Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Later in the days of Turii, Gellney often couldn’t sleep at night, and often thought: In order to survive, the people of the tribe were busy herding cattle and hunting wild animals all day, while the Dionysians had time and energy to often Planned and orderly military training, even if the Samonai army he was in could really compete with the Dionysian army, it would definitely not be its opponent!

Later, he learned that there were as many as seven or eight military camps like this in Dionia, and it was a big blow, making it one of the reasons why his attitude towards Dionia began to change.

The Samone people suddenly became silent a lot, and at the same time, they were also full of expectations for the city of Turii that they were about to see.

Going further, the terrain becomes more flat and open, and houses and villages gradually increase.

Not far ahead, there is a flat road connecting the stone bridge across the Kosenyi River. The bustling pedestrians come from the other side of the Kosenyi River and finally converge on this main road, making the already crowded flow of people even more. huge.

In fact, the main objects of this road are trucks and kingdom slaves that transport stone and copper ore. In this lively September, for the safety of traffic, these are temporarily stopped. The Dionian people who attended the celebration in Riy increased the utilization of the road.

The rumbling of carriages, the neighing of cattle and sheep, the conversations of pedestrians, the cries of children... The flow of people on the avenue is a huge source of moving noise. There are food scraps all over the floor, pedestrians are accidentally caught, and there is an unpleasant smell in the air.

The samonae and potentians who have suffered a loss have complained about it.

The youth explained to this: The cleaning of the avenues and both sides in Turii is the responsibility of the various Demos in Turii. Usually these roads are cleaned up by them, but there are too many pedestrians coming and going during this time. There are more, and the people of Demo also have to watch celebrations and games, so they can only do simple cleaning in the evening and early morning... After this lively time, the road will become clean.

What is Demo? Someone asked curiously.

Simply put, Demo is a small town formed by the merger of several villages. In Turii, there are now 68 German shepherds and counting.

The casual explanation of the youth made the Samonais speechless. In the mountains of Samone, it is difficult to see a village (that is, a tribal settlement) after walking for half a day, but there are hundreds of villages in the central city of Dionia, which really shocked them: this should have How many people? !

The Samonites tried hard to think with their not-so-smart brains, but after they passed through Niutum,

These Samonites, who were used to grazing and hunting in the mountains with a few people, began to feel a little uncomfortable, because there were too many pedestrians along the way, and they probably exceeded the population of Abenerum.

Let's go this way! At this moment, the young man shouted loudly, leading the Samone people to turn right to a branch road.

Leader Gellney, may the God of Suwanee bless you (Sawanee, the god of war worshipped by the Samone) and win the competition! Seeing that the slaves who led the way did not follow, Ginat waved to them Say goodbye.

Ginette, thank you for taking care of you along the way, and welcome to Abenilum! Gellney also responded kindly, and this was exactly what Ginette wanted to hear, the adventurous Potentian merchants have long been fighting the idea of ​​their neighbors, but in the past, although the Samone and Potentians were no longer at war, the relationship was unfamiliar, and he did not dare to enter the Samona Mountains to trade. Now there is Gale Ni's friendship, he will have the confidence.

Klotox, thank you very much for your selfless help! When I sell the cattle and sheep, I will definitely invite you to Cristoya's restaurant for a drink! Ginat then expressed his gratitude to the youth.

The youth smiled and politely declined: Thank you for your invitation, but I will be busy with celebrations and competitions these days, and I really don't have time.

After bidding farewell to Ginat, the youth led the Samones to the east along the north bank of the Koseni River. The houses on both sides of the road gradually became denser, and most of them were two or three-story buildings, which were different from the usual Greek houses whose main entrances faced the road. , they all turn their backs to the road, so the tall buildings are next to each other and stand directly beside the sidewalk. Although this branch road is also wide, there are drainage ditches and sidewalks on both sides, it is not narrow, but the line of sight is blocked, still Gives a sense of depression.

Why haven't we arrived at Turii City yet?! Tatoni shouted a little irritably.

The young man said with a smile: Actually, we have already entered the city of Turii.

Has entered Turii City?! Tatoni thought he was joking: We didn't see the city wall at all.

Only the inner city of Turii has a city wall, and no other city walls have been built... the young man explained.

It turned out that after the South-Italian War, many free people and foreigners poured into Turii every year, wanting to become citizens of the kingdom. The skyrocketing population led to the continuous expansion of the city of Turii.

...The place where we are now is already on the edge of Turii City, at least four miles away from the inner city.

Four miles? ! All the Samonites gasped: what a city this must be!

Including Gellney was also deeply shocked. Although he stayed in Turui for half a year eight years ago, the city of Turui was not as big as it is now. It can only be said that the development of Turui is too fast!

There is no city wall in Turiyi, so is it not afraid of the invasion of foreign enemies?! The quarterback of the Samonei team participating in this rugby game, Maionillo, asked provocatively, as a group of Samonei people The second fighter who had participated in the last war, he was both in awe and a little unwilling to Dionia.

The young man glanced at him and said loudly: The Dionysian Senate once asked a similar question to the king at that time, hoping to build the outer city wall, but King Davos said- The young man straightened his chest: 'Figure Lie is located in the center of the kingdom of Dionia, with mountains as a barrier, the sea as a barrier, a strong legion defense, and a strong fleet escort. If the enemy is attacked by the enemy into the territory of Tuli, then Diony There is no need for the sub-Kingdom to exist!'

In fact, there is another important reason why Turii City did not build the outer city wall, that is, Turii City is very large. Although the construction of the outer city wall is a huge project, Turii is still expanding. After a few years , I am afraid that this outer city wall has become an inner city wall again... It is so inspiring and consuming the national treasury, but in the end it will not have any great effect, it is better not to build it.

Of course, the Samonais did not know this, and after listening to the youth, they became silent.

Pedestrians on slip roads are decreasing. Many pedestrians who have come to Turiyi many times know that during this season, food and accommodation in Turiyi are very tight, and the more you go to the inner city, the higher the price, so they will choose to walk into these houses, The owner talks about renting, which is why the owner of the house built the house so tall.

As for why you should turn your back to the road, because although this is only a branch road, there are people coming and going every day, and the sound is noisy. The practice of turning away from the road, using small windows, and thickening the wall can reduce the noise, and at the same time, the residents do not need to see A disturbing streetscape with a barely passable living environment.

Going a little further, such houses standing on both sides of the road like a city wall disappeared. After passing by the two smiling Hermes statues on the side of the road, wearing flying boots and fingers in front of them, the vision ahead is again. Open up, what catches everyone's eyes is the familiar traditional Greek house.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, the young man took the initiative to explain: When the Dionysians rebuilt the city of Turii, His Majesty Davos and the elders had imagined the prosperity of the city of Turii in the future, so A lot of public land has been prepared around the city, which is not allocated to citizens, but used for future expansion of the urban area. From here onwards, it is the originally envisaged area of ​​the city of Turii. Alas, I just didn't expect the expansion of Turui. So quickly, it has expanded to the allotment of the citizens of Turii.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Agriculture has regulations, 'It is not allowed to convert cultivated land to other uses. ' And the construction supervisor will also regularly check the quality of the newly built houses, and also limit the height, otherwise those citizens behind will not only have two or three-storey houses built on the roadside, but will be spread all over their shares. Five or six-storey buildings on the ground, and then rent the houses to prospective citizens and freedmen for high profits, instead of cultivating farmland! The young man said this, with a trace of disgust on his face.

The Samonites had no more feelings than once again marveling at the large population of the city of Turii. However, between these neatly arranged houses and criss-cross streets, they occasionally saw temples or altars intermingled among them.

From the mouths of the youth, they learned that not only the gods of the Greeks were worshipped in these temples, but there were also temples dedicated to the god Asinu of Lucania, and the goddesses of the plateau, Amala and Bu, of the Brutians. Rutus, Mesapi, the racial protector of the Puchetti people - Laikaon... The gods of the aliens are enshrined in the cities where the Greeks are the main body, and the believers go their separate ways, but there is no conflict. , which amazes the Samonites.

At this time, the young man pointed forward and said, Look, that is the arena where you will compete next.

A few hundred meters away by the road stands a huge building, it is the Asinu - Amara Arena.

After the South-Italian War, Dionia owned all the land in South Italy, and more towns were incorporated into the kingdom. Naturally, the number of teams participating in the rugby and football finals also increased several times. The original two sports in Turii The stadium was not enough, so three more arenas were built one after another. Half of the cost was allocated to the national treasury, and half was donated by the wealthy people of the kingdom.