Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 70

[Chapter 16 Survey (Part 2)]

After crossing the Saraceno River, Davos clearly felt that the terrain was rising. The mountains and the coast were parallel to the north, but the distance between them was shortened a lot. The narrow space made Davos’s trip safe Increase, but he did not take it lightly, and let Asisters and Ryders serve as the reconnaissance cavalry on the left flank of the team, paying close attention to the situation in the mountains, preventing the enemy from detouring from the mountains and copying their back paths.

On the next journey, Davos did not see a coast with soft beaches, but rather steep rock walls and rugged reefs. The sea rhythmically beat the coast, and the momentum was quite amazing.

It seems unlikely that Amendolara could have a port.

Davos thought in his heart, and a sense of loss rose from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, the guide shouted: “Look, that is Amendolara.”

Following the direction of his fingers, a city in the distance flickered.

Davos was refreshed, squeezed his horse’s belly, and rushed forward for a while, and then the soldiers quickly caught up.

Now he saw clearly: Amendolara is actually a mountain city, which is not in line with the Greek tradition!

It is built on a hill, which does not seem to be too low, and faces east, overlooking the Gulf of Taranto.

The morning mist in the mountains and forests filled its surroundings and looked faint.

In order to see more clearly, Davos continued to move forward.

The guide followed closely, because it was less than a mile away from the city of Amendolara. Although the Lucanians had never been seen before, it did not mean that the Lucanians would not come out at the door of their houses. ‘welcome’!

At this time, another river blocked the way. The width of the river was less than ten meters. The clear river water could clearly see the bottom of the river, and there was no problem in walking.

“This is the Cisno River, and there is a river called Burano not far to the north, and Amendolara is between the two rivers. Come here, we can’t cross the river any more,” the guide pleaded.

Davos could not help but sigh: the water resources of the Apennine Peninsula are so rich!

No wonder the citizens of Greater Greece are better off than the natives of Greece. The snow in the Apennine Mountains melts, eventually forming rivers, which in turn wash the soil and rocks from the mountains into the lowlands. Year after year, can the land be fertile?

Compared with the gravel ground in Greece, one is heaven and the other is earth!

The plain area is too small.

During the war, the mountain city is generally easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it needs to solve two problems, food and water.

Since Amendolara is surrounded by rivers, it is not a problem to think about the water… Davos observed the city of Amendolara not far away while thinking. But the slope is gentle, and there is a stone wall surrounding the city…

The guide saw that Davos was neither crossing the river nor leaving, so he stood by the river and looked at Amendolara repeatedly.

Davos asked, “What is the relationship between Amendolara and Turui? The city built by the immigrants of Turui?”

This guide is not an ordinary slave. As a family slave, he has accompanied Bulcos to study and play together since he was a child. When he grew up, he followed Bulcos to travel around the country and do business everywhere. As an important assistant of Bulcos, it is also considered to be seen With a lot of knowledge, Burkes was able to send him as a guide, in fact, because of the guilt of breaking the promise, so he thought about this very deep historical question of Davos, and answered: “It is said that Amen The city of Dolara was built by the natives here a long time ago. Later, the Sybaris occupied it. After Crotone destroyed Sybaris, it did not capture it… After Turii was established, it took the initiative to come to the city. Turiyi was allied with Turiyi and once defended against the attack of Tarantum in the north…”

alliance?

Looking at the small city of Amendolara, and thinking about the size of the city of Turii, it is obvious that the two are not the same size. It is difficult to get an equal dialogue, that is, the nominal alliance, the actual vassal. .

However, as long as it is not the colonial city of Turii.

Davos breathed a sigh of relief.

He came to this era for more than half a year, and deliberately learned a lot about the actual situation of the Greek city-state, completely reversing the concept that the city-state in his previous life was just a city.

After the Greeks established a city, they would expand as far as possible, establish villages and towns, and bring the surrounding land under their control. When the land exceeded the direct control of the city due to distance, they would establish colonial cities or capture others. On the one hand, it will continue to maintain the momentum of expansion, and on the other hand, it can provide protection around the main city.

In the beginning, this kind of colonial city obeyed the orders of the mother state. After all, the citizens of the colonial city immigrated from the mother state, and even the consuls may be assigned by the mother state.

Over time, the Greeks’ love for independence and freedom came into play. In addition, the Greeks’ city-state politics was a closed political management model, which naturally rejected the unification, so they became independent one after another. .

However, due to the proximity of geography and blood, as long as the mother state still maintains its strength and does not oppress these neighbors too strongly, they will form a natural alliance with the mother state dominated by the mother state.

However, if the colonial city is separated from the mother state by the sea or is too far away, in the past few decades, due to the alienation of the relationship, it is very likely to become two different city-states from the mother state, or even enemies to each other, such as Corinth and Coleus. Kira.

Obviously, Amendolara was the colonial city of Sybaris back then, but it was only an affiliated ally to Turii, so the land here does not belong to Turii… Davos thought to himself, and asked again. Said: “How did the Lucanians capture this city?”

“I don’t know this very well, it seems that few citizens of Amendolara have escaped… At that time, Turiyi was in the midst of the tragic defeat of the entire army and the killing of countless citizens, and he was busy defending the Lucanians. attacked, and ignored the calls of the citizens of Amendolara for help, and then I don’t know where they went?” The guide said nonchalantly, but Davos took it seriously in his heart.

At this time, Asisters shouted: “Boss, someone has come out of the city!”

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Vespa, the leader of the Lucanians in the city of Amendolara, he has been a little irritable during this time, because the city of Grummentum sent a messenger, asking him to lead the tribe and join the Lucanian tribal alliance is about to start The second attack on Turii.

The tribe to which Weisba belonged originally lived on the upper reaches of the Agri River in the southeast of Grummentum City, where there were many tribal settlements. farming for a living, and for decades, peacefully with the surrounding tribes.

But the year before last, since Grummentum City and Picosis City were married and allied, the originally powerful Grummentum City became stronger, and they no longer cared about the equally powerful Portentia City in the northwest. To check and balance, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com began to expand aggressively, attacking and incorporating the settlements and cottages of the surrounding small tribes. Under the pressure of the Grummentum army, the Vespa tribe did not want to be annexed by it, so they had to go southeast. Fang fled and hid in the forest at the junction of Amendolara and the western mountains of Heraclea. Due to starvation and disease, his tribe continued to die, including Vespa’s two sons.

Just when Vespa could barely hold on and wanted to surrender to Grummentum in order to survive, he heard a message.

Since the expansion of Grummentum, the population has increased greatly and the military strength has soared, but at the same time, it has brought a problem – food.

Originally, the food production in the mountainous area of Lucania was not abundant, and more relied on grazing, and grazing also depended on the sky for food.

The previous winter was much colder than usual, and a large number of livestock froze to death, making food a major problem for Grummentum to maintain its hegemony in southern Lucaria.

So, in the winter of last year, Grummentum joined Picocis and led the army with Neutum, who recognized his status as the leader of the alliance.

Laos… wait for the troops of the tribal city to gather and prepare to attack Turii.

Vespa started thinking, he wanted to take advantage of the turbulent waters during the war between the two sides, so that the tribe could escape the danger of destruction.

So he mobilized the entire tribe to build rafts, store food, and prepare to plunder.

Just at this moment, he heard good news: Turii raised 10,000 troops to attack Laos, but the whole army was annihilated.

Vespa was overjoyed, thinking that the opportunity had come, and immediately ordered the whole family to take a raft, go down the river, cross the rapids, and finally enter the territory of Amendolara.

Note: Grumentum

Pyxous

Nerulum

Laos

Potentia