ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 96 Davers' Thoughts

Although Davos and Archita were not present, Thurii's victory celebration was still held, and the people in the city temporarily suppressed their sorrow and celebrated this hard-won victory.

Especially since the banquet held by the generals lasted until late at night. Ansitanos, who had drank countless bottles of wine, slept until three o'clock in the morning. It was almost noon when he left the city. When he arrived at the empty Davos camp, he was dumbfounded.Fortunately, they saw the Tarantum reinforcements still stationed at the mercenary camp, and then they learned that all the mercenaries had gone to Amendolara.

Mercenaries took over the city of Amendolara!This shocking news shocked Ansitanos and Burcos again.

The group of them immediately sped up and headed north, eager to see Davos. Halfway through, Ansitanos suddenly stopped the team: "We will go back immediately."

"Why is that, General?" Burkos asked in confusion.

Ansitanos calmed down and sighed: "The mercenaries were so anxious to capture Amendolara last night. Today, even their slaves and baggage have moved into the city of Amendolara. What does this mean? question?"

Burcos let out an "ah" and shouted in surprise: "Could it be... do they want to occupy Amendolara?!"

Ansitanos nodded and said with some melancholy: "More importantly - Archita also went to Amendolara. What does this mean?"

Burcos was reminded by Ansitanos and immediately woke up and shouted again in surprise: "Did Tarantum support the mercenaries to occupy Amendolara?!"

"Maybe it's just Archita's personal wish..." Ansitanos was comforting Burkos and himself. He smiled bitterly and said: "If Tarantum really supports mercenaries, can we Tulii refuse? Tarantum and the mercenaries are both heroes who saved Thurii..." Ansitanos sighed again, with a worried look on his face: "Alas... But from now on, Tarantum's power has surpassed Heraclea is approaching the Sybari Plain!"

"Then...then what should we do now?!" Burx asked anxiously.

"Of course, go back and discuss the countermeasures, and then..." Ansitanos said. Judging from his helpless expression, it was obvious that Tuliyi did not think there was any good way to deal with the mercenaries' occupation of Amendolara.

On the way back to the city, he kept muttering to himself lonely: "Alas... only half a year later, Tuliyi has been reduced to this... The teacher is right, 'War is the fastest way to change the rise and fall of a city-state. method', and what Tulii lacks now is military talents like Davos and Archita!..."

Hearing this, Burks remembered that he had not had time to invite Daves to join Thurii before. Now it seemed that even if he said it, Daves would not agree.He also recalled the scene when his confidant slave Moras led Davos to venture into Amendolara. I am afraid that at that time, Davos had the idea of ​​​​this mountain city!Before the situation was clear, he actually started planning Amendolara and finally realized it. Is this luck?No!The victories in these two battles were achieved by him leading the mercenaries, and they were finally achieved through his own hard work step by step!

Although the mercenaries' act of seizing Amendolara violated Thurii's interests, Burkos couldn't tell whether he felt more resentment or awe in his heart...

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Davos is accompanying Archita on a visit to Amendolara.

While listening to Davos's account of how he captured the mountain city last night, Archita inspected the mercenary's attack route and tried with great interest how to use the rope hook.

After entering the city gate, what Archita saw the most besides the bloodstains along the way was the mercenary soldiers who took three steps and one post and five steps and one post. Their faces were filled with the same excitement and pride as Davos. He hesitated again and again, but decided to make a suggestion to Davos: "Davos... I think that if you mercenaries want to successfully enter Amendolara, it is best to get the consent of the citizens of Amendolara."

"Okay! Okay!" Davos responded.

Archita saw his perfunctory, he thought for a while, and was ready to persuade: "If a city-state wants to have good order, it must not only have strict laws, but also abide by them all the time. Over time, the laws will become The good traditions that formed the city-state became the natural cornerstone of the city-state's order, bringing stability to the people and development to the city-state. If it were destroyed from the beginning..." Archita stopped and pointed to the sloping growth on the hillside. The weird-shaped pine tree said meaningfully: "It's like this tree grew crookedly at the beginning. Later, even if it grew desperately, it couldn't become a towering tree."

Of course Daves understood the metaphor in Achita's words, which made him fall into deep thought: Chinese historical tradition emphasizes results, no matter what method is used and finally succeeds, then everything done before will be forgiven and finally recognized. That's why there are popular sayings such as "the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit" and "follow the power in a hurry".But Daves, who graduated from the University of Political Science and Law in his previous life, knew that in the Roman Republic, known as the "son of the law", hundreds of years of inheritance made its laws and traditions restrain the radical behavior of those in power later, even after repeated turmoil. As for causing great turmoil in the country, for example: Caesar, who crossed the Rubicon River, did not allow the army to enter Rome, because it was a tradition; It is the duty of every Roman citizen not to harm the interests of Rome. This is the tradition; Octavian, who held great power, did not turn the Roman Republic into an empire all at once, because the Senate and the Citizens' Assembly are the centers of power in Rome. According to the traditional tradition, he can only slowly change the power structure of Rome bit by bit for decades... But the chief of the Guards was originally out of public interest, and he assassinated the radical Roman Emperor Kathy who he had been guarding since he was a child. Liguola, but the result was that the Guards established a bad tradition of frequently assassinating Roman emperors...

It would be fine if Davos was just a leader who only cared about immediate interests and sought temporary pleasure, but his ambition was not limited to a small Amendolara. Archita's advice was like a blow to the head that woke him up: what the mercenaries did What was done was not only to consider the feelings of the people of Amendolara and to facilitate future rule; it was also necessary to take into account the feelings of the mercenaries as outsiders taking root in Magna Greece and the surrounding city-states. The act of robbery was obvious. are unpopular and vulnerable to isolation.

Davos decided to change his previous approach of eager for quick success. At the same time, this time of reflection also caused his subsequent behavior to change, and he began to think about issues from the perspective of a real Greek.

"Akita, thank you for reminding me!" Out of gratitude to Akita, Davos decided to put one of his ideas into action immediately: "I heard that the situation of the Pythagoreans in Magna Graecia was not good. "

Hearing this, Archita's face darkened slightly, and he said with a complex expression: "Yes. The people of many city-states in Magna Graecia did not agree with the ideas of our school, and used various means to suppress the members of the school, so that most of the disciples had to leave Magna Graecia. Settling in Phrios in mainland Greece, only Tarentum now remains tolerant of the school.”

"I agree with your school's concept of 'everything is number'. I think that if you use 'number' to manage the city-state, it will be more precise and more efficient. Moreover, your school encourages people to be self-controlled, abstinent, pure, and obedient. , I also agree very much. At the same time, you dare to break the world and include women in learning, which is even more pioneering!" Davos said sincerely: "If a mercenary becomes the master of Amendolara, I will definitely invite Members of the Pythagoreans came here to train students and establish academies, funded by the city-state.”

The reason why Archita was so honest about the current situation of the Pythagoreans was because everyone in Magna Graecia knew about the Pythagoreans, and Davos had also expressed his good opinion of the school before, but he did not expect it. Davos's favorable impression of the school has reached such an extent that he couldn't believe it for a moment: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Shall I swear to the gods?"

"On behalf of the school, I would like to express my gratitude for your support! I will inform the members of the school of your proposal as soon as possible!" Archita said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)