Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 675

[Chapter 20 Declaring War on Dionia?]

Okleton stood up immediately, trying to eliminate the influence of what the other party said just now on the elders: “Pretakuba, do you know that Dionia is now much stronger than Syracuse at the time? They have at least ten legions and four fleets, and it is said that they have a population of 2 million. Their territory is also far from the land and city-state controlled by Syracuse at the beginning, so it can easily form 100,000 people. An army of men, and can we do it?! So we should not go to war with Dionia now, but to speed up our expansion in the African interior and strengthen our strength, so that we can win against Dionia in the future Negative!”

Pretakuba sneered: “The future? When will the future be?! Wait until Dionysus has completely occupied the whole of Italy?! I think now is the best time to go to war with Dionysus! Because Dionysus Asia is going through a drought, and they are short of food! Ladies and gentlemen, you should have not forgotten that we just rejected their request for food, not to mention 100,000 people, I doubt whether Dionia can organize 50,000 soldiers It’s all a problem!

And we have western Sicily, Numibia, southern Iberia, and we are allies with Rome, a powerful country in central Italy, and the kingdom of Mauritania in western Africa. And I heard that it was defeated by Dionysus last time. The Samonais who were forced to form an alliance with them are also very dissatisfied with Dionia, and they may be drawn over by us, as well as the powerful Spartans who are afraid of Dionia… You can see how Dionia looks like Powerful, in fact, it has made many enemies, and we have a great chance of winning!”

Pretakuba’s words caused discussions among the elders.

Hanno, who had been silent all this time, frowned slightly when he heard the word “southern Iberia”.

At this time, he saw the leader of the neutral faction Ace Yaruba stood up with a serious face: “Everyone, you all know that I don’t like war, the war with Syracuse cost me a son, but I think One thing to remind you, over the past year, our trade from Carthage to Sardinia has dropped sharply! What is the reason?! I think you all know that we have sent judges to various Sardinian city-states After investigation, we obtained the truth that the people of these city-states secretly sailed to the Dionian cities of Enona and Poseidonia across the sea in Sardinia to buy clay pots, olive oil, and wine. , even livestock… etc.

Although our judges urged the Sardinian city-states to strengthen their management, they were repeatedly prohibited, because the prices of the goods sold by the Dionians were much lower than ours. Different from the Pania League city-states, Dionia ignored our protests at all, and even restricted our merchants in Dionia. A few merchants, simply because the price of the grain they sold was higher than the price imposed by Dionia. Tanit was above, and the price of the goods was determined according to the demand of the people, which was the principle of trade followed by the merchants of the various city-states of the Mediterranean. It is unacceptable that Dionysus punishes our merchants for this!

Dear senators, our ancestors of Carthage came here from Tyre, made a living in business, and gradually prospered, and finally have today’s If

there is no prosperous trade,

there will be no strong Carthage, and commerce is our root! I don’t care how much land Dionia occupies, but now it is deliberately restricting our trade, trying to dig Losing our roots, this must arouse our vigilance! We must also make a strong counterattack! Let the Dionians make concessions in trade!”

Ace Yaruba’s speech was deafening, and it even triggered the elders Resonance:

“Master Ace Yaruba is right! My caravan no longer sells wine to Sardinia, because only a few people buy it, and it’s all the Dionysians who play tricks in it! ”

“It’s not enough to make Dionia make concessions on trade. As long as it continues to expand, there will only be fewer and fewer city-states and monopoly routes for our free trade. In the future, Carthage will be affected by trade. We have to succumb to Dionia! If we want to continue to prosper in trade, we must destroy the kingdom of Dionia!”

“Yes, we unite with Rome and wage war against Dionia! Win us back. Dominance

of the Western Mediterranean!”

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Hearing these words in the venue, Hanno’s face became more and more gloomy, and he didn’t know that Dionia’s continuous expansion in the past few years was the greatest security for Carthage. He did not want to start a war at this time, for two reasons: one was that the occupation of Numibia was not stable; the other was that although Margo was driven to the Iberian Peninsula, he occupied there He acquired a large area of land, built several towns, and appointed officials by himself. The orders of the Senate were always disobeyed. Hanno wanted to strengthen Carthage’s management of those newly occupied territories many times, but some of the measures he adopted eventually Neither succeeded, which gave him a headache.

If the war against Dionia was launched at this time, it would just give the belligerent family a chance to return to the Carthaginian Senate!

Operating in the Senate for more than ten years, Hanno has taken full control of it.

Although the words of Pretakuba and Ace Yaruba greatly touched the elders at the venue, as long as Hanno did not finally nod his head, the elders who depended on him would not easily vote in favor of this proposal. A final decision cannot be formed because the number of supporters is insufficient.

And Hannuo was under pressure and didn’t make a statement for seven days in a row.

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Cadiz, a colony established by the Phoenician powerhouse Tyre in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

It is said to have been discovered hundreds of years ago, when a high-ranking officer in Tyre was en route to the Balearic Islands in a storm that blew the ship off course, past the Pillar of Hercules, and stopped on a beach After these lucky survivors expressed their gratitude to the god Melakat, they found that their place was located at the end of a long and narrow promontory, facing water on three sides, making it difficult to conquer by land and easy to enter by sea. It is an excellent natural harbour, so the colony of Cadiz was established here.

With the discovery of a large number of silver ore veins, iron and other metals in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, the trade between the Phoenicians and the Tartessus Kingdom in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula strengthened, and they actually controlled the entire southern Iberian Peninsula. Mining and metal ore processing industries, Cadiz became prosperous, and it soon became the main transportation hub for the Phoenician business activities in Iberia, and possibly even the entire Phoenician settlement in the Western Mediterranean. The most prosperous one.

The silver of the Iberian Peninsula, which was mined, melted and processed in large quantities, was continuously sent to Tyre to meet the needs of its suzerain Assyria, thus winning more freedom for the Tyre people.

However, in the following hundred years, wars and hegemony in the eastern Mediterranean occurred frequently, the mother state of Tyre declined, and Carthage subsequently rose to replace Tyre’s position. Through hundreds of years, all the Phoenicians in the Western Mediterranean were colonized. All points are brought under their jurisdiction, and Cadiz is of course no exception.

The silver and other metal ingots processed in the city of Cadiz were first transported to Carthage, and the Carthaginians controlled all trade with the mother state of the Eastern Mediterranean.

After the Margonides set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, according to the regulations of the Carthaginian Senate, they were not allowed to intervene in the affairs of Cadiz.

But after more than ten years of operation, Cadiz has been secretly brought under the control of the Margonid family.

On this day, a dilapidated merchant ship sailed outside the port of Cadiz. To the surprise of the people in the port, it was a group of Greeks.

As a result, the Cadiz City Hall, which received the news, immediately sent a patrol to detain the people on board. Only then did they know that the merchant ship was from the Kingdom of Dionia. It was originally going to the Greek colonial city-state Sagunto in the northern Iberian Peninsula for trade. Yes, but unexpectedly encountered a storm and the cargo ship was blown off the coast of Cadiz.

The friendship agreement between Carthage and Dionia stipulated that the Dionysians were not allowed to trade directly with other colonial city-states or affiliated city-states of Carthage except with Carthage. UU Reading www.sonicmtl .com will be punished otherwise, but the punishment must be handed over to the officials of both parties.

If for some reason you stray into the territory of Carthage, you can let them leave after clarifying the situation, and you must not stay in place.

Therefore, after the Cadiz people understood the situation, they urged the merchant ship to leave, but the problem was that the merchant ship was too damaged and had to be repaired before it could go to sea. The Dionians were kept under house arrest in the hotel and were not allowed to go out. Of course, they had to pay for ship repairs and food.

During this period, someone slipped into the room of Ionis, the owner of the merchant ship. He claimed to be a Phoenician from Huelva. Mining slaves control the mining rights of several silver mines. There are several tons of silver ore mined every month. They could have made more wealth because of this, but Carthage forced them not to sell them, but to sell them. The mined metal ore was processed and sold to Carthage for much less profit.

Therefore, his master was very dissatisfied with this, and hoped to find a secret sales channel to sell the mountains of silver at a higher price…

Ionis was a little moved after hearing this.

Once a freed slave of the Kunogolata family, and later a citizen, he became a merchant with the help of Sostatus, and he was in frequent contact with the patron Sostatus, and he knew Theo The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Nia has a concern.