Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After the death of Cyrus, due to the turbulent situation in the kingdom, Artaxerxes did not severely punish the officials and nobles of Asia Minor who had supported Cyrus at the time, but he had always been wary of Asia Minor in his heart. He originally hoped that Tisafunis, whom he trusted, could bring Asia Minor back into his complete control, but he did not expect that Spartan King Agsilius would invade Asia Minor. Tisafunis lost streak and hated the damage. The Persian Queen Mother of Cyrus took the opportunity to execute him. Artaxerxes was deliberately annoyed and refused to help Asia Minor. In fact, he secretly hoped that Asia Minor would be completely destroyed by the Spartans, and he would clean up the mess again. Unexpectedly, when the Corinthian War broke out, Agsilius had to return to Greece ahead of schedule, while the nobles and people of Asia Minor whose homes had been destroyed had great complaints because of the inaction of the Persian royal court.

In particular, in order to retaliate against Sparta, another governor of Asia Minor, Fanabazos, asked the Athenian general Konun, who once lived under his fence, to lead his fleet to directly assist Athens in the fight against Sparta. The fleet was owned by Athens, and he pretended to ignore it.

Unexpectedly, Artaxerxes accepted the advice of his advisers and turned to support Sparta, and also asked Fanabazos to take back the warship he gave to Athens.

This aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Phanabazos. Not only did he disobey the order, but he also refused to recognize that Sparta was an ally of Persia. Because Fanabazos was a great nobleman in Asia Minor and had a lot of influence in the western part of Persia, in the end Artaxerxes had to marry his daughter to the son of Fanabazos to appease this Governor, but since then the rift between Asia Minor and the Persian royal court has deepened.

The Persian officials transferred from the Persian royal court to Asia Minor have never received the cooperation of the local nobles and people, and Artaxerxes has also been deliberately weakening the local forces in Asia Minor, such as conquering the Duqueya Mountains, invading Egypt...Alta Xerxes asked Asia Minor to provide more troops and supplies. The key point is that every major war ended up being defeated, and Asia Minor suffered a great loss. The resentment in the hearts of the nobles and the people can be imagined. Moreover, the failure of these wars also reduced the prestige of the Persian royal court, allowing the governors and nobles of Asia Minor to breed ambitions.

And this time in invading Egypt, Artaxerxes did not ask Asia Minor to provide more soldiers, but asked them to fully support Sparta and Athens. That was also a huge consumption of materials, and finally triggered a rebellion. Not only Frisia has reversed, but Lydia, Missia, Silesia, Bitinia, Lysia, Pisidia...Most of the eastern and western parts of Asia Minor have reversed, and even spread to Syria.

To be honest, Artaxerxes is very upset now. He originally planned to launch an offensive against Egypt in two or three years, because by then the turmoil caused by the Dukya has passed and the domestic situation has become more stable. The military preparations for Egypt are also more adequate. Under such circumstances, the governors of Asia Minor may not dare to carry out such a blatant rebellion in the face of the huge military advantage of the Persian royal court, but he learned that “The Dionian army invaded Peloponnes He couldn’t sit still after the news that Nissah had an absolute advantage in the battle against Sparta. Once Dionia took control of the mainland of Greece, it would become more difficult for Persia to successfully conquer Egypt. He I had to take advantage of the period when the Dionian army was contained in the Greek mainland to launch an attack on Egypt in advance, but I did not expect it to arouse a rebellion in Asia Minor.

"Terrebasus, now there is a rebellion in Asia Minor, do you have... uh, what advice?" Altaxerxes looked at the brocade box on the table where Timothy's modified head was placed, with a seemingly angry expression. China is still a bit nervous.

"Your Majesty, the army of the kingdom is fighting in Egypt, and the Mesopotamian plains are insufficient. Once the rebels of Asia Minor march eastward, they may threaten the capital..." Trebasus is indeed the favored subject of the King of Persia. He knew what the King of Persia was worried about at the moment. He went on to say: "My lord, I think the generals who are fighting on the front line know the news of the rebellion in Asia Minor, and they will definitely write to you to quell the rebellion and restore peace to the kingdom as soon as possible! "

Altaxerxes nodded in satisfaction, and said, "You go to make arrangements."

As the most noble king of Persia, he lost his prestige during his previous personal campaign to Dukya. If he returns without success this time, he will be ridiculed by the Chinese people. Of course, if the generals first asked for a collective letter If he suspends the war against Egypt and he has no choice but to agree, he can somewhat save his face.

After Trebasus was released, Artaxerxes remembered that Dionia had already conquered the mainland of Greece and established a new Greek alliance. He had prepared a military plan to conquer Egypt for several years, but because of the rebellion. And he had to stop... the more he wanted to get angry, he couldn't help but smashed his fist on the wooden table in anger. The brocade box was overturned and the **** head of Timothy rolled out, the pair that had lost its luster. The eyes were just open, as if staring at the Persian king coldly.

Altaxerxes was taken aback and shouted in panic: "Hurry up and take it away! Take it away!"

The **** in the tent hurriedly packed the first stage into the brocade box and handed it to the guard outside the tent. Another **** asked with concern: "Your Majesty, you are tired and need a good rest. Would you like Princess Atosha to take care of you?"

After all, Altaxerxes was old and needed someone to take care of him, so he took his favorite and youngest princess Atosha (also his daughter).

At this moment, after venting his extreme emotions, Artaxerxes felt his head sink and his limbs were weak, so he nodded.

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On January 1, 369 BC (the 25th year of the Kingdom of Dioria), many merchant ships flooded into the port of Thessaly Philae. Although Dionysian conquered the whole territory of Thessaly, from Diorian The number of merchant ships in Yalai is increasing every month, but there has never been a scene that has blocked the entire port like today.

After finally getting off the ship, Cabrias began to complain: "Since the Dionians have notified us to come to Thessaly, they should make all preparations in advance. How can we make the order in the port so chaotic and delay us. For half a day, if they were to tease us in the stance of a victor, it would be too unmannered!"

"I'm afraid the Dionians didn't expect that the city-states, including us, would immediately send envoys to Philae as soon as they received the notice..." Karistratus looked at the piers in the port, Said sadly.

After listening to Kabrias, he immediately understood: "It seems that they are just like us, and want to come here as soon as possible, before the alliance meeting has begun and the covenant has not yet been concluded, to fight for more benefits for his city-state. "

"From this incident, we can see how powerful the Kingdom of Dionian is in Greece..." Calistratus sighed lightly.

Aston Kabri was silent: Yes, first defeated Sparta, then conquered Thessaly, then defeated the Greek Allied Forces, and forced the surrender of Athens... Moreover, the local Greeks now know that Dionian wanted to make Greece Surrendered and dispatched more than 100,000 troops and thousands of warships. How can such a powerful military force not make the Greek people tremble!

"Huh? Kabrias, you have good eyesight. See if that person is Agsilius?!" Callistratus suddenly pointed to the side.

Cabulias looked intently and shouted excitedly: "Yes, it's Agsilius!"

"Go, catch up with him!" Callistratos immediately greeted his entourage to pick up his luggage and hurried forward.

Although the two are not too far together, the flow of people in the port is too dense, and it is not until they enter the city to catch the other party.

"Bless Athena, I am very glad to see you again, King Agsilius!" Callistratus said sincerely. During the signing of the "Kalias Peace Treaty", the two had a tacit cooperation. After Sparta was conquered by Dionia, there were rumors that Agsilius died in battle, and he was saddened by it.

"I'm not happy to see you." Agcilius said unceremoniously: "Know that when the news of Athens surrendering to Dionia reached Sparta, I was so painful that I almost wanted to commit suicide. Fortunately, I finally got through it."

"The power of the Dionians is too strong! Less than a month after the people of Athens were under siege, UU reading www.uukanshu.com strongly demanded surrender. If we disagree, I am afraid the anger of the people will vent to us... …" Callistratus recalled the situation at the time, still a little palpitating, he couldn't help but said: "A Dionia, which has only been built for decades, can become so powerful. Among them are you Spartans. Responsibility! As the most powerful city-state in Greece, you should have killed it in the cradle a long time ago instead of letting it grow, otherwise there would be no disaster today!"

"Can we be blamed for this!" Agcilius retorted dissatisfiedly: "If it weren't for your Athenians to play conspiracies behind your back, you would encourage Corinth and Thebes to fight against us again and again, so that we would never be able to take action. Dealing with Dionia, how could it have today! In the final analysis, all this is your Athens' fault!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Cabrias hurried forward to persuade: "Please put an end to your anger, please! What is the point of arguing about these now? Whether it is Athens or Sparta, it is only a Dionian chopping board. Fish.

Upon hearing this, the two were immediately discouraged: Athens and Sparta fought for decades, with countless casualties, but the Greek hegemony was finally usurped by a foreign upstart. All their ambitions and dreams were in vain. .

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