Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 669

[Chapter 14 Rescue the Campania League]

On the third day, the fully-staffed III Corps left Grummentum, sailed to Poseidonia, and entered the port of Naples by sea.

Naples, a pearl in the colonial city of the Greeks in central Italy, is the second colonial city built by the Greeks in Italy after Kumai, with a long history.

But at first it was nothing more than a small port called Partenope (meaning pure eye, which was the name of a siren in ancient Greece), and over time it continued to expand and eventually became Campani The largest city-state in Asia was later renamed Naples, which means “new city”.

Syracuse was a great help in the development of the city of Naples.

A hundred years ago, Dillon, the tyrant of Syracuse, sent a large army to help Cume and Naples repel the attack of the Etruscans.

Later, the Syracuses sent troops many times to assist Naples in resisting the invasion of the Samones. Therefore, Naples and Syracuse had close relations in the past and were close alliances.

But since the rise of Dionysus and the complete destruction of Syracuse’s hegemony in the South-Italian War, Naples, who had strongly supported Dionysius in the South-Italian War, had to turn to Dionysius ( A large number of Campania mercenaries under Dionysius were provided by the Campania League headed by Naples).

In the process of expanding the city of Naples, the Samones also helped it a lot.

For hundreds of years, the Samonites have been continuously invading from the eastern mountains to the western lowlands, capturing many towns established by Etruscans and Greeks in Campania, and even the ancient city of Kumai was destroyed. Pua was also occupied by them, and a large number of fleeing people poured into Naples, which they thought was the safest, which made the population of Naples surge and flooded, which was why there were so many Campania mercenaries in the Western Mediterranean in the past.

Under the constant invasion of the fierce Samonites, the Campania League, which was originally formed for the purpose of defending the indigenous people and defending the city-state, has only a few towns lined up along the coast. If the Campania Alliance did not form an alliance with Dionia in time, I am afraid that within twenty or thirty years, most of this land will be owned by the Samonais.

On this day, the Neapolitans, who had been notified in advance, vacated half of the port to allow Dionia’s nearly 1,000 passenger ships carrying soldiers to dock.

Many people in Naples came to the port with their families and watched curiously.

“I heard that this time, the third legion of Dionia came to Naples…”

“What does this ‘legion’ mean?”

“It is a unique army of Dionia, which is very similar to our other city-states. It’s different, I heard that this kind of legion has many advantages, so it will have an advantage in the battle…”

“Since it is the third legion,

there must be the first and second legions, why not the first and the second legion. The Second Legion came to us in Naples? You must know that Naples is the leader of the Campania League!”

“Idiot! It’s not that Dionysius despised us, but that its Third Legion was the closest to us, and it was stationed there. In the Lucania region, it is the most convenient to come to our Campania. And don’t underestimate the Third Army. In the South-Italian War more than ten years ago, they defeated the Samone and invaded Potenti Ya’s army, and also captured Capusa and Enona alone, so they are very experienced in dealing with the Samonites!”

“The Third Legion is so powerful, then Dionia’s first and second Isn’t the second legion even more daunting?!”

“I heard that there are ten legions in the Kingdom of Dionia, each of which has won a lot of military exploits in the past wars, I think any legion is strong enough and fierce. The Samonites confronted.”

“Ten legions?! My God, how many soldiers does Dionia have to have with Apollo!”

“So the alliance of Campania and the kingdom of Dionia is very That’s right! With Dionia’s help, we won’t have to fear the wolves of the Samonites.”

“Look! Look! The Dionian soldiers have begun to come ashore. Hey, why is the armor on their shoulders black?”

“I know that. Dionysus takes Hades as their kingdom. The protector of the gods, advocating black color, and their king is said to be a descendant of Hades.”

“Speaking of Hades, a temple of Hades was built in our city last year, and it is said that the priests are from Turii. They are very enthusiastic towards the people who come to worship. They not only take the initiative to answer various questions, but also provide free medical treatment to believers and provide some useful help…

I just went there a few days ago, and one of them was quite accommodating.

The priest of the identity spends a lot of time listening to me about my distress and enlightening me… Therefore, other temples can’t compare with the Temple of Hades, and it is no wonder that this god is so popular in southern Italy. Even the Samonites in Narsera began to believe in him.”

“Is it so good?! Then I will go to the Temple of Hades tomorrow!”

“Stop talking, look at Dionia The soldiers have already started to form a team. Wow! Their movements are really fast, and almost no soldiers are talking. It’s like our citizen soldiers are gathering. The voice will be so noisy that it can be heard ten miles outside the city. This is the ability to fight against strong enemies. Army!”

“Oh, you see! There are so many flags in the Dionian Legion, all of them are golden, so beautiful!”

“Idiot, those flags are for commanding operations, not for looks. ”

Look! The Dionians even sent so many cavalry, which probably exceeds the number of cavalry in our Campania alliance.”

“What’s so strange about this, I heard Dio Dionia had four cavalry legions, each with nearly 2,000 cavalry.”

“Oh, Apollo is above, Dionia is such a mighty nation!”

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The people of Naples commented and talked a lot about the Dionysian III Corps who landed in the port, but few people accused the third legion of so many aliens (mainly Lucanians), because Naples Since its establishment, it has been surrounded by many alien races, the Oronchi and Etruscans to the north, the Samones to the east, the Lucanians to the south, and the Philippians of Sardinia to the west. Nicky people.

Hundreds of years of life have made them accustomed to living next to these alien races, and they have cultural infiltration and deep influence on each other, so the Neapolitans are far less exclusive than the Greeks in other city-states, and many people in their city-states are still mixed races. , the tolerance of aliens can be imagined.

For the first time, the army of the Kingdom of Dionia set foot on the territory of the Campania Alliance, and the Third Army immediately won the applause of the surrounding Naples people with its strict discipline and mighty military appearance. It can be said that it was a successful preliminary establishment of Dai Image of the Onian army.

Just as the brigades of the Third Army and some of the cavalry of the second cavalry regiment were lined up in neat columns, the commander of the Third Army, Lizaru, and Dionysian Foreign Ministry official Karias were meeting with the former. Come meet them for the high-level talks in Naples.

“Welcome, great Dionysian ally! Thank you very much for your timely arrival, we can be relieved! These two days, Kautini warriors have been crossing Lora () and Sarsera () to the east , makes the people of the entire Campania alliance very uneasy!” Naples chief general Onosius said excitedly.

“Has Kautini’s army started to attack?” Lizaru asked immediately after hearing the words.

“Not yet. However, based on past experience, they may rush into the land of the Campania Alliance in the next two days. This time the scale of the Samone invasion is probably far greater than before!” A member of the prestigious council in Naples Mitedus replied with a gloomy expression.

Dionysian messenger Karias also looked bad.

He is a Turian and a student of Ancitanos. A few years ago, he was studying history at Dionysian Academy while serving as a teacher at Turian School.

After Ancitanos became Minister of Foreign Affairs, due to lack of manpower, he recruited several of his students from the academy to serve as public officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Before, Karias had also been sent to foreign countries several times, and successfully completed the tasks assigned by the kingdom, but he did not expect to be humiliated in Kautini, and Kautini then launched such a big attack, obviously A warning to Caoutini before retaliating against him.

Lizaru smiled: “The Kautini people came just in time, and the soldiers are eager for a big battle!”

“This must be the Lizaru army commander, I have heard your name long ago!” Onosius said flatteringly.

“Have you heard of me?! I haven’t fought any major battles. Is UU reading www.sonicmtl.com so famous?!” Lizaru’s face sank, and he subconsciously thought of himself in Corinth The joke at the game is his heart disease.

Onosius was stunned, he didn’t know why his enthusiasm was exchanged for the other party’s cold face.

“Commander Lizaru, who doesn’t know that you played an important role as the first captain of the Third Army when the Samonais were defeated! We are all looking forward to you in the fight against the Kautini invasion this time. The Dionysian 3rd Legion led by them has made a name for themselves in Campania!” Mitedes said sincerely, obviously he knew about the army sent by Dionia beforehand.

At this time, Lizaru was a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, another Naples general, Aeos, asked him a timely question to divert his embarrassment: “Excuse me, General Lizaru, how many reinforcements did you bring this time?”

“10,000 people.” Lizaru answered simply.

Ten thousand!

Several generals in Naples were a little surprised.

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