and invaded its territory.

This bad news made Lockley even more panicked.

At this time, rumors spread from time to time in Lokley, such as: "The main army led by Davos has already gone south, and it will reach Lokley in a day!"... and other rumors, let the city of Lokley, whether it is ordinary people, Neither nobles nor politicians could keep their peace any longer.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Demodocas and his cronies ran to the port with their families, trying to escape from Great Greece by boat.

However, the political opponents who were suppressed by Demodocas in the past took the opportunity to incite the people, declaring that only by capturing Demodocas and his cronies and dedicating them to the Dionysians can Dionia's anger towards Lokri be alleviated …

As a result, the people of Locri, who usually strictly abide by the laws of the city-state and have a docile personality, launched an attack on Demodokas and others.

Blood dyed the water in the port of Locri red. Demodokas, some generals, council members and their families, including the elderly, women and children, a total of more than 200 people, all fell in a pool of blood, and no one survived.

The tyranny shown by the anger of the docile Lockley people made the opponents of Demodokas secretly frightened, and everyone was in danger.In order not to follow in the footsteps of Demodokas and others, the Locri Council finally decided to agree to Dionia's harsh conditions and sent envoys out of the city to contact Hilos.

At this point, the war in Magna Graecia has ended, and except for Tarantum, the other hostile Greek city-states have been conquered by Dionia.

The people of Tarantum also learned the news of "Syracusean army surrendered to Dionia". At this time, they were already huddled in the city and surrounded by the Maple Alliance Army. The reason why they could still understand the situation in the outside world , because the sea route has not been blocked, but that is the credit of Dionia.

Since Dionia's fleet resolutely prevented the Map United Fleet from entering the Gulf of Taranto, the Messapians and Puchetti people did not dare to provoke Dionia at this moment, so they had to order the fleet to retreat, so as to Tarantum retains the sea route to communicate with the outside world and the passage for supplies to enter and exit.

A large number of Tarantum citizens were imprisoned by Dionia, and they could only rely on the old, weak, sick and disabled to resist the siege of the Maple coalition.In such a dangerous situation, the reason why the Tarantum people are still struggling to support and are unwilling to agree to Dionia's request to become a "free city" of the alliance is more important than the self-esteem of a once powerful country. It's because of Sparta.They expected Sparta to make the greedy Dionians give up their attempts to annex Tarantum and release their relatives to save the endangered Tarantum.

In early March, the ship of the Spartan envoy Chrysops rowed straight across the edge of the Gulf of Taranto, skirted the land cape of Crotone, and entered the port of Silitium.

Davos has been sitting in Xiliting for more than ten days. There are so many affairs that keep him busy from morning to night every day.

The first is the negotiation with the Syracuse rebels. Although he is not specifically involved in the negotiations, he must always pay attention to the negotiation process and control the general direction.

Finally, a peace agreement was reached between the two parties. Except for the changes in the amount of war reparations and the price of prisoner ransoms, as well as the addition and deletion of some minor clauses, the agreement basically realized Davers' attempt to weaken Syracuse's strength and reduce it. The purpose of influencing Sicily and protecting Dionia's interests on the east and central coast of Sicily.

Philosanus hoped to send back Syracuse citizens immediately to defend the empty city of Syracuse.Davos also hopes to send away the newly surrendered prisoners as soon as possible, otherwise so many people will be stranded in Magna Greece, which will not only consume a lot of food, but also send heavy troops to guard them.

But the two sides disagreed on two issues.

The first disagreement was the thousands of mercenaries among the captives surrendered by Siliting.

Philosanus believed that they were all loyal lackeys of Dionysius, and they were also the targets Herolis and the others planned to eliminate. To prevent accidents, he did not want them to return.

But Davos said: "Before the Syracuse army surrendered, he made a promise and he didn't want to break his promise." In addition, Davos didn't want to leave behind those who had been with Dionysius for a long time and were used to it. In order to burn, kill, loot, and bandit-like mercenaries, even if Dionia, whose territory is expanding rapidly, is in urgent need of population filling, he is afraid that leaving these mercenaries will ruin the good atmosphere of Dionia.Now in Asia Minor and in the Peloponnese Peninsula, fierce battles are raging, and there are Greek people in exile due to the war everywhere. Dionia will not lack Greek refugees who want to acquire land and live in peace.

Therefore, he threatened Philosanus: even if they did not agree, he would send the mercenaries back at their own risk.

Philosanus was worried that the waywardness of the Dionians would increase the variables of Herolis and the others who already controlled the city of Syracuse, so he could only agree to pay ransom for these former mercenary citizens and mercenaries, but asked Dion Nia must follow his lead as she transports them away.

Davos only cared that he had fulfilled his promise. Whether these captives returned to Syracuse as slaves or were executed was not his concern.

The second disagreement was that Philosanus wanted Dionia to also release the Syracusans who had been captured in the previous battle.

Davos refused this, and he said bluntly: "The war severely damaged the homes of the Dionia people, and the population dropped sharply... Dionia needs these captives to serve as laborers to help the people rebuild their homes. One year later before considering the possibility of release."

In fact, this is just a reason, and the more important reason Davos did not say out.He was even more worried that releasing all the prisoners back to Syracuse would quickly restore Syracuse's power, which would lead to other thoughts among the newly appointed Syracuse executives.With these hostages in hand, within a year, Dionia can feel more at ease and gradually consolidate its rule on the east and central coast of Magna Graecia and Sicily.

Philosanus argued several times to no avail, and finally had to add a clause to the agreement: During this year, the physical health and safety of the captives must be guaranteed.

Of course, the content of the dispute between the two sides did not include the thousands of Syracuse captives that Dionia sold to Carthage. Most of them were Syracuse citizen soldiers rather than poor people in the port area who served as sailors.

While handling the negotiations with the Syracuse envoy, Davos also continued to meet with people from Locri and Hibernian, preaching to them the benefits of joining the Dionian Alliance and resolving their uneasiness.At the same time, we are also observing visitors to collect some information for the Senate to select senators from these two places in the future.

In addition, Davos will also discuss with the Senate through letters the management of the new territories occupied by the chief administrators of Medema and Siliting.

At the same time, he will also discuss the matter of "jointly sending troops to Messina" with your chief general and his father-in-law Atili Cruz through letters.

Not only did Davos have no time to rest, but Clerk Henipolis also helped Davos write letters and copy documents every day, and his hands were numb when writing.

At this time, Chrysopus's ship entered the port of Silitium.

The busyness of the port surprised Cleethops. He saw that every pier was filled with Syracuseans wearing thin clothes and empty hands. They were escorted by Dionysian soldiers and boarded a ship. A passenger ship.These passenger ships full of people carefully left the port, escorted by the Dionian warships, and headed south...

Seeing this, Chrysops realized: The Great Greek War is over!
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(End of this chapter)