Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Just a friendly exchange? Pharaoh Nektanib sat down again, his eyes twinkling.

Nektanib's rhetorical question surprised Ancitanos, but he heard Pharaoh continue: Why not form an alliance?

Ancitanos was really stunned. He didn't expect Pharaoh Nektanib to speak so directly.

Pharaoh Nektanibu didn't care about his surprise, and said seriously: As far as I know, the citizens of Dionia are mainly Greeks. Egypt and Greece have always been friendly, and the city of Naukrates is a testimony! In the past few decades, the Greeks have helped Egypt to fight the tyrannical Persians many times. There are still many Athenian tombs outside the city of Memphis. It was 70 years ago that the Greeks and our Egyptians joined forces to fight against Persia. It is necessary for us to continue this friendship!” Pharaoh Nektanibu said with a little excitement, he obviously ignored the fact that the Athenians were hired by Persia and attacked Egypt a few years ago.

It turned out that the Egyptians hoped to form an alliance with Dionia to help them resist the Persian attack! Ancitanos was no longer surprised why Pharaoh Nektanib spoke so urgently about the alliance, even though this diplomatic choice was originally in his and Davos' plan.

But Ancitanos would never have known that, in the view of Pharaoh Nektanib, the Persian threat to Egypt was by no means a potential, but a real, real danger.

In the first half of this turbulent year, some Egyptian officials secretly sent secret letters to the land of Canaan under the Persian rule, adjacent to the eastern border of Egypt, in the towns of the Nile delta, in an attempt to surrender to Persia and let them. Reoccupy Egypt, including some in Memphis. Although the Persians have retreated from Egypt for more than 20 years, their alienation and seduction to the Egyptians have never stopped. The Persian governor of Asia Minor, Phanabazos, has spent years rebuilding warships and summoning soldiers.

Although the spies reported: In this year, the Persian governor Phanabazus was summoned by the Persian king and had led his troops to Babylon.

But Nektanibu never forgot: a few years ago, this Persian governor led the army to burn, kill and loot in Egypt.

If it wasn't for Nektanib's slogan of preferential treatment of monks after the rise of the army (Pharaoh Hakar restricted monks from owning too much land and farm labor for more than ten years), it was supported by the priests of the vast temples of Egypt. , So Nektanib's army will be so powerful that even the army stationed in Memphis surrendered to him, quickly stabilizing Lower Egypt in just a few months. As for Upper Egypt with Thebes as the center, it was still the world of the priests.

After realizing what the pharaoh was really worried about, Ancitanos immediately said solemnly: Although Persia is far away from our Dionia,

But it also has its minions in the Western Mediterranean - Carthage, a sub-state of Phoenicia, has been delivering gold and silver dug from the Iberian Peninsula to Tyre for decades, thus giving the king of Persia Provides funds for expansion and aggression, thus becoming extremely rich.

As a newly emerging kingdom, we, Dionia, signed a friendly agreement with Carthage more than ten years ago on the principle of living in harmony with neighboring countries, but we did not expect that it would secretly support the surrounding of Dionia. forces, constantly against Dionysus. And after its plots were thwarted one after another, the Carthaginians actually tore up the friendly agreement with our Dionia and threatened to wage war against Dionia. Therefore, Dionia is willing to form an alliance with Egypt to help each other and jointly resist the aggression of Persia and its affiliated forces!

Pharaoh Nektanib was surprised because this incident had just happened and he had not received any news. He knew Carthage, which was a powerful city-state established by the Phoenicians in the Western Mediterranean. Their merchant ships often passed by the seas of Egypt, and they even often traded with towns along the coast of Egypt. I know that some Carthaginian ships carried gold and silver, but never had the intention of intercepting them, because the Egyptian army was not strong and the navy was weaker. Except for the Egyptians who did not like sailing, there was no dense forest in Egypt. Important reasons, so the Egyptians can only make small papyrus boats, and if they want to have large wooden warships, they can only buy them from abroad.

Therefore, Pharaoh Nektanib immediately asked with concern: I heard that Carthage is very powerful and has a powerful navy. If Dionysius and Carthage go to war, can you win?

Honorable Pharaoh! Ancitanos said with a smile: More than ten years ago, the Greek overlord of the Western Mediterranean, Syracuse, defeated Carthage one after another, forcing him to sign a humiliating peace treaty. But this defeated Carthage. Syracuse of Taiki suffered a crushing defeat when they attacked us in Dionia. We defeated the mighty navy of Syracuse in a frontal naval battle, and we defeated the mighty army of Syracuse in a frontal battle. , eventually making Syracuse an ordinary city-state in Sicily.

Today, the land and population of our Kingdom of Dionia have increased several times compared to more than ten years ago. How can Carthage be our opponent! The cunning Carthaginians only dared to declare war because we, Dionia, suffered a drought this year and did not have enough food to supply the army!

Ancitanos’s remarks were emotional, and they also secretly pointed out the predicament that Dionia is currently encountering.

Pharaoh Nektanib was pondering, and the minister who had spoken to him suddenly interjected: Egypt and Dionia have become allies. If one day, the Persian army invades Egypt, Dionia will send an army, not far away. Coming to Egypt to fight the Persians?

Ancitanos put on a proud posture and replied: When Dionysus was just established, we were willing to risk our demise and declared war on powerful enemies because our allies were invaded. In Dionysus In the short 20-year history of the founding of the country, most of the wars that occurred were caused by the invasion of the allies. In order to fulfill the covenant, Dionia had to fight against powerful enemies again and again. Fortunately, In the end they all won.

If you were to ask someone from the Western Mediterranean, what was the greatest virtue of the Dionysian kingdom? He will tell you, 'Dionia keeps her word and never turns her back on her allies! ’”

I heard this sentence from the Greek merchants in Naukrates... Pharaoh Nektanib said. When he was a general, he had heard this rumor. Only after he arrived did he move to form an alliance. The Egyptian army is not strong, and it was only with the help of more than 2,000 Greek mercenaries a few years ago that it held the line of defense. And to form an alliance with a country with a stronger military, more committed to its promises, and farther away from Egypt, he believes that Dionia is the best choice for Egypt to form an alliance.

What King Davos had always insisted on and preached had bloomed in the far-flung Egypt, which Ancitanos did not expect, but he was delighted with.

Pharaoh Nektanib put the token on the ground and said aloud: In order to repay the generous gift of King Davos, I will use a hundred ships of wheat as a reward! And after Egypt and Dionia formed an alliance, Egypt will continue to supply Dionia with free grain to solve the food shortage of the people of Dionia!

The well-mannered Ancitanos couldn't control the joy on his face at this time.

For the pharaohs and ministers present, they did not feel that it was a great loss. Food is abundant in Egypt. With the blessing of the Nile River, Egypt has been prosperous, and the vast number of Egyptian farmers have to turn over most of the harvest. The barns and temples of various towns are full of collected grains, and even moldy because of too long stacking.

After the alliance was finalized, Pharaoh Nektanib graciously invited Ancitanos to have lunch together in the garden of the palace.

After reaching the garden, Ancitanos widened his eyes, and in front of him was a huge artificial lake. The lake was vast, with lotus leaves fluttering, lotus flowers blooming, and the lakeshore was a lush garden, where people from abroad could be seen everywhere. All kinds of exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals...

Pharaoh Nektanib took Ancitanos to dine on a huge wooden boat in the lake, eating delicious food and wine, talking about the past and the present, and a beautiful maid dance...

For a while, the host and guests enjoyed themselves.

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At the same time that Ancitanos, the foreign minister of Dionia, arrived in Egypt, an important meeting was taking place in the city hall of the city of Catanay in Sicily.

The participants included Prosous (Leotizides), commander of the 8th Legion of Dionysus, Flarios, commander of the navy of the 3rd Fleet, Cypros, the administrator of Catane, and the administrator of Naxos. The governor Miron, the governor of Messina, Amikolis, the governor of Sikuli, Apirosia, the governor of Hena, the governor of Hebita, the governor of Hebita... In addition, there are two allied city-states Leoti The chief generals of Ni and Taunis were involved.

It stands to reason that all the leaders of the cities are present here, and their positions are not too different. Referring to King Davers's many innovations in handling government affairs in the past, a clever way of doing this is to implement a round table meeting, so that there is no Distinction. However, Cypros appeared at the top of the venue, with Prosous on his left, which made the chief executives who were familiar with Cypros’ character mutter in their hearts, but even a little dissatisfaction did not show on their faces.

Cypnos looked around the crowd and said sternly: My lords, you all know that a few days ago our First Legion had gathered north to help the Volsci and defend against the Romans. If the Carthaginians fulfill their obligations, they will be torn apart. What they said in the agreement, then they will soon declare war on us and send troops to Sicily. In fact, there are signs from Carthage that the Carthaginians are indeed preparing for war! In order to be able to Knowing the preparations of our Sicily, so that Your Majesty and the Senate can control the overall situation of the entire war and formulate a better strategy. Your Majesty sent Mr. Philisius from the Ministry of Military Affairs to come to Sicily for inspection. Now, please welcome Mr. Philisius. turn up!

All the chief executives were stunned for a moment: Philisius came to Sicily, and they were not notified in advance!

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