Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Little Clotokatax had just climbed onto his father's knee and was about to be carried away by his mother, crying and fussing unhappily.

Davos didn't care about him at the moment, turned back to Atili Cruz and said: The Dionysian Senate will be very happy to hear this news, I hope-

Atili Cruz waved his hand and said immediately: But Lijim also has a small request, I hope Dionia can agree!

The Greeks in southern Italy all say that the Lijim people are all businessmen, and they must compare their money with each other, and Artilicruz is the best among them. Davos cheered up and said, Please speak.

You also know that the tyrant of Syracuse rebuilt Messina. Messina has now completely fallen to Syracuse, and is against Lijim everywhere. And it has an accomplice - Tyndares, It was the colonial city where the tyrant settled the Mesenians, not far from Messina. The two city-states united, often disrupting the trade routes of the strait, and sometimes even detaining the merchant ships that came to Lijim's trade... If this goes on, no merchant ships will dare to come to Lijim to do sea trade, and Lijim will be destroyed! Atili Cruz said with a gloomy face.

We protested to Messina many times, but to no avail. We also sent messengers to Syracuse, and the tyrant did not receive our messengers at all! So after deliberation, our council decided to build a building on the Mile Peninsula. A colonial city, used to house the exiles of some Sicilian city-states such as Catanay, Naxos, Leotine...

Wait a minute. Davos turned back and said to the slave who was accompanying him: Go to the study and get the map of Sicily. Although Davos has the habit of looking at the map every day, compared to the south Although he was familiar with it, Davos' memory of Sicily's topography and the location of the city-state was still a bit poor.

Sicilian city-states such as Catane and Naxos were destroyed by Dionysius, and their exiles must be full of hatred for Syracuse. Davos knew that many city-states in Greater Greece had shelters The exiles of Sicily, this is because the great Greek city-state is wary of Syracuse, so it is easy to help the opponents who were driven away by Syracuse, Davos naturally thought of it at this moment. Aristillas.

That's for sure, so they won't be easily attracted by that tyrant! Atili Cruz said bitterly.

At this time, the map was brought, and Davers unfolded it on the wooden table where the cutlery had been removed.

This is Messina...this is Tindarius... Davos looked carefully on the map.

Atili Cruz also leaned up and looked at the map made of parchment: it was obviously drawn specially, not only in large scale, but also in detail, no less than the one stored in Lijim City Hall. The son-in-law who came to himself has not low attention to Sicily. Even the newly built Lilipi, Messina, Tauro Melion...the newly built city-states in Carthage are clearly marked, and some of the destroyed city-states are also marked, and they are located in the city. There is a description on the side, such as Himera on the northern coast, which reads Destroyed by the war of Sicily launched by Hannibal, the commander of Carthage, fifteen years ago.

This is the Mile Peninsula... Davos's fingers were finally fixed on the northeast corner of Sicily. The Millai Peninsula is said to be a peninsula. On the map, it seems to Davos that it is just a prominent promontory. It is between Messina and Tindarius. The location of this colonial city is really wonderful. , just to cut off the connection between the two cities, you must know that Messina and Tindarius are both new cities (the city of Messina was destroyed by Carthage), and the strength is not strong, although there is Syracuse behind Support, but Syracuse controls so many city-states, it is impossible to fully support Messina and Tyndares. Although Lijim is not as strong as Syracuse, it is also a strong country and is very rich. A lot of resources are poured into this upcoming city, and it will soon be able to make it stronger than Messina and Tinsdas. , so as to contain and deter them.

But there is an important problem here.

Have you considered Syracuse's attitude? Davos asked in a deep voice.

According to ancient traditions, any Greek city-state has the right to establish a colony, not to mention that the location of our new city is not within the territory of Messina and Tindaris... Atilicruz said plausibly.

With Dionysius' personality, he wouldn't consider any Greek traditions. Davos was not optimistic about this, and said with a serious look: He managed to control western Sicily with great difficulty, but at this time there was a foreigner. The forces want to reach out to his sphere of influence, do you think he will agree?

That's why I came to Turii this time. Lijim hopes to have your support! Atili Cruz said eagerly: For this reason, Lijim is willing to hand over our fleet to Dionia's command.

The city-states in the original Dionysian League did not have such freedom of bargaining with Dionia, but Lijim was the only great Greek power to join the league. After all, it was different from other small affiliated states. Dio The Nia Senate showed enough tolerance and respect for him, and in order to enhance Dionia's right to speak in the South Italian League, last year Davos invited Lijim to join the South Italian League, like Crotone. When other city-states did not have strong opposition, it can be seen that the influence of Lijim, an old and powerful state, also made Lijim the only great Greek city-state that belonged to both the Dionian League and the South Italian League.

Davers was silent: support? It's easy to say, this means war, and Dionia is now trying to avoid this, otherwise why would he sign a treaty of friendship with Syracuse, Lijim is trying to drag Dionia into the water ah!

I think such an important matter can only be decided after discussion in the Senate, and even with other city-states in the South Italian Alliance. Davos said vaguely, without giving an immediate answer.

After finally sending the unhappy Atili Cruz away, Davos was still pacing back and forth in the living room, thinking about the Strait of Messina.

Finally, he called Aristiras.

War will break out! Aristillas said with certainty: The reason why Messina and Tyndares dared to invade Lijim so boldly was the result of Dionysius' backing. Maybe what Lijim wants to do is exactly what he wants, he can just start a war against Lijim, not only to get revenge on Lijim- Aristillas said here, and glanced at Davos.

Davos didn't care what he was alluding to, and said, Go on.

And Syracuse occupied Lijim and controlled the entire Strait of Messina, and Dionysius was able to collect taxes on passing merchant ships to feed his large army. Your lord, according to the intelligence, Syracuse Zha asked for a lot of war reparations in the negotiations with Carthage, and used the money to buy food, build more warships, and pay mercenaries, not just to treat a Lijim! Aristilla Si said worriedly.

Davos was silent, he knew all this information.

Aristillas said in a deep voice: Also... my lord, from the information gathered in various places in Dionia recently, I found a situation, I hope it can attract your attention.

Oh, what is it? Davers looked at him.

Now among the prospective citizens and registered freedmen, a fear is beginning to spread. They are worried that even if they become full citizens of Dionia, they will no longer be able to acquire land... Aristillas relented said slowly.

Davos raised his eyebrows. It is true that the land in the plains of the Dionian Union's territory has been basically divided, and only some vacant land is still available in the Lucania Mountains and the Bruti area, but that is not enough for the allocation of so many prospective citizens.

So they want to leave? Davos said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Dionia is a paradise for free people, how can they leave! Aristillas paused and said in a serious tone: They hope to have war, use war to gain more land, and use war to gain more land, and use war to gain more land. Fight to shorten the time to become a citizen, and use your achievements to win a chance to land!

Davos was slightly depressed. The military merit system he designed for Dionia can be said to be the source of attracting Greek free people to flock to bring Dionia, and it is also the reason why they are eager to fight and not afraid of death.

Those who forget the battle will be in danger, and those who are belligerent will perish... Davers muttered these words silently. The command of Dionia's army must be firmly in his hands, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous if he loses control. But now, Dionia is still weak and needs this system to grow itself.

Land... Davers rubbed his chin. Now Dionia is indeed at a bottleneck of expansion: to the south, there is the mighty Syracuse; to the north, there are the Samonaites, and Davos knows that the Romans in the past life have spent decades It took time to conquer this warlike race, and it suffered several catastrophic defeats in the meantime, and Dionia would not easily provoke it until it was ready; further east, the Mesapis and Puchetti In terms of distance, it is the closest place to Dionia, but these two races are not good, and they are united together. Dionia needs to work hard to conquer them. However, the current situation is not allowed, and there is still a Tarantum in the middle. The relationship with Dioria is not very harmonious. Without its full support, Davos dare not send an army to attack Mei. Sapi's.