Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In 657 BC, the native Greek city of Megara (next to Athens, in its southwest), the prince of Byzantine prepared to lead the tribe to establish a colony on the coast of Asia Minor, and asked Delphi to ask for a suitable place to build a city. The result is a vague answer: building a city opposite the scorpion.

By the beginning, Byzant did not understand the meaning of the gods. When his ship came to the city of Charleston in the east of the Bosphorus, he suddenly understood the meaning of the gods, because the location of Charleston was too It’s awful, but I can’t see the opposite Golden Horn. It’s a city that only a blind man can build. So he built a colonial city on the other side of Charleston, named: Byzantium.

Since Mecca is not a strong state, the immigrants available are limited. After centuries of development, Byzantium is still a small town, but its position has gradually become important. After the rise of Athens, the food was mainly from the city-state of the Xingke Xinghai. Therefore, the Byzantine of Charsington was conquered as the hub city for the sea passage of the Xingke Xinghai and the Aegean Sea. It naturally became the focus of Athens, and then Byzantium joined. The Delos League became an ally of Athens.

After the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans who were winners also saw the geographical position of Byzantium, not only supporting a puppet regime in Byzantium, but also stationing troops in the city to control the Bosphorus.

On the day of the spring of 399 BC, the ship of Burkes sailed into the port of Byzantium. Standing on the bow of the ship, he was far from seeing more than a hundred warships moored in the port. His heart was temporarily relieved: It’s catching up.

Just as he instructed the crew to slowly drive the ship into the designated dock in accordance with the instructions of the port manager, the people who were busy at the port suddenly screamed. In the chaos, many people jumped into the boat in panic and untied the cable. I have to leave the port. Without coordination command, the ship and the ship collided with each other, and they made a mess. Even the ship was knocked over and the crew was panicked...

Burkes hurriedly ordered the boat to return, but fortunately he had not yet entered the dock and escaped. He was not willing to park the ship outside the port and watched the development. Many people hold the same idea as him. After a while, hundreds of large and small boats were parked outside the port, floating up and down the sea.

Looking at the port where there was still a busy scene, it was empty in the blink of an eye, leaving a mess. Burkes was puzzled, so he asked the neighboring ship aloud: "Hey, what happened?"

"It’s a **** mercenary! Those mercenaries returning from Persia will attack Byzantium!"

"The mercenaries attacked Byzantium?!" The heart of Burkes jumped suddenly: "Why?"

"I don't know. I heard that the Spartans lie to them and say, 'As long as they go to Byzantium, they will be given to them." After arriving in Byzantium, they did not fulfill their promises and deceived them from the city and closed the gates. These mercenaries are angry. Hey, now in this world, soldiers with shield spears are everywhere like robbers. The unlucky ones are all ordinary citizens of us!" An old man who looks like a captain took over and said "Brother, you are not a Byzantine. Where are you from?"

Burkes hesitated a little and said, "Tourui."

"Tuli... Oh, I know the city, is it in Great Greece? I haven't been there, but I have been to Tarantum, it's a good place, too rich! I said... or you guys It’s so good! Now there’s a lot of chaos everywhere in Asia Minor, there’s a war everywhere!...”

Burkes had no intention of listening to an old man and asked: "Who is responsible for Byzantium now?"

"Sparta will lead Kryand." The old man complained: "Spartans only know how to kill, do not know how to manage the city! It has only been a few years since they occupied Byzantium! You see, much worse than before. La... oh!"

In the heart of Bourke, he asked: "The old man, what is your name? When the captain has been for many years! The ship owners here should be familiar!"

"Byzantine's Pisillas. When Athens's Bethley became the chief general, I came out to run the boat. At that time, he also led the Athens fleet to buy the wheat in the Xing Xinghai. I have seen him yet. I am familiar with the captain and the boatman here. Many people are growing up as I watched..." The old man boasted of his past, and he seemed to be unintentionally asking: "How do you want to use a boat?"

"Well... it's possible," Burkes said vaguely.

“Is it something to transport?” The old man did not shy away and continued to ask: “Food? Wood? Stone? Olive oil?...”

In the face of the old man who relied on the old and the old, Burkes had some helplessness. He thought about it and said: "...maybe people."

The old man's eyes widened, and the experienced man immediately thought of something: "Is it a mercenary?! No wonder you have to ask me if I know all the ship owners here! Good! Great! Get them away, we are Byzantium It might be quiet for a while!"

Burkes neither recognizes nor denies.

At this time, the port sent a signal: to signal all peace, let the ship enter the port.

"Hey, boy! If you want to use a boat, you can come to the port and say to any Byzantine in the port, 'Looking for the old Pirie', they will take you to me!" The boats drove into the dock, the old man still At the stern, leave a message to Burkes.

"Okay!" Bourges replied, thinking in his heart: Did you go to visit Byzantine Spartan chief Kryand first after landing?

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Some Thrace villages not far from Byzantine city, where the military camps of Greek mercenaries are constantly stretching, it is already dusk, most of the soldiers have rested, and there is a big bill filled with candlelight~www.readwn.com ~ Davers in the big account is thinking hard, so that Christovia came in, and did not notice.

"Dear, what are you thinking?" Clithista stretched out her white arms and hugged Daves from the back, softly asked.

Davers sighed at her fragrance and sighed and said: "Today we arranged for the soldiers to play the scene, let the angry people make the attack on Byzantine, forcing the Spartans to temporarily soften, agree Give us some support, but this does not solve the fundamental problem.

Melsis mixed into the city and got some news. Spartan’s general, Tiburon, was appointed Governor of Asia Minor in Sparta and has arrived at Ephesus and began recruiting soldiers. It seems that your judgment is correct, Sparta is ready to fight with Persia!

Spartan's Kryand trapped us here and wanted us to help them destroy the nearby Thracians. I am afraid there is still the possibility of compiling us to help them fight the Persians. ”

"Isn't Sophos really valued you? When you went back to the post, you also entrusted Anak West to take care of you. Unfortunately, you ignored the Anak West, and now he and Xenophon are hot. Cristian stroking his face and laughing.

"Xenophon is good at this, but I am not interested in Sparta." Daves sullenly scratched his head: "If the old man calls Sparta to fight, I am afraid that there will be no place to die in a dead place, but unfortunately we It’s a fish that is out of the sea, and it’s only a part of the slaughter!”

Clithista kissed him gently on his face: "Dear, don't be so depressed. When I came, I met someone who might solve your troubles."

"Who?" Daves heard the news.

Clithista turned back and shouted: "Martius, let him in."