Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Spartan ambassador asked Dionia to promise that he would not be able to fund Sparta's enemies again.

Antauris still responded with the original words of King Daphs, but more in the words: "You can easily return the Apulian insurgents who fled to the Peloponnesian peninsula. Traveling in the Kingdom, why ca n’t we sell a little grain to Thebes. Sparta should be grateful that we Dionysian only sells grain, not anything else! ”

The Spartan messenger returned, and the words of the Dionysians made all the Spartan elders and the Ombudsman vigilant and made them realize that the Dionysians had always been jealous of Spartans.

This made them even more urgent, but when the new year and the spring came back to the earth (376 BC, the 18th year of the Dionysian Kingdom), Agassilaus was sick in bed and could not go out, the inspectors must not Cryom Brotus, another Spartan king, was dismissed as commander in chief of the army and continued to attack Thebes.

After the coalition forces got together, Kleombrotus decided to take the first route of Agassilaus' attack on Thebes-cross the Corinth bay by boat, land in western Piosa, and with Tespiah People meet.

However, the Thebes have already suffered a loss, and how can they be fooled again. They ambush in the mountains south of Tespiah in advance. When the landed Spartan army passed the valley pass, they suddenly attacked and hit them. Back.

Cleomblotus saw that the Thebes had occupied the main road, and since he thought it was impossible to enter the territory of Thebes through this, he led his army to withdraw to Peloponnese.

After that, the envoys of the allies gathered in Sparta. They were dissatisfied with the fact that Sparta had called for its citizens to fight against Thebes all the time, but no significant progress had been made. Fighting like this, I'm afraid they will refuse to fight again.

They put forward new suggestions: The Thebes were equipped with heavy defenses in the south. It was really difficult to make a breakthrough. But the number of coalition warships exceeded that of the Athenians. Why not use a fleet to transport an army and bypass Athens from the sea. Landed to the north of Central Greece, united with the Foggis, and attacked Thebes from the northwest?

In the end, Sparta accepted this proposal and sent a fleet of 60 three-tiered paddle warships, but while circling the waters near Athens, it also robbed the grain carrier from the Black Sea to Attica.

Athens almost fell into famine, and immediately sent 80 warships to catch up with the Spartan Fleet near Naxos (Nexus City, not the Kingdom of Dionia, Sicily). The two sides launched a fierce battle, and the Spartan fleet was Defeated, leading to the failure of a previously planned military operation.

The Athenians were motivated by the victory, and because of the request of the Thebes, they decided to also send a fleet of 50 three-tiered paddle ships to detour the Peloponnesian Peninsula and attack the Spartan Union navy. Raid its allies.

The Athens Council appointed Timothy, one of the heroes of the revival of Athens and the son of Conon, who played for Persia, as the commander of the fleet.

In 375 BC (19 years of the Kingdom of Dionia), Timothy led his fleet to sail. He did not make a land attack on Peloponnese on the way, but he did an important thing to land in Corfu. The island, but he neither enslaved the local residents nor forced him to change his government, and as a result, all the city-states on the island were willing to join the maritime alliance in Athens.

You should know that Corfu Island is the Greek land closest to the Kingdom of Dionia, which means that the maritime power of Athens has extended to the vicinity of the Adriatic Sea, but the Kingdom of Dionia has nothing to say at this time.

As the Athens fleet detoured the Peloponnesian peninsula, the Spartan coalition forces had to watch out for it, so they did not launch a large-scale attack on Thebes. The Thebes seized this favorable opportunity and boldly attacked in an attempt to liberate. And conquer the neighboring city of Piosa, controlled by the Spartan army.

Among them, the most famous was a military operation directed by Peropidas.

When the Thebes received information, the Spartan army originally stationed in the city of Orkhomenos was transferred, and Peropidas considered it a good opportunity to conquer the neighbors to the north (Orchomenos There is a Lake of Kopais separated from Thebes), so he led 300 infantry and dozens of cavalry hurriedly marching north around Lake Kopais.

When he approached the city of Orchomenos, he received a frustrating news: the Spartan garrison had returned to the city.

Peropidas was unwilling to forcibly siege the city, as this would increase the casualties of the soldiers, and he had to lead the army to return.

Who knew that when the army passed through a place called Tiesia, it suddenly encountered a Spartan army from the north.

The rush was unexpected, and Peropidas had anticipated it, and the Spartan army was larger than the soldiers he led.

There is a strong enemy blocking the road ahead. The city of Orkhoninos in the rear is not far away. The Spartan garrison in the city may attack at any time. The lake is blocked by Kopais on the side. To escape, Peropidas could only lead the army to death.

He placed 300 infantry in the middle and the cavalry split into two wings.

As soon as they got into the battle, the Spartans stormed over. Not long after the two sides fought, the Thebes cavalry on both wings was defeated.

But in the middle, the Spartan army, which had more soldiers than its opponents, was in a hard battle, because they were facing Thebes, which was specially formed by the Thebes government and specially trained by Ipaminonda. Holy army.

The 150 **** couples of Thebes were not afraid of strong enemies. They not only attacked fiercely, but also cooperated very well. They also encouraged each other in battle, so they always had high morale.

After a period of fierce fighting, the Spartan army actually began to retreat step by step under their impact, and even worse, their commander died in the battle, and eventually the Spartan army was defeated.

Due to the danger, Peropidas did not dare to order the chase, and led the victorious division back to Thebes in a hurry.

In this battle, the number of people on both sides does not exceed 1,000. Although the scale is small, it is even more significant. Unlike the battle that killed Phoebus, this time it was won in a face-to-face confrontation. There were many real Spartans in the defeated Spartan army, so the victory shocked the whole of Central Greece. It encouraged many people in the central Greek city-states controlled by the Spartan army to rise up, and also made the fledgling Thebes holy army famous on the Greek mainland.

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"Eh! Hmm! Hmm! ..." Early in the morning, the manic copper whistle of the Turui slave camp sounded.

The slaves, urged by the foreman, quickly got up to wash, and then lined up into the cafeteria for breakfast.

The canteen building in the slave camp is similar to the canteen in the Turui military camp, except that it is smaller in area. It is a square tetrahedron building. More than 20 corridor pillars support a 4-meter-high stone flat roof, which is open on three sides. On one side is the kitchen, and the spacious hall is neatly and densely furnished with dining tables and benches, enough to accommodate two or three hundred people at a time.

The slaves smelled the scent of food in the air and did not rush up. They were still standing in a long line. They followed the order and went to the steaming window. You should know that at first these slaves were not so disciplined. They learned the rules after many severe punishments.

"Uncle, what's delicious for breakfast today?" A slave just stood in front of the shop window and handed in his wooden plate and crockery, he couldn't wait to ask.

Most of the cooks and helpers who serve as slave camps are also slaves or liberated slaves who are free. Therefore, they often have a good attitude towards the slaves who come to eat in the cafeteria, and sometimes take extra care.

The middle-aged chef holding a wooden spoon said with a smile: "You have a mouthful today! Not only bread, porridge and broth for breakfast, but also a piece of smoked beef for everyone, and honey on each piece of bread! "

"Really ?!"

"Do I still need to lie to you!" The chef held the good breakfast on a wooden plate and handed him: "Look at yourself."

"Wow, it's really meat!" The slave shouted excitedly.

Listening to his shout, the slaves in the back row showed a commotion.

"What's going on! Quiet!" The foreman yelled, and immediately restored the team to silence, but every slave's face was full of longing.

"After breakfast, hurry and leave, don't stop there!" The foreman urged sharply.

The slave, biting honey bread and holding a wooden plate, hurried to the table and sat down.

The cook was born of a liberated slave and did not stubbornly foresee the foreman. Instead, he knocked the copper pot full of broth with a wooden spoon and said to the slaves, "Do you know why breakfast is so rich today? I heard it is Because more than 20 slaves fainted at the quarry site yesterday, and ... several slaves were injured (in fact, 7 slaves died). When the doctors treated them, they found that they fainted. Because I was so hungry ... I did n’t know what happened later ~ www.readwn.com ~ Your Majesty knew about this and specially issued instructions to keep you fully fed and healthy.

After receiving the order, Lord Icarus did not take a good night's rest. He immediately approached us to discuss and urgently sent someone to buy food at the Turui market ... In the future, not only will your breakfast be very rich, but your dinner will be very good Abundant, we will deliver the food to the construction site at noon and give you a meal! "

The slaves cheered immediately, and the whole cafeteria was boiling.

The foremen changed their faces and were preparing to yell loudly.

The chef had already shouted, "Let us thank His Majesty Daphs!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Davis !!!"

More than half of these slaves came from the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, each with their own deities worshiped by the race, but under the long-term influence of other slaves and the environment in the camp, most of them began to worship Hades.

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