Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

This wave even spread to Argos. In fact, the Spartans have never been able to control the city-state of Argos, but because of its power, a group of pro-Spartan parliamentarians have gradually emerged in the political arena of Argos. Most of these wealthy MPs are now clubbed to death by angry civilians.

In such a wave, the people who benefited the most were undoubtedly Thebes. As the victor of the battle, Thebes' influence in mainland Greece increased greatly, which not only made the remaining Pioxia city-states take the initiative to move closer to Thebes, Speeding up the progress of its unification of Pioxia, even the Sparta friendly Phokis, Lokris (non-Dionysian Lokri, which is located in Central Greece, divided into two parts, one in Pio Southwest and Northwest of the Summer region), and even the Euboeans were courting Thebes, wanting to make an alliance with it.

All because they saw the weakening of Spartan power and wanted the military support of a new power to help them fend off the threat. The Phokis and Lokris were worried about Thessaly, while the Euboeans were worried about Athens.

The Thebes had mixed feelings about this. They were happy that their power had been greatly enhanced. They were worried that the threat of Sparta had not been lifted. Fissure; although Thessaly is an ally, Jason's previous performance has already demonstrated his ambitions. At this time, he is recruiting troops in the north. When he leads his army south, I am afraid it will be the time when the two sides meet.

Under the strong suggestion of Peropidas and Ipamironda (the battle of Leuctra made Ipamironda the most prestigious person in Thebes), the Thebes government decided to cooperate with Phokis. Humans, Roxians, and Euboeans formed an alliance to increase their strength as soon as possible to meet the challenges that followed.

Since then, except for the Attica region (Athens), almost all of Central Greece has been under the influence of Thebes.

But Thebes is not the biggest threat to Sparta now, the biggest threat comes from the Arcadia region of the Peloponnesus.

Arcadia is located in the center of the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Geographically, the Laconia region where Sparta is located is blocked by towering mountains on the east and west sides, and the sea to the south. The terrain to the north where the sub-region is connected is relatively low, and the army is more convenient to enter and exit. Therefore, since the rise of Sparta, it has been interfering in the affairs of the city-states of Arcadia, trying to completely bring it under its control.

It is precisely because of the long-term suppression by Sparta that, compared with other regions in Greece, the Arcadia region has never had a city-state that can have a certain influence in mainland Greece, even before the Corinthian War due to the disobedience of Mandinia. (Mandinia is located in the northeastern part of the Arcadia region), invaded its territory, and completely destroyed its city by water attack. The ferocity of Sparta did temporarily deter the Arcadians, but it also made the Arcadians more and more vigilant.

In the past ten years, when Sparta frequently fought in Thebes and was unable to take care of others, the exiled Mandinians returned to their homeland one after another and began to work hard to rebuild their homes.

This aroused the vigilance of the Spartans, and soon sent messengers to warn the Mandinians: let them get out of this land immediately, or Sparta will send troops to expel them.

But within a few days, the other city-states of Arcadia sent messengers to Sparta to intercede for the Mandinians.

At this time, Sparta, due to years of wars, lacked manpower and materials, and relied more on its allies. The Arcadians contributed a lot in it, and Sparta had to reluctantly agreed to their request. Of course, the Mandinians also I have to promise: I will take Sparta as the leader again, and send citizens to help it fight.

The problem seems to be solved, but it is not. The Mandinians began to intensify the construction of the city walls and rebuild the city. In order to prevent it from being flooded again, they even dug a new channel and changed the flow of the Orpheus River. The newly designed city was stronger and unique and difficult to conquer.

While the Mandinians were building the city, they were also secretly doing another important thing. One of their leaders, Lycomedes, gradually realized during his years of exile that the city-states of Arcadia must unite and establish an alliance, so that they can have the confidence to say no to Sparta's unreasonable demands. Able to protect the safety of the Arcadians.

Therefore, Lycomedes worked tirelessly to persuade the other city-states in Arcadia that things were going well, because these city-states had been suffering from Sparta for a long time, and with Lycomedes taking the lead, except for a few All city-states agreed to form a Pan-Arcadian confederation.

However, there was another dispute over which city-state to choose as the capital of the alliance: because the strengths of the city-states in Arcadia are not too different, no city-state with outstanding strength is enough to overwhelm others; but if you choose any one at will A city-state may grow rapidly after the alliance is established, which is something other city-states do not want to see.

It was Lucomedes who made a suggestion: gather the power of the alliance and build a new city as the capital of the alliance.

In the end, his proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. After many discussions, the address of the new city was selected, and more detailed discussions were conducted on the political structure of the entire alliance...

In short, in 371 BC (the 23rd year of the Dionysian Kingdom), the preparations for the Pan-Arcadian Alliance had been basically completed, and the implementation of the Pan-Arcadian Alliance had begun.

Sparta learned that Arcadia is preparing to form an alliance, but at this time its war against Thebes was at a critical stage, and there was really no energy to stop it, and the city-states of Arcadia have been Send troops and food to help it fight, so the Spartans pretended not to see it, wanting to wait until the problem of Thebes was solved, and then come back to deal with this matter.

But I didn't expect that the first battle of Leuctra suddenly changed the situation in Greece, and the remaining Arcadian city-states were shaken because of this, so under the active persuasion of Lycomedes, they also began to actively request to join the pan- Alliance of Arcadia.

These city-states include Taigia. Taigia is located in the southeastern part of the Arcadia region. It has always been regarded by Sparta as a firm ally and a firm gateway to the northern frontier. Now Taigia has defected. , This finally made the Spartans intolerable, so the prosecutors sent messengers to threaten the city-states of Arcadia, demanding that they must immediately dissolve the alliance, otherwise they would be angered by the Spartan army.

Of course the Arcadians would not give in, but they also knew that the Spartans were so powerful that they could not fight them with their own strength, so they had to seek the support of external forces. The first target they thought of for help was Athens.

After the battle of Leuctra, Athens was happy with the decline of Sparta, but also worried about the rise of its neighbor Thebes, so it took an action to invite its own maritime allies and the city-states of the Peloponnese to represent Athens. Re-swear the previous Great King's contract, and solemnly propose that the members of the oath should help each other when they are attacked by the enemy.

It seems that this action by Athens was a continuation of the contract of Callias signed in Sparta and a support for Sparta and its allies who were defeated in the battlefield, but in fact Athens was an attempt to expand the The influence of the Loponnese Peninsula wanted to usurp the leadership of Sparta, and at the same time wanted to draw Persia over.

Many city-states of Mandinia and Arcadia also participated in this oath-taking event. According to the agreement, Athens was obliged to help, so the Arcadians sent messengers to Athens.

Just as the Arcadian messenger was on his way to Athens, a huge fleet was sailing across the Adriatic Sea towards the Peloponnesus, where Dionia's expedition to Sparta was taking place. army.

According to the speed of army mobilization of the Holy Kingdom of Dionysus, after the expedition order is issued, each area will generally be within four or five days (such as Lucania, a relatively large area and densely mountainous areas, the military camp will notify the towns, And it takes a lot of time for citizens of various towns to meet at the military camp) to complete the assembly, even if King Davos has to discuss with the Ministry of Military Affairs to make some military preparations, it will not take more than 15 days.

The reason why the army was ordered to go out two months later was because the subsequent armistice between Thebes and Sparta, and a series of anti-Spartan waves in the Peloponnesus caused the high level of Dionysian. Paying attention to it, the military operation was specially suspended to wait and see the development of the situation, and it was not restarted until two months later.

In order to prevent the news of the expedition from being detected by the Spartans in advance, Dionia declared to the outside world that it was to crusade the Lusitanias who repeatedly harassed the southern part of Iberia, so the location of the army's boarding was not set in Brin. Desi, but in Crotone.

The 4th Corps camp was originally in Crotone. The 1st and 6th Corps were one in the north and the other was in the south, not too far apart. The three regiments soon took the ready ships at the port of Crotone. The team, escorted by the 1st Fleet, headed east.

The massive fleet passed the heels of Italy, rested overnight in Odrum, and sailed south along the west coast of mainland Greece after crossing the Adriatic Sea on day 2.

Wherever the fleet passed, city-state villages and towns were all terrified, such as the island of Corfu. The people of Greece have never seen such a huge fleet. It has more than 300 troop carriers, more than 500 cargo ships carrying baggage, and 550 warships. A total of more than 1,200 ships are spread out on the sea. , the length of the front and rear is a full five or six miles. This is because the entire fleet chose to go out in the past few days with better sea conditions, and the arrangement of the ships was relatively dense.

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