Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the evening two days later, a grand dinner was held at the Palace of Dionia. In addition to King Davos and Xenophon, there were Hiros, Alexis, Amyntas, Philisius, Agarcia, Thormid, Capus, Antonios, Epithenes, Matonis, Olivers, Geogris... Even Princess Cristoia attended the banquet.

At the banquet, everyone recalled the adventurous years in Persia, and thanked Davos and Xenophon and other mercenary leaders for finally taking them out of danger, and toasted them one after another. The scene was quite lively.

Others lamented the rich life they enjoy today, and regretted the wrong choices made by Crianno, Timasson, and Xenophon.

Of course, some people persuaded Xenophon to leave Sparta and settle in Dionia, enjoy the rest of his life with his former comrades, and was perfunctory by Xenophon.

When the banquet was about to end and Xenophon was toasting Davos, he boldly asked, Now that Dionysus is so powerful, why did she behave in the face of Sparta's early termination of the friendly agreement? so forgiving?

Davos squinted drunken eyes and told the story calmly: A few years ago, Mauritania sent a few elephants to the kingdom to show their respect, and they were kept in captivity beside the palace mansion. , barking at the dog from a distance, but the elephant has been very quiet, as if nothing. After a while, the hound stopped barking, and the two sides were at peace...

Xenophon had visited the zoo in the past two days and knew how huge the elephant's body was. After listening to it, he was silent for a while.

The Spartan messenger group soon returned to Sparta. After learning that King Dionia had calmly accepted the Spartan Ending the Friendship Agreement without any punitive intentions, the elders and the Ombudsmen breathed a sigh of relief. .

It's just that when Xenophon visited Agesilaus, he gave a detailed account of what he saw in the Kingdom of Dionia, and solemnly reminded: Although Dionia has no ill will towards Sparta now, it is best to It is still necessary to re-sign the contract with Dionia as soon as possible and restore friendship!

This is an obvious question, but Agesilaus thought for a while before saying solemnly: You are right, our peace talks with Thebes and Athens must be held as soon as possible, and the contract must be signed as soon as possible. Bada has the confidence to negotiate with Dionia.

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In the spring of 371 BC (the twenty-third year of the Dionysian Holy Kingdom), the Thebes War, which lasted for many years, finally ushered in the dawn of peace. With the support of Persia, the two sides of the war will conduct peace talks, and the place of peace talks will be in Sparta.

Since it was the home ground of Sparta, the major city-states of the Peloponnesian League sent envoys to participate in this peace talks.

They were the first to arrive at the venue. This was followed by the Athenian embassy, ​​with the chief general of Athens, Callistratus, as the main leader, and his assistant was Callias, the torchbearer of Eleusias. The last to arrive was the Emissary from Thebes, headed by Ipamironda. In addition, Persia also sent messengers to participate in this meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Athens attacked Sparta. Callias and Callistratus successively accused the Spartans of being arbitrary and oppressing the allies, which was the culprit that led to the war. At the same time, they pointed out the war with compassion. The harm caused to the various city-states in mainland Greece resonated with the envoys of the various city-states present.

However, Agesilaus and Archie Damus, who attended the meeting in Sparta, seemed to be wronged by this, and did not immediately refute it. Therefore, all the messengers present quickly reached a consensus: stop the war.

It seems that the Athenians are still on the side of Thebes against the Spartans, but in fact, through the contact of Temagoras in Persia with Luticli, the two sides have secretly reached a certain tacit understanding. As a result, this tacit understanding was revealed in the following discussion of negotiating and signing a contract.

Both Athens and Sparta declared that, according to the Persian proposal, the basis for establishing peace was still the principle established by the 'Contract of the Great King', that all city-states must withdraw their troops (whether army or navy) stationed in other states, Any alliance must be dissolved, leaving all Greek city-states independent.

In this way, there is a big problem, which is also a problem that could not be solved after the end of the Corinthian War and the signing of the Contract of the Great King: the Athenian League and the Peloponnesian League did not meet the regulations and should be dissolved.

So Ipamironda, who had been watching the performance of the Athenians before, immediately pointed out the problem loudly.

Unexpectedly, Athens and the Spartans were well prepared. Callistratus immediately admitted that there was indeed something wrong with the original 'Great King's Contract'. He believed that it should be amended and the clause should be changed to: No city-state shall be compelled to do so. Become a member of the alliance, but different city-states can cooperate with each other according to their wishes, but cannot enter into a treaty to make rigid provisions.

Agesilaus immediately agreed with this, he believed that such a modification was more reasonable and more acceptable to the city-states.

The other Peloponnesian city-state envoys also expressed their approval one after another, coupled with the support of the Persian envoys, the terms of the contract were confirmed, and the oath was signed.

The Peloponnesian city-state envoys scrambled to sign the name of the city-state, Athens and Sparta followed suit, and finally it was the turn of the Thebes envoy, and everyone's eyes were focused on them.

Ipamironda stood up with a solemn expression, solemnly swore an oath in the name of Zeus, then picked up a pen and wrote his name on the oath.

Most of the people in the arena breathed a sigh of relief, but they heard Agesilaus say in a deep voice, People from Thebes, you signed the wrong name.

Ipamironda said very confidently: I have confirmed it, there is no wrong sign!

At this time, the other talents in the venue felt that the situation was wrong, and rushed to pick up the oath to take a look, only to see that it was clearly written: Pioxia, Ipamironda.

Agesilaus said angrily: Ipamironda, are you fooling us? Everyone knows that Pioxia is a region, and Thebes is just a city-state in this region. What is there? Right to sign on behalf of all the city-states in Pioxia!

Ipamironda was not afraid at all, he looked at Agesilaus, and said calmly: What's so strange about this, you can think of Pioxia as Laconia (Laconia). Asia is where the Spartans lived), or—

Ipamironda turned to look at Callistratus again, and said very powerfully: Attica, not the Peloponnesian Alliance, or the Athenian Maritime Alliance!

As soon as these words came out, the envoys of other city-states in the venue were shocked: the ambitions of the Thebes were fully revealed, they wanted to unify Pioxia!

Callistratus immediately retorted: When the Greeks talk about Athens, they don't mean just the city of Athens, but the entire Attica region; when the Greeks talk about Sparta, they also mean The whole of Laconia; but when people speak of Thebes, do they mean the whole of Pioxia? Obviously, the city-state of Thebes alone.

Why is this happening? That's because Athens and Sparta had long ago merged a region, and over a long time, other Greeks agreed with it. Unfortunately, they could not agree that Thebes represented Pioxia, because until now many city-states in the Pioxia region are still independent.

Agesilaus then said fiercely: According to this oath, Thebes must dissolve your newly established Pioxia Alliance, and let every Pioxia city-state under your control gain independence and freedom!

Ipamironda's uncompromising words pushed Agsilaus back: If you Sparta allow every town in Laconia to gain independence, then our Pioxia Alliance will be dissolved!

Then, he looked at Agesilaus and Callistratus with a resolute expression, and defended with strong words: You Spartans have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Pioxia, just like we Thebes Laconia has no right to interfere in the internal management of Laconia; Laconia, Pioxia, and Attica represent distinct polities, each of which is justified under the testimony of Zeus; Osha's alliance with Attica's development into a city was as natural as the development of Lagonia into a Spartan oligarchy with the same legitimacy—

Agesilaus' son Archidamus interrupted him loudly: You are talking nonsense! You Thebes want to continue the war against the other Pioxia city-states and deprive them of their Independence and freedom, this is never allowed!

Ipamironda sneered: Didn't you Spartans do this before! Shamelessly captured our city, and sent garrison troops and officers in other Pioxia city-states to deprive them of their independence and freedom, precisely because Your aggression, we Pioxia realized that we must unite to ensure the freedom of our people in Pioxia!

Archie Dames was at a loss for words.

Ipamironda then said to Agesilaus in a just and righteous manner: For this Pioxia alliance, we Thebes did take some powerful measures, but you Sparta have no right to interfere, because no one can In ancient times, precisely timed, your forefathers took the tougher, coercive measures, and they built the kingdom you maintain with this toughness.

Now the friendly allies of Thebes and Pioxia have also decided to adopt the same approach as your Sparta, to establish a united and unified Pioxia Union that includes all Pioxia city-states, in order to achieve this great Goal, our citizens will not fear death!

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