Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 404

[Chapter 71 The Status of Picosses]

“They have a long way to go, and of course they arrived late.” Felixius comforted him and said, “The Fifth Legion owes you the Fourth Legion a favor, and they will return it to you in the future.”

Epithenes sneered: “Commander Your Excellency, do you think Drakes is someone who knows how to be grateful?”

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At the same time that the Syracuse army landed in Locri, the army led by Davos had reached Pico Sith.

Before, he had already sent a messenger to inform the chief executive of Picossis, Antaoris, that the army had to be strictly sealed. For this reason, Antaoris even sent the only five small warships in the port to temporarily intercept the merchant ships heading north, forcing them to Temporarily docked at the port of Picocis, causing a lot of complaints.

But Davos, who arrived in Picocis, heard this, but praised Antaoris for being decisive and careful, and daring to take responsibility.

At this time, Antaoris was accompanying the Archon Davos to inspect the city and port of Picocis. Davos was quite satisfied with the order and construction of the whole city. He asked: “How many wears does Picocis have now? Onia citizens?”

“There are 4,523 full-time citizens, 3,351 reserve citizens, and 5,117 registered free citizens. There are a total of 12,991 people. The population of the entire Picosses is about 53,000 people…” Antao Reese said eloquently.

“Oh, the population of Picocis is quite large!” Davos was a little surprised.

“Sir, Picocis was originally a big city in the Lucania region no less than Grummentum and Potentia, not to mention a seaside city, which is far more attractive to Greek freemen than Grummento. Lucania cities such as Mu and Niutum are much bigger.” Antaoris said proudly.

“So, there are a lot of Greeks here?” Davos asked immediately.

“Yes. There are about 4,230 full citizens, prospective citizens and free citizens of Dionia of Greek nationality. This number is increasing every day, mainly Greeks from Tampalia.”

“After only three years, the Greeks in Picossis are nearly half of the population!” Davos was surprised again, and then asked worriedly: “They and Lucanians usually have a lot of conflicts. Is it?”

“Yes, but not too violent.” Antaoris said with a more relaxed expression: “Because Picocis experienced many defeats before merging into our Dionia, Picocis The young and middle-aged Lucania in Sicheng suffered heavy casualties. Not only did they vacate a lot of land, but most of the remaining people lost their fighting spirit. Moreover, most of their tribes lived in the mountains in the east, mainly grazing. Here All the Greeks prefer the flat land by the sea, so the two sides can live in peace with each other. There is… well, the living habits of the Greeks mainly in Campania are somewhat similar to those of the Lucanians

. We get along pretty well…”

“It seems that you are enjoying your life here! And you, the chief executive, have done a very good job, and have a very clear understanding of the situation of the citizens of this city!…” Davers repeatedly praised At the same time, he was intrigued by what he had said before, and asked: “Lord Antaoris, please tell me what other characteristics of this Campanian?

” The Greeks are the least Greeks I’ve seen other than our Dionians.”

Antaoris’ words caught Davos’ attention: “Oh, what do you say?”

Antaoris thought for a while and said seriously: “I guess it may be because the Greeks in Campania have always been surrounded by aliens (there are Volsi people in the north of Campania, and Lucani in the south). Asians, Samonais in the east, and Phoenicians in Sardinia, a large island very close to the west), so on the one hand, compared to the Greeks who like freedom in other places, the Campanias They are very united and like to work in groups; on the other hand, some of their living habits are influenced by their neighbors, such as eating beef and mutton, and worshiping some gods that do not belong to Greece. For example, some Campania people also built Sa The Monet worshiped the god Savoni (the Samonei god of war), who believed that they could avoid the harm of wild beasts. .

Davos smiled and said earnestly: “We have Greeks, Lucanians, Brutians in our alliance, and now we have Campania Greeks, and there may be more in the future. Races have joined this alliance. Therefore, when dealing with conflicts between ethnic groups, we must first adhere to a principle—tolerance, tolerance for their religion and living habits; Under the Dionysian law, all are equal and cannot be partial; there is to guide them to like our way of life, entertainment, competition, military training… The most important thing is religion, Hades is Dionysian Ya’s protector, don’t forget this! Over time, I believe that no matter who they were before, they will eventually become Dionians!”

Antaoris listened earnestly, and then convinced He nodded and said, “Lord Davos, you are so right!”

“I’m just moving my mouth. In fact, you’ve already done this in managing the city, right!” Davos laughed at himself: “If you want to speed up the fusion of these races, it is best to find the common ground between them. During this time, I discussed with Ancitanos and discovered a secret-”

Davos looked at Antaoris, Seeing that he was listening intently, he said in a serious tone: “Hercules, the God of Hercules, is very famous among various ethnic groups in Italy, and some tribes even claim to be descendants of his descendants… I am going to propose in the Senate,’ He built the temple of Hercules in Turii, and began his festivities, that all the people of Dionia would celebrate this god’… alas, only temporarily suspended by the outbreak of war, I think Picocis can try to do it first, what do you think?”

“Sir, you are a good idea!” Antaoris gave a heartfelt praise: “In fact, in Picocis there are already There are several altars of Hercules, both Lucanians and Campanias. I will do my best to build a great temple of Hercules, and make Picosis the area for the worship of Hercules The center of Lacles!”

“Are you going to steal Turui’s limelight? I’m afraid Kunogolata will fight with you.” Davos said jokingly, and the two laughed.

The two were chatting and laughing on the way back to the city hall. In this harmonious atmosphere, no one mentioned Eurycopus and Pleiades, and there was no need to mention them, because it was the past.

Back at the City Hall, the First Army Commander Antonios and the Second Army Commander Amyntas were already waiting there.

“Sir, the camp has been built, and the soldiers have begun to rest.” Antonios saw Davos coming in, and immediately stepped forward to report: “In addition, the messenger from the Third Legion has received news that the Third Legion is already in Lapis. On the way to Corsis, it is estimated that we will arrive at dusk.”

“You said that this Alexis was so scared that he quit Potentia before he had a head-to-head battle with the Samonites, which is too good. Shame on our Dionian Legion!” Amyntas sneered dissatisfiedly.

“If the Third Army is really going to face the Samonei army head-on, I am afraid that now I can only bring your First and Second Army less than 20,000 people to face the Samonei’s huge force of more than 40,000 people. Now, how can we fight this battle?! Alexis gave up his reputation for the victory of the entire war. This prudent approach is undoubtedly very correct! It should be worth learning from you, especially your Amyntas! ” Davos said sternly.

The encounter of the Third Legion in Potentia was a few days ago, and Davos had already learned the details from Antaoris.

Amyntas muttered a few words in dissatisfaction, but did not dare to speak out loud.

“My lord, the Samonais seem to be relatively fierce. First they set up an ambush, and then took the initiative to send a large army to attack directly, giving the Third Army no chance to breathe at all.” Antonios interjected: “If you know that we are going to attack Poseidon Nia, will the Samonites send another army to kill them?!”

“It’s good that the Samonais dare to come, I’m afraid they won’t come!” Davers began to carefully analyze the plan he had been thinking about for the past few days to the three people in the living room: “According to the information, UU is reading a book. www.sonicmtl.com In the past, the Samones fought against the Lucanians, and they always won more and lost less, and the Campanias have also been attacked by them for many years. Presumably, the Samones have always been very concerned about their fighting ability. In addition, this is the first time that the Samonaites have dispatched so many warriors, and I am afraid it has contributed to their arrogance, which is due to the Syracuse people-” He said, looking at A glance at Antaoris.

Antaoris nodded and said: “The warships patrolling our port have reported many times these days, ‘We found a large number of Syracuse cargo ships heading north and entering the port of Poseidonia.’ I think they are very likely. It’s for the Samonites.”

“Damn Syracuse!” Amyntas scolded angrily, shouting: “My lord, we should take advantage of the Samonites before they know we’re arriving. , to quickly capture Poseidonia and cut off the food supply of the Samonei!”

“This is a way.” Davos did not nod, and continued: “But Antaoris told me that the Samonei South of Campania has its own port town – Irna, otherwise they would not have dared to dispatch an army of more than 40,000 people before they captured Poseidonia. Sedonia, just adds some trouble to the Syracuses to transport food, but it will prolong the time for us to repel them. Besides, Dionysius of Syracuse is already preparing to invade Great Greece, so we can’t have a protracted war of attrition with the Samonites!”