ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 62 Arrival
Davos looked up at the trireme next to him, and saw someone waving to him from the side of the ship.

"Hey, Xenophon, I thought I wouldn't have a chance to say goodbye to you!"

"Davos, I accepted Anaxes's request and hurried to Byzantium, preparing to regroup our mercenaries and rush to Asia Minor. I didn't expect that you were already going to Magna Graecia! Stay and let us Let’s continue fighting side by side!” Xenophon sincerely requested Davos.

Davos secretly thought it was dangerous, then shrugged and said seriously: "Unfortunately, I have signed an agreement with Tuliyi and swore an oath to Hades!"

"That...what a misfortune!" Xenophon, who respected the gods, showed a regretful look: "We can no longer fight together!..."

"It seems that Sparta is about to go to war with Persia. I can only wish you the protection of Zeus in the next battle!" Davos's words came from the heart.

"I wish you the same!" Xenophon said sincerely: "I originally wanted to invite you to Athens to meet my teacher Socrates. He will definitely be very interested in your novel ideas! And one of his students, my good friend Plato, has somewhat similar views to yours. You two will definitely become good friends! What a pity..."

"One day I will go to Athens! I believe you will have finished writing the story of our battle in Persia by then. Don't forget to give me a copy." Davos only knew that Xenophon later wrote "The Long March", but he did not Remember Xenophon’s life experience. After all, he was not a historian in his previous life.

"Don't worry, I will make another copy for you." Xenophon smiled.

Davos vaguely remembered that Socrates was convicted and poisoned by the Athenian authorities. He did not know the specific time, but he remembered that Socrates could have chosen to be expelled from Athens, but he insisted on staying, hoping to awaken the numb mind with death. Citizen of Athens.So Davos gave up on reminding Xenophon and just waved and said: "Goodbye!"

"goodbye!"

Unexpectedly, with this wave of hands, the world has changed by the time we see each other again, and friends have become enemies.Things are unpredictable and sad...

As the fleet moved forward, the Spartan warships gradually disappeared under the blue sky...

Seeing that Davos was still standing at the stern of the ship, Burkos couldn't help walking over and said, "Still thinking about your Athenian friend?"

"Xenophon is a talented and capable man!" Davos felt disappointed. After all, Xenophon was the first historical celebrity to connect this world with his previous life.

"Athens relied on batch after batch of talented people to create its glory!" Burkos said with deep emotion: "Even we have benefited from Athens, and we have the success that Thurii has achieved since its establishment. A scene of prosperity!”

"Oh, really?" Burkos' words successfully aroused Davos's interest.

“At that time, the leaders responsible for forming Thurii were two very capable Athenians, Lamborn and Thelocritus, as well as the famous Athenian scholar Protagoras who formulated laws for Thurii, and Athens also The famous Greek engineer Hippodamus was invited to design the city for Thurii and be responsible for its construction... At the same time, two Athenian distinguished guests moved to Thurii, one was the scholar Herodotus who wrote "History", and the other was The famous rhetorician Tisias and even the Spartan Cleanridas commanded battles for Thurii. Therefore, Thurii could maintain peace with Crotone to the south; to the north, with Tarentum fought for the Seris Plain; to the west, to defend against the invasion of the Lucanians and Brutians; to the east, to strengthen trade with Greece. Therefore, it became a powerful country in Magna Graecia in one fell swoop!" Burkos recalled the past and said Be very happy.

Davers listened carefully.

Then, Burkos' proud expression turned dark: "Unfortunately, Athens lost to Sparta. Now Sparta is the overlord of Greece..."

"Does it have a big impact on Tuliyi?" Davos asked urgently.

Burkos didn't want to say any more, so he just replied: "You will know it gradually when you get to Thurii."

Davos smiled and comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Sparta's dominance will not last long."

Davos's shocking words immediately attracted Burkos's attention: "Why?"

"Because the Spartans began to accept bribes." Davers said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "The unique system formulated by Laikugu for Sparta was originally intended to train all Spartan citizens to be ferocious fighters. Only in this way can we suppress the Helots, who were much more numerous than the Spartans internally, and dominate Greece externally. For this reason, only by allowing all Spartan citizens to maintain a simple and plain life can we ensure basic equality, otherwise there will be Spartans. Da citizens raised objections, 'Why should you have good food and clothing, while I have to undergo cruel training since I was a child, and I have to be 30 years old before I can escape the single life in the military camp?' Therefore, they closed the country, banned commercial trade, and banned the use of drugs to facilitate portability. Currency, debate, drama, poetry, writing and selling books other than military... Everyone says that Spartan warriors are terrible because Spartans have no other fun, fighting and killing are what they The only fun! Now, Sparta has become the overlord of Greece. Strategic locations need to be garrisoned, and their fleets need to cruise. The Spartans go abroad and stay abroad for half a year. Of course, they will come into contact with things they have never had before. Things that come into contact with. It is not easy to cultivate a simple and simple life, but it is too easy to destroy this life! Once the fighting spirit that allowed the Spartans to dominate Greece was eroded, Sparta's hegemony could still be maintained how long!!"

Burkos had never heard anyone analyze the Spartan political system in such simple and vivid language. It was like a sharp dagger piercing the fragile core of the Spartan system. It sounded very reasonable.He looked at Davos in a daze. This young man made him feel a little in awe. He suddenly remembered the rumors about Davos being the "god's favored one". He opened his mouth, found that his throat was a little dry, and he coughed a few times. He couldn't help but ask: "If...if this is the case, then who will be Sparta's opponent in Greece?"

Davos shrugged: "I'm not a god, how would I know." As he said that, he raised his head and looked up at the soaring seagulls in the blue sky. Thebes, Macedonia... a lot of things flashed through his mind. The name of the city-state brings a sense of pride to my heart for some reason...

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After being intercepted by Spartan warships, Burcos ordered the fleet to travel day and night, fearing another accident.

After arriving at Euboea a few days later, he went ashore to replenish food and fresh water, then sailed through the Cyclades and around the Attica Peninsula in Athens. Since there was no time to stay ashore, Davers could only regretfully stay on the ship. Looking westward at the famous Athens in its past life, which is out of sight.

Then, the fleet passed through Argos, and carefully circumvented the Peloponnese Peninsula, until it arrived at Zakynthos Island, before going ashore to rest for one night.The next day, we continued to sail north to the island of Corkyra, and then turned west and entered the Gulf of Taranto named after the powerful state of Great Greece, Tarantum.

This is a calm harbor. The humid sea breeze does not stir up any waves. The blue water is as quiet as a piece of smooth and clear blue silk. Countless ships are like silver shuttles that are constantly shuttled, weaving on this huge piece of blue silk. Make beautiful pictures.

When the mercenaries saw this beautiful scene, their bodies and minds, which were originally exhausted from the long voyage, suddenly became excited and started laughing and joking loudly.

The large fleet of Burcos also attracted the attention of those who were interested. Several triremes with "men riding dolphins" patterns on their sails came over.

"It's okay, it's Tarantum's cruise ship." Burkos said to Daves, and the fleet's pilot ship had already greeted it.

"Did we enter the sea controlled by Tarantum?" Davos asked curiously.

"Not yet. This is just an agreement between several city-states in this bay to maintain ventilation with each other, just in case." Burx explained.

Tarantum's warship turned around and left, and the fleet continued to move forward...

About an hour later, Burcos pointed forward and said, "Turiyi is ahead."

Davers hurriedly held on to the side of the ship and looked out with wide eyes: more than 500 meters ahead was a green coastline, with a white "ribbon" running from west to east, straight into the sea; at the end of the "ribbon", there were countless white boats dotted with stars. The sails gathered, and thousands of seagulls circled in the sky, but no shadow of the city was seen...

　Brothers, shout with me: Magna Graecia, Davos is coming!
　　A new chapter begins!

　　Updated for two consecutive months, heading towards the third month.

　　I fell while playing football last night and my right wrist touched the ground. It was swollen and I couldn't exert my strength. I guess it was a ligament strain. I could only endure the pain and continue to code.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)