ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 595 The Dionia Royal Family

As soon as Aviya, who was still in a daze before, heard this, she immediately took a few bites of the meat buns, and Agnes said hurriedly: "Don't be anxious, eat slowly, be careful not to burn it!"

"Little Butt, how could you be such a big brother? You actually want to defraud your sister of breakfast." Cynthia criticized with a smile.

Facing Cynthia, Briantes did not refute, but lowered his head and said nothing.

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Davos watched all this with a smile on his face. This time of breakfast and dinner every day was the most relaxing moment for him.

"Cynthia, after breakfast, come with me to the bank at the port and listen to their financial report for the first half of the year." Christoya interrupted with a cloth.Although Azuna has left, Cynthia has grown up, and she is a member of her own family and is more knowledgeable. In the past few years, under Christoya's deliberate training, she has become her right-hand assistant.

"Okay, Mother," Cynthia replied.

"Ah..." After hearing this, Aviya hurriedly said: "I want to go with sister Cynthia." Among these children, Aviya is not yet old enough to go to school and usually stays at home. Chris Toya and Agnes each have their own things to do, and Cynthia is more responsible for taking care of her, so she is very attached to Cynthia.And Molina was too fierce when she woke her up today. She didn't want to stay at home alone.

Cynthia somewhat understood her psychology, so she said to Christoya: "Mom, shall I take Aviya with me?"

Christoya looked at Aviya.

Aviya blinked her big eyes and looked pitifully at her other mother.

"Be obedient and don't yell when you get there." Kristoya was actually relieved about Aviya, because this child seemed very quiet wherever she went.

"Yeah!" Aviya nodded vigorously.

Agnes thanked Crystal.

"Aiweiya, you are so inseparable from your eldest sister. What will you do when your eldest sister gets married?" Eunice said.

When Aviya heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red.

"At that time, Aviya can still visit her sister often, and her sister will come back often. She will not leave us..." Agnes hurriedly comforted her daughter.

At the same time, Clotokatax coughed repeatedly and squirted milk on the table.

"I was choked just now." Clotokatax explained hurriedly.

Kristoya immediately threw a veiled look at Davos.

Davos felt quite relieved. He had been observing him since he entered the restaurant. Except for the gaffe just now, Davos basically didn't notice anything strange about the child, which just showed that he had strong self-control. Make Davers proud.

"Well, Crowe, you will be 16 soon and will undergo formal military training. I am going to customize a set of heavy infantry equipment for you. Do you have any requirements?" Davos asked.

"Don't the Dionian military laws stipulate that the legion weapons and equipment owned by citizens must meet the requirements, and they are not allowed to modify the size, color, and pattern at their own discretion?" Clotokatax asked doubtfully.

"That means that the appearance, size, and color of weapons and equipment should be consistent with other soldiers in the legion, but in invisible places, you can add or modify some things to enhance their performance and increase the comfort of use, such as on helmets Adding a cloth pad inside can quickly absorb sweat and slow down the impact of external forces on the head. Another example is reducing the amount of linen glue on the linen breastplate and sewing hippopotamus skin on the lining. This ensures a consistent thickness, but its protective ability is greatly increased. ..." Davos explained to his son some tips on customizing weapons and equipment in detail.

Clotokatax listened carefully for a while and said without hesitation: "Father, don't bother me. Just customize it as usual. Make my armor, shield and spear the same as those of other citizens."

"Clo, you should-" Christoya listened on the sidelines and was busy trying to persuade her.

Davos said happily: "Kid, you did the right thing! Only if you don't do anything special can you get along with your teammates, and your team can quickly form a whole. During the battle, your comrades Only then will I not hesitate to defend you against the enemy's spears in times of crisis..."

Clotokatax listened carefully to his father's teachings.

Seeing this scene, Kristoya couldn't persuade her any more.

"Dad, I also want to customize a set of shields and spears like my second brother!" Briantes shouted.

"Didn't Dad make a set for you?"

"But it's made of wood—"

"Because you are still young and can't lift a real iron spear. Can you lift the pair of big hammers that dad put in the courtyard?"

Briants shook his head.

"When you reach the age of your brother Crowe, you will have enough strength to lift it. Then dad will customize a real set of shields and spears for you, okay?" Davos patiently persuaded the child.

"it is good!"

"But, do you want to be a soldier or a general commanding soldiers in the future?" Davos continued to ask.

"Of course it's the general, how majestic that is!"

"Then you must study hard in school now. Only if you learn to read can you understand the orders issued by the commander; only if you learn arithmetic can you know how to arrange troops; only if you learn to argue can you persuade the soldiers to obey Your order. So when you get to school, you must study hard and don't play around. You will definitely be a general in the future, okay?" Davers also took the opportunity to patiently advise Briantes. Although this child is young, She was still young, but she was too energetic and courageous. She went to school for half a year and disturbed the class. The teacher had reported this to Kristoya several times.

Briantes nodded in understanding.

"Apo, don't just snicker. You have to help your brother more. If he doesn't do well in the junior school tests, I will settle the score with you!" Davos said seriously.

"Huh?!" Apox looked confused, but the corner of his mouth was still stained with oil stains and dough residue. He looked quite funny, which immediately made his brothers and sisters laugh.

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After breakfast, Christoya took Cynthia, and Cynthia took Ivia, riding a carriage to the port.Agnes, on the other hand, sat in another carriage and rushed to the Temple of Hera in the east city of Thurii.

Crotocatax, Apox, Eunice, and Briantes were escorted by guards and slaves to the river delta area of ​​Thurii City.But when they got there, the younger siblings went to Thurii School, while Crotokatax had to go to Dionia Academy separately.

After sending away his wife and children, Davos went to the Dionia Senate under the protection of the palace guards.

When the Dionian Senate was built more than ten years ago, it was only the highest authority of the Dionians. Now it is the place that represents the most powerful kingdom among the Greek forces in the entire Western Mediterranean. It is a place that people look up to.Of course, the Dionia Palace built later took away part of its glory.

I remember when the Senate was built, its majestic appearance made people marvel, but also made outsiders laugh: a newly formed alliance with less than two or three cities actually built a large council hall that was not commensurate with its strength!

Nowadays, no one dares to say such strange things, but instead laments the foresight of King Davos.

Although the territory is constantly expanding, the number of Dionia elders is not always growing.After the Polluxes case and the losses in the South Italian War, the number of senators also dropped sharply. Even when the meeting was held, there were only a few people in the huge venue. Everyone was either on the battlefield or shouldering heavy responsibilities and busy stabilizing domestic order. ... It was the most difficult period for Dionia, and it was also a period when the senators played an important role. In the end, Dionia survived and ushered in another great development of the kingdom.

Led by Laos, the alliance city-states of Trina, Castellon, Crotone, Colonia, Heraclea, and Metapontum successively took the initiative to merge into the kingdom; Locri, Mai The three former Locri League city-states, Dema and Hibernian, were forced to merge into the kingdom; Silitium, Enona, and Kopsa were the territories occupied by Dionia; Naxos, Catanai, and West Cooli and Tauromenion also became part of the kingdom.

In the following ten years, while the kingdom worked hard to restore the population, agriculture, and trade of the newly acquired land, it also used the Meshapi and Pucheti people who had torn up the agreement and attacked the free city of Tarantum in Dionia as an example. By declaring war on both areas at the same time.In the Battle of Brindisi, Davers led five legions and two cavalry legions to successfully defeat the Mape coalition.Taking advantage of the heavy losses of these two fierce races, the Kingdom of Dionia began to carry out planned and step-by-step cannibalization operations every year.

Until the beginning of last year, there were no independent towns in the two regions of Messape and Puchetti.This also makes the main chamber of the Dionia Senate no longer so empty. The number of senators has exceeded 200, occupying 1/5 of all seats in the venue. Therefore, maintaining the normal order of the Senate during meetings has become the highest supervisor. An important task for officials and their subordinates.

"The king has arrived!" the order officer shouted, and the originally noisy venue suddenly became quiet.
After Dionia turned from an alliance to a kingdom, the biggest difference between the Grand Council and the past was that there was a cowhide armchair placed in the center of the venue surrounded by semicircular senators' seats - that was Dai Seat of the Onian King.There is a gate behind the wooden chair, which is the passage specially for King Davos to enter and exit.

Four palace guards, armed with shields and spears, entered the venue in neat steps and stood on both sides in front of the leather chairs.

Then he wore a pure white Burton with black patterns, a crown made of gold that resembled a willow branch (the symbol of Hades is the poplar tree), and held a golden scepter that was half a man tall. Si entered the venue with steady steps.

(End of this chapter)