Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Diobetis, are you really a Spartan?! Lysander sneered: Don't forget Demaratos!

There was an uproar among the elders, Demarathos—that was a longstanding disgrace to the Spartans. [WWw.SuiMеng.lā

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Although the Spartan warriors advocated killing and despised pleasure, they did not dislike beautiful women. The best criterion for judging future wives was easy fertility. At the same time, whether a Spartan woman was beautiful also judged whether she was a future child mother and whether her morality was not. Noble off-the-shelf standard. Participating in training with men since childhood also made Spartan women have their own unique beauty, they have long blond hair, toned bodies, and elegant calves. And giving birth to an ugly daughter will make the parents frustrated, but there is still a chance for change, that is, come to an ancient sanctuary next to Helen's grave and pray to the bronze statue of Helen, which is said to make the child grow up beauty.

A hundred years ago, a pair of Spartan parents prayed to Helen for their ugly daughter. The ugly priestess in charge of the sanctuary grabbed the child's long hair, and after seeing the child's appearance, she made a prediction: she would become Lasdiamon The cutest woman.

As time passed, the girl turned out to be a famous beauty. Her charm fascinated the king of Sparta, so he took it away from her husband with royal power. After just over seven months, the new queen gave birth to a new queen. son. Was the child's father the king or the commoner? The Spartans didn't get to the bottom of it, the child grew up and eventually succeeded as king, and he was Demaratos.

When Demaratos succeeded to the throne, another Spartan king, Cleomenes, had been on the throne for five years, and his succession at the beginning was much more difficult because his father was unable to let His wife was pregnant, and the law enforcement elders asked him to divorce his wife and marry again. He hesitated and chose bigamy. Shortly after the second wife gave birth to three sons for him, his first wife gave birth to a gram. Leomenes. But the king has long loved his second wife, and naturally prefers her children. Cleomenes was not favored by his father, and his half-brother, Dorius, was trained by the king and appointed As the rightful heir, Dorius was also considered to be the best of his generation. But after the king's sudden death in battle, the conformist Spartans believed that Cleomenes, who was born to the king's first wife, had the right to inherit the throne first, so Cleomenes, who succeeded the throne, sent Dorius to the throne. On the grounds of colonizing the Western Mediterranean, he exiled several of his brothers successively.

Cleomenes was quick-witted, prudent, ambitious, and eager for power. How could Demaratos, who had just succeeded to the throne, be his opponent, and he was quickly overthrown by Cleomenes. Cleomenes has been in charge of Sparta alone for more than 20 years, defeating Argos, controlling Arcadia, intervening in Delphi, interfering in the political situation of Athens... Sparta's power has expanded to northern Greece. At this time, the Persian king Xerxes was preparing to invade Greece again, learning from Darius' lesson, he sent a large number of spies to Greece to divide and divide the various city-states, Aegina - from the east side of the Peloponnesian Peninsula An island city-state not far away offered soil and water to Persia, and Cleomenes angrily denounced this traitorous behavior and decided to punish Aegina.

The people of Aegina hurriedly asked for help from another Spartan king, Demaratos. Demaratos was happy to cause trouble for his political enemies, so he secretly united with the elders in the council of elders who were unwilling to go to war with Persia. Actively provide support. This angered Cleomenes, who finally decided to get rid of this unbearable collaborator once and for all, so at the Council of Elders meeting he initiated, he questioned Demaratos's life experience. Not only did he win over the people of Demaratos and most of the elders, but he also bribed the priests of Delphi, so that the oracle he sought was also unfavorable to Demaratos. As a result, Demaratos, who was in power, was deposed. He took the throne, defected to Xerxes, and became a traitor who led the way.

But the victorious Cleomenes was not able to be complacent for long. His bribes to Delphi were revealed, and the Spartans were furious. He was convicted. He fled from Sparta and then returned, but was relieved of power. , since then he was drinking, beating, shouting, everyone said he was insane, his two half-brothers Leonida and Cleom Brotes declared him insane, put him locked in the temple. The next day, he was found dead, his flesh cut off piece by piece, with a knife at his hand.

This caused quite a stir! It was rumored by everyone that it was a blasphemous punishment for Cleomenes, and it was generally accepted by the public: suicide.

Soon, Leonidas became king. But privately, rumors spread from time to time: Cleomenes died at the hands of two brothers.

The reason why Leonidas led the 300 King's Guards to go to Wenquan to defend against the Persian army was because of the situation, but also because of the desire to prove his innocence to the Spartans.

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It was a turbulent history for the Spartans, and it could even be said to be a disgrace to Sparta. There was silence for a while in the venue.

Speaker Kleostida simply announced: Start electing a new king!

Regardless of Agesilaus or Leotidides, these two candidates have their flaws and their fans, so the debate between the two sides is mainly a competition for neutral elders... and the final result of the vote— —Agasilaus wins.

With tears of humiliation, Leoticides looked at the elders who congratulated Agesilaus with hatred, and left quietly...

Speaker Kleostida let the guards usher in the five ombudsmen who had been waiting outside the council hall and announced the results of the election to them.

So the prosecutors came to Agesilaus, who stood solemnly and listened to them read aloud: Lord, great Zeus, according to the results of the election of the council of elders, we proclaim holy Herak The blood of Ruth - Agesilaus is the king of Sparta!

Agesilaus couldn't keep his calm expression again, he swore with a trembling voice: I swear in the name of Zeus that I, Agesilaus, will govern and rule Sparta according to the existing laws of the city-state!

The Ombudsmen responded at the same time: As long as you keep your oath, we will ensure that your kingship will last forever!

Agesilaus became king of Sparta in 1970 BC.

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At the southeastern tip of Sicily, Dionysius led Syracuse's infantry, soldiers, and many warships on the sea, and marched westward along the southern coast of Sicily.

During the easy liberation of the city-state of Camerina, which was forced to contribute to Carthage, Dionysius received the news that Dionia defeated Crotone. The attendant said: Write a letter to Philistos immediately and say that I agree to Locle's request and send reinforcements to them as soon as possible!

Then, he sent the messengers to urge the army, which was going to rest for the day, to continue marching west.

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Crotone asked Dionysus for peace! The Tarantum consul Eumacas said in surprise after receiving the news from Crotone: I didn't expect that a year ago, Dio Nia is still a small city-state that needs our shelter to survive, and now it has rapidly developed into a powerful alliance of Greater Greece!

The former consul, now the elder of the Senate, Dicitimas sighed: Fortunately, we are allied with Dionia!

The safety of Tarantum cannot depend on the promises of others! Yumachus shook his head and said with a firm attitude: We should speed up the conquest of the Mesapis and strengthen Tarantum's power as soon as possible, so that in the face of Dionysus has the courage to speak!

The capture of Manduria has already caused a lot of casualties to our citizens! But if you still have to attack Brindisi, there will be more citizens of Tarantum sacrificed! How could the Senate agree to your radical approach! Di Citimas rebuked angrily.

Yumachus looked at Dicitimas with a trace of contempt in his eyes: Dicitimas, my friend, haven't you figured it out yet! This is not only the wish of most of the elders of the Senate, but also The will of the people! Spurred by the rapid rise of Dionia, the people are tired of the Senate's decades of inaction! Hate to endure the harassment of the Messapies every year! They demand that we change! Although the citizens have There are casualties, but we have Manduria in our hands, and it will be much harder for Messapi to invade our territory! Now, Lord Diomilas is about to return to Tarantum, and Archita continues to lead the attack on Brindi West. I believe Archita will step up his offensive against Brindisi without our urging when he learns that Crotone was forced to make peace with Dionia!

Disitimas fell silent. After a while, he hesitated and said: I'm a little worried that such a large-scale attack will stimulate the Puchetti people in the north. They are from the same race as the Mesapi people...

If we don't attack, they won't hate us?! Eumacas retorted: As long as we capture Brindisi, we can not only cut off the connection between the Mesapis and the north, but also connect with Yard. The trade in the Ria Sea, there are many benefits to doing this... If we really meet the Puchetti people you mentioned and see that our city is empty and take the opportunity to attack, then we can still-

Eumacas looked at Dicitimas, Dicitimas understood what he meant, and sighed: Ask our ally Dionysus for help!

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Although Lycias tried his best to defend Miron, the Citizens Assembly still issued a sentence of deport Miron and not return for ten years. Mobile users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.