Chapter 181 Rebellion in Asia Minor

But the Temple of Zeus in Olympia is one of the oldest and most magnificent temples in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Olympia Games are the oldest Greek games. Since it has had it, the Greek world has had its own chronology (with the number of Olympia Games as the chronology) , which is also the most attended and the widest range of city-states involved, Olympia and Delphi have always been symbols of Greek culture that linked the Greek city-states across the Mediterranean.

It stands to reason that Clotokatax will use the same method as Delphi to appease Olympia, but Olympia worships the god Zeus, while the Dionians firmly believe that Hades is the king of the gods , the two are fundamentally opposed, which determines that this will never be a visit with a gentle breeze.

To know how to deal with Olympia, Davos once sent an instruction personally. Clotokatax found it difficult to accept it. Patroclus once expressed his willingness to carry out this plan in his place. After two days of painful thinking Prince Dionia finally decided to go in person, because he kept in mind the words written in his father's letter: "...As a king, you should not only enjoy flowers and fine wine, but also bear infamy and infamy when necessary. Disagreement, the road to prosperity and power through the kingdom has never been smooth sailing, iron and blood are essential!  …”

Olympia is located in the southern part of the Elis region, at the confluence of the Alfios and Kladios rivers. In its holy place, in addition to the temple of Zeus, the temple of Hera, the priest's house, and a place for the representatives of the city-states and the winners to gather and celebrate. Qing’s council hall and others are places for competitions. There are no villages where civilians live. Plane trees, olive trees, willows, and pine trees grow lushly in the open space between the buildings, making it full of the atmosphere of the mountains. When there are no major sacrificial activities, Olympia seems a little sparsely populated, giving people a feeling of isolation.

The army that followed Clotokatax to Olympia more than doubled from that at Delphi, and more than half of them were the original Heros who came from Messenia and Lagonia, and they brought Olympia around Surrounded, murderous.

Clotokataxes forcibly gathered the priests of Zeus together, assumed a fierce look, and threatened them, saying: The other city-states have confessed that this war with Dionia was caused by the priests of Olympia. Deliberately instigating, so Dionia came to hold the Olympian priests responsible for the war, unless they were willing to promise not to declare Zeus as the god-king from now on, and were willing to accept the Dionysian Holy Kingdom in name. the supervision of the main temple of Dis, then they will be exonerated and can continue to serve Zeus as honorable priests and continue to preside over the Olympia Games, or they will be charged with war criminals, stripped of their priesthood, and expelled from Olympia. , all the city-states of the new Greek alliance are not allowed to take them in (originally Davos asked Clotokatax to execute the Olympian priest who refused to cooperate to achieve the effect of killing a hundred people, but the kind-hearted Clotokatax will It was changed to eviction).

Zeus is the king of the gods, but the priests of Zeus in Olympia are not only not strong, but are often angry. Alice and Pisa were often at war to gain control of Olympia, and from time to time asked the priests of Olympia to come forward, they were like grass on the wall,

Support whichever side is stronger, and change your tune as soon as the situation changes.

The same goes for the Olympia Games. In the past, when Alice and Sparta clashed, Alice used his identity as the owner of Olympia to expel the Spartan players and did not allow them to participate. The priests did not dare to object; Sparta led the army soon after. Arrive at Olympia, expelled the Elise, and then announced that "all the results of the games will be void before the resumption of the Games", the priests also only claim... This ridiculous thing has happened many times in the past.

It was precisely because of this situation that Clotokatax dared to accept this task, because he felt that the Olympian priests who had been compromising for a long time in such an environment should have few hard bones.

His judgment was not wrong, except for a few young priests who were expelled for their staunch opposition, the other priests chose to submit.

Since then, the two major holy places in Greece, Delphi and Olympia, have also been dominated by the Holy Kingdom of Dionysus like other Greek city-states.

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On this day, Timothy led the fleet to patrol the near east coast and returned to Tyre. As soon as he got off the ship, he found the messenger of the King of Persia waiting at the dock.

"Your Majesty wants to summon me?"

"Yes, Your Majesty has something important to discuss with you!" The messenger said solemnly.

"What is the important thing?" Timothy couldn't help but ask again.

"Don't ask too much, hurry up with us to see the king!" The messenger urged impatiently.

Timothy looked at the arrogant-looking messenger and behind him a group of Persian royal guards who were wearing gorgeous armor and holding their heads high, and couldn't help but slander in his heart: pure Persian nobles are so annoying and regard Greeks as Greeks. barbarian.

Timothy has lived in Persia for many years, and has become accustomed to this. Although he has some doubts in his heart, he still does not hesitate to follow the messenger to the residence of the Persian king.

The Persian king was stationed in Damascus, east of Phoenicia, but not in a town, but in a camp, but the scene of thousands of troops gathering here and the lively and noisy scene no longer exists, because several The 100,000 main Persian army is far away from this place and has been fighting in Egypt for nearly two months. Only the Persian king and his royal family, entourage, and ministers continue to stay here. But compared with this huge camp, it is still too rare.

Looking at the empty tents everywhere, Timothy couldn't help but think: If the Egyptians sent a surprise army, bypassed the main Persian force, and raided here, a fire could burn it to ashes.

Timothy quickly suppressed the strange thought, for they had approached the center of the camp, guarded by burly and well-armed undead, who always looked with suspicion at every attempt to enter the camp. People, even with messengers to lead the way, Timothy was allowed to enter the residence of the Persian king after several rigorous checks.

The big tent of the Persian king stands in the center of the camp like a house. It is decorated magnificently just on the outside, and the Persian king's flag - a golden eagle is erected high in front of it.

The king of Persia often entertained guests in the big tent. Timothy once participated in it. The sumptuous food, slender dancers, beautiful music... But it was memorable. But at that time, Timothy was still a little uneasy. He felt that the King of Persia was a little too optimistic about this war. It seemed that he could conquer Egypt quickly.

Timothy's hunch was correct. The battle had been going on for nearly two months. The huge army had been blocked on the east bank of the Nile River, and the naval warships had not yet found a chance to break through the fortresses and water gates at the mouths of the tributaries of the Nile River and enter the Nile River. the heart of the delta.

At this moment, he heard the roar from the big tent, and suddenly felt uneasy: Could the king of Persia called him this time because he had been the commander of the fleet for two months without any major results, and he had to fight against He reprimanded? !

The more Timothy thought about it, the more guilty he felt, and he even felt that the palace guards outside the tent looked a little weird at him.

"Your Majesty, bring it here, Admiral Timothy!"

"Tie me this Greek who is trying to rebel!" Artaxerxes roared, and the guards who had been prepared immediately knocked Timothy to the ground, tied him into a dumpling, and dragged him to Arles. in front of Tarxerxes.

Attempt to rebel? ! ... Timothy became a prisoner with a dumbfounded face, and could only scream in a panic.

"Wronged?!" Artaxerxes roared angrily: "Ariobazenis rebelled, he had a plan, that's why you brought so few troops here to deceive me! I'm really blind, You actually appointed you as the commander-in-chief of the Persian fleet! As a result, you deliberately delayed the war and wasted two months of my time, but gave the rebellious enough time to prepare! Damn Greek barbarians, I’m so grateful for trusting you! …”

Artaxerxes became more and more angry, stepped forward and kicked Timothy to the ground: "Drag me out and chop!"

The guard stepped forward and pulled Timothy's hair, then dragged him out.

Timothy endured the pain and cried out: "Ariobazenis harmed me!..."

Knowing that he had no chance of surviving, he simply scolded: "Artaxerxes, you are an incompetent king, no wonder your brother wants to usurp the throne, and your ministers want to rebel, as long as you are on the throne for one day, Persia will There will never be peace!  …”

"Kill him! Kill him!..." Artaxerxes was furious.

A moment later, Timothy's head was presented, and Artaxerxes was still angry, and said with hatred: "Cut off his hands, and send them to Ariobazenis together with his head. Send it!"

This was done because Artaxerxes remembered how he disposed of the corpse of his younger brother, Cyrus, and was so angry that his mother, who loved the little Cyrus, was seriously ill.

He even thought that the rebellion in Asia Minor was also caused by his younger brother, because his father appointed Cyrus the younger as the military commander in western Persia. As a result, Cyrus, who was good at winning people's hearts, not only used the financial resources of Asia Minor to hire a group of Greeks He fought, and he also won the support of the governors and nobles of almost the entire region of Asia Minor, so he had the confidence to compete with him for the throne.

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