Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 180

[Chapter 35 Punishment from Sparta]

The hall suddenly fell into a cold silence, and the elders all knew that Paulsonius and Lysander had a tense relationship.

The elder Diopetis coughed twice and asked, “How come I haven’t heard of the Tua alliance mentioned in the report?”

“It’s a newly established alliance, the full name of which is Turii— The Amendolara Alliance!” Lysander’s explanation left these elders who seldom paid attention to the Western Mediterranean still bewildered, and Lysander apparently after some investigation, he reminded: “Everyone still remember the picture a year ago. Did the messenger of Lie come to Sparta to ask for help?”

“Well… remember, we rejected his request at the time.” Elder Lysipus nodded and said, “But we gave Turui a Greek city-state in the Eastern Mediterranean. The right to recruit mercenaries. For a city-state that once supported Athens and sent troops to war, if it hadn’t seen it being invaded by natives, out of the morality of fellow Greeks, we would have shown the generosity and benevolence of Sparta, otherwise… “…”

“That’s right!” The other elders echoed.

“It was this Turii messenger, who received the permission of our council of elders, who arrived in Byzantium and recruited some of the mercenaries who had just returned from the Persian expedition, and it was these mercenaries who helped Turii defeat the natives. People, and recaptured Amendolara, which was occupied by the indigenous people, and finally these mercenaries became citizens of Amendolara. Their leader was called… Davos, and even became Amendolara. The consul for life.” When Lysander said this, Agesilaus shouted in surprise: “Kelethorpes once said to me, ‘He found a military genius among the mercenaries in his expedition to Persia. The name is Davos, and I once wanted to apply to the council of elders to make this Davos a guest of Sparta, to give him land, and let him settle in Laconia for our Sparta use.’ What he said was Isn’t this person?!”

“Military genius?!” Elder Diopetis sneered: “It’s ridiculous to say military genius in front of us Spartans!”

“We Spartans know that there is no genius in combat, only from childhood to adulthood, uninterrupted hard training and constant fighting to gain rich experience, and when they are old enough, every Spartan citizen can become an excellent commander. Officer!” Elder Lysipus said proudly.

“You’re right!” Agesilaus, 45, said humbly.

Lysander looked at him and continued: “It was not long before we all knew that Crotone had taken Turii and burned the city, and it was this Davos who led the Amendolara night raid to prepare After returning to Crotone’s army and capturing them, Turii formed an alliance with Amendolara, with Davos still serving as the consul for life…”

“It turns out that Crotone was defeated by these mercenaries. , this Davos still seems to have some abilities.” An elder exclaimed.

“Life-long consul of two cities! I’m afraid this Davos is ambitious and

wants to be called the tyrant of Great Greece like Dionysius!” Lysipus reminded everyone.

“It is already obvious that it is these mercenaries who have settled in Great Greece who want to have their fellow mercenaries who have fought together come to Great Greece to help them, so they sent people to Ephesus to incite those mercenaries to escape!” Diopetis exclaimed.

“The report of Kerethorpes did not say that someone was found to be causing trouble, maybe it was just because these mercenaries heard news from Greater Greece.” Another elder hoped that everyone would not take things too seriously.

“Then why didn’t we in Sparta hear the news? This is obviously a deliberate act!” Diopetis retorted.

Several people argued that although Lysander and Diopetis were too confrontational, at this time he said: “As long as there is a connection between these two things, we Spartans say that the Tua League did it, that is it What you did!”

“That’s right! This is the way of our Spartans!” Lysander’s tough view was approved by the elders headed by Lysipus. The famous Lysander had the nerve to say that he wanted to carry out the Spartan tradition!

But he remained silent and made no objection.

The debate is over, the culprit is found, how to punish the Tua alliance, everyone’s views are almost the same: send someone to condemn the Tua alliance, ask it to compensate Sparta for its losses, and send it back to the employees who fled to the Tua alliance Soldiers!

Lysander also added: “Since Davos of the Tua Alliance is good at commanding operations, let him lead his troops to join Dekyridas’s troops to fight against the Persians!”

“Agree! Let them destroy them. The punishment for our Spartans fighting in Asia Minor!” Diopetis and several elders agreed.

All the elders, your words and my words determine the fate of the Tua Alliance.

At this time, Agesilaus asked: “What if the Tua League refuses our request?”

“They dare! That means a war with Sparta!” feel wrong.

Pausanias immediately answered: “We have to deal with the Persians now, but also guard the Peloponnesian Peninsula, ready to attack those city-states like Elis who are dissatisfied with our Sparta, I am afraid there is no spare capacity. Send troops to fight Greece again.”

“Yes! Great Greece has always had a good relationship with us Sparta, and we have never sent troops to Great Greece. If the city-states there are dissatisfied with us, the gains will outweigh the losses!” Another The elder also said.

“Can we tolerate the Tua Alliance trampling on the majesty of Sparta?!” Diopetis shouted angrily.

“Don’t worry, we don’t know how the Tua Alliance will react to this. Even if they refuse, we can’t send troops. Isn’t there still Syracuse!” Lysander said with a smile.

His words awakened the elders. Sparta supported Syracuse, even ignoring the fact that Dionysius was a tyrant, not because he hoped that in the western Mediterranean, a place where the Spartan forces had not yet touched, there would be someone who could compete with Syracuse. The strong state that Bada is friendly and can act according to Sparta’s wishes stabilizes the situation there, so the elders no longer entangled in this issue, and began to discuss the candidate for the Tua alliance.

“Let me go.” Agesilaus recommended himself, he was a little interested in the Davos that Cleethorpes spoke of.

“Don’t go there, lest the Tua League despise us Sparta!” As soon as Diopetis said this, the other elders felt that it was too much. Obviously, Diopetis was satirizing Agsilau. s is lame.

In the face of such humiliation, Agesilaus was still able to remain calm. It seems that he has been facing contempt from others for decades. His mind has been exercised extremely strong. His expression remains unchanged, and he wants to say more. what.

At this time, Lysander said: “The Tua League, an alliance of small and remote city-states, is not worthy of the noble royal family of the Greek overlord Sparta!”

Lysander’s words restored the dignity of Agesilaus and blocked the He was sent as an envoy to the Tua Union.

“I propose that Phoebe Das be the messenger,” Lysander continued.

After speaking, the elder exclaimed: “Phoebe Das?! That’s a grumpy guy who likes to make his own decisions!”

“We need a tyrannical messenger to force the Tua Alliance to make concessions!” Lysander was resolute. said.

After discussion, it was finally determined that Phoebe Das would be sent to the Tua Union.

After the meeting, Lysander stopped Agesilaus who was about to leave: “Aren’t you still complaining that I didn’t let you go to the Tua League?”

Agesilaus shook his head, he had already made the After thinking about it clearly, he smiled and said, “I think you are doing it for my own good, because of Archis?”

Lysander wrapped his arms around his shoulders with satisfaction, and said in a low voice, “Aquis won’t last for a few days, you If you leave at this time, isn’t that illegitimate son Leotidides taking advantage of it… Don’t worry, I’ve always been on your side…”

Agesilaus immediately and solemnly expressed his gratitude to Lysander .

Lysander smiled, he liked Agsilaus’s steady and humble character, and he was friendly and respectful to himself, easy to control…

Lysander didn’t see it, and Paulsonius watched him and him vigilantly behind him. Agesilaus was chatting and laughing affectionately.

Pausanias called Diopetis softly, and said softly: “Look, our ‘reformer’ has been in close contact with Agesilaus recently!”

Diopetis looked coldly ahead He turned around and solemnly said to Paulsonias: “Although Leotides’ succession to the throne is beyond doubt, rumors have been spreading recently. In order to ensure that he can successfully succeed Akis, I have to ask you to provide Help!”

“Are you asking me to ask Delphi an oracle in the name of the king?” Pausanias immediately understood what Diopetis’ request was.

Because the two kings of Sparta have claimed to be the closest descendants of Hercules since ancient times, they have a privilege that other Spartans do not have, and they can only ask the oracle from the Sanctuary of Delphi, so they have the divine oracle interpretation.

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“Yes!” Diopetis looked at him expectantly.

“I will send someone to Delphi!” Pausanias nodded and promised: “I will never let that guy extend his ambitions to our royal family!”

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time has come In November, if it was in the ancient times hundreds of years ago, this was not a good time for sailing, but with the advancement of navigation technology, even in the Mediterranean Sea, where there are many storms in winter, the main trade routes are still very strong. of liveliness.

The merchant ships that Timasson, Zentiparis, Krianno and others took finally arrived at Taranto Bay in Greater Greece.

“Turii is ahead, our city-state!” Agarcia said excitedly, pointing to the looming green coastline ahead.

Everyone leaned to the side of the ship and looked forward.

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