Chapter 96 Henepolis
Hearing this, Davos fell into contemplation: It is customary for citizens of the Greek city-state to bring their own rations for three days, but no more than five days at most. He has never heard of paying rations for so many days, which is no different from direct donation. Citizens are obliged to fight for the city-state and donate their blood and lives, but they are not obliged to donate their property for the city-state. Doing so will probably arouse the dissatisfaction of the citizens, dampen their enthusiasm for fighting, and set a bad precedent...
Seeing that Davos was hesitating, Mersis continued to persuade: "Although the soldiers are required to bring more rations, they are not at a loss at all. After defeating Bruty, they will be able to share more. land!"
Davers pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "Dionysia has made a plan to divide land according to military merit. We cannot use this bill to ask citizens for additional benefits."
"Davers..." Mersis wanted to persuade again.
Davos interrupted him and said thoughtfully: "But... Mersis, you reminded me. We can borrow a certain amount of grain from the citizens in the name of the Senate... After the treasury is full, we will The principal is repaid with interest to the citizens who borrowed the food. What do you think of this method?"
"That's a good idea!" Mersis exclaimed, "But the interest rate can't be too high."
"It's up to you to decide the interest." Davos became lighthearted when he saw that the military rations problem was solved: "You are the best financial officer in Southern Italy! But you'd better work out a plan as soon as possible and propose it at the Senate meeting. "
"With your support, Davos, is the bill still not passed!" Mersis was also in a good mood, and took the opportunity to flatter, and then said: "I went to the Tino River the day before yesterday and saw your... ...Under construction... Well, the hot spring bath is about to be built, when are you going to start operating it officially? Don't forget, let me know as soon as possible, I will be the first citizen to enter the hot spring bath!"
When he was in Persia, while enjoying the massage of the female slaves trained by Davos, Mersis also heard Davos describe the combination of massage and hot spring water bath, which is not only more comfortable, but also more beneficial to the body. . Since the construction of the large hot spring bath, he has gone to inspect more times than Davos, the real owner.
Davos was of course aware of this, and readily agreed to him.
After Davos sent Mersis away, he returned to the living room and thought hard about the map of the Bruti area drawn by the envoy of Sirius: How to fight the Bruti people? Where would be the best opening to shorten the course of the war? ...
After pondering for a long time, he got up and went for a walk in the corridor to relax his mind and clear his mind.
"Father!" In the middle of the courtyard, Adoris, who was playing rugby toss with the slaves, waved hello to him.
Davers also responded with a smile and reminded him to pay attention to safety. The siblings adopted by Davos, who were unfamiliar and restrained from the very beginning, finally integrated into the family after living together for more than a year. According to what Cristoia said, especially Cynthia, she became very sensible and often helped her take care of little Chloe. After Davos came back, he hadn't seen this smart and lovely adopted daughter, so he should still be studying at school now.
Davers thought as he walked around the corridor. Just after walking around, I ran into Henepolis who came back from outside.
As the son of Avinogis, the consul of Laos, when Henepolis first came to study in Turii, Davos placed him in his own home from the beginning, which was both a tribute to Avinogis It is also the cultivation of Henepolis and his identification with Dionia. This practice of Davos was gradually popularized among the elders of the senate, such as Castellon, Neutum and other allied city-states or the children of the leaders of the small tribes of Lucania came to Turii to play and learn. , Most of them are not staying in hotels, but are invited to live in the homes of the elders of the senate, for example: the children of the chief general of Castellon, Amicris, live in the home of Kunogolata.
"My lord, you're back!" Henepolis began to shout as soon as he saw Davos: "How is it, defeated those savages?!"
Davos smiled and said lightly: "Tarantum has signed a peace agreement with them." Then he changed the subject: "I heard that you are now studying with Lord Ancitanos."
When Heneapolis first arrived, his mind was uncertain. First I went to the hospital and said I wanted to learn medicine, but I stayed for a while, and gave up because I couldn't bear the screams and bloody scenes of the patients; later I went to the Institute of Mathematics, but I was dizzy because of the complicated calculations; Went to the arena for a while to practice rugby. It was not until the school was established that he applied to study with Ancitanos, a scholar who was already well-known in southern Italy. At least after a few months, he performed well.
"My lord, the old man Ancitanos is too much. He uses me as a slave. Not only does he arrange a lot of scribe work for me, but he also often runs errands for him..." Henepolis was bitter.
"Since that's the case, I'm going to tell Ancitanos, and then I'll give you another teacher." Davos said seriously, looking very considerate for him.
Henipolis quickly waved his hand: "Don't! Don't go! If you say that, he doesn't know how to torture me again!"
He lowered his head and stammered: "...Actually...Actually, I learned from him...I really learned a lot, which made me interested in history...Today, he asked me to come back and write a story. An essay on 'Why Sybaris Died'."
"Oh." Davos was interested: "Why do you think Sybaris perished?"
"Of course it's because of the difference in commanding ability between Xybaris and Crotone! Crotone was able to defeat Xybaris because they had Pythagoras, just like today we Dionia were able to defeat Crotone. Rotone is because there is an adult like you!" Henipolis replied without hesitation, and flattered along the way.
us! When Davos heard this word, his eyes flashed and he smiled: "There is a more important reason. The long-term rich and luxurious life has not only corroded the bodies of the Sybaris, but also corroded their minds, causing them to lose Otherwise, even if Pythagoras won the battle with clever tricks, Ixobalis is a powerful national power, they can completely reorganize the army, use the abundant resources and sufficient population to continue with Crotone Carry out a protracted battle, so that the Crotones will not let the Crotones pursue their victory and easily occupy their city-state!
The same is true of Crotone today. Having served as overlords of Greater Greece for a long time, they became proud and disarmed, and at the same time became accustomed to peace. When our troops set foot on the plains of Croton, they hurriedly demanded peace. Had they chosen to continue fighting against us in Dionia, our Alliance would not have achieved where it is today so quickly. So there is a saying that says, 'Difficult circumstances make a city-state struggle to survive, and a comfortable life makes it easy for a country to perish! ’”
Henepolis' eyes lit up, repeated the last sentence, and then said excitedly: "Sir, what you said is so good! I will write it into my article and let the old man know how good I am! "
Davers said narrowly: "Don't say it was me."
"Of course!"
There was laughter in the courtyard.
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A few days later, Antaoris returned to Turii, and when the Senate learned of what the Brutes had done, they were all very angry, and they threatened to punish Bruti severely.
A day later, Cypros, the messenger of Trina, came to Turii with a small number of Sirus who had escaped the encirclement and suppression of the Bruti tribal alliance.
Davos personally received them and formally promised that Dionia would seek justice for them from the Brute Tribal Alliance in due course.
Afterwards, these Xilu people whose relatives were slaughtered and lost their homes not only told their tragic experience in the Senate, but also told the people of Dionysia in the square and at the assembly, which aroused the sympathy of many citizens and said: Help these poor Greeks to avenge the hateful Brutians!
For a time, there was a tense atmosphere of war in Dionia, but the Senate did not issue a war mobilization, because the autumn received...
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Corinth, a Greek city-state on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, a city-state with a long history like Sparta, because of its isthmus of Corinth in the geographical center of the Greek mainland, not only made it an ideal for the gathering of the Greeks For example, in the Hippo War decades ago, the Peloponnesian Alliance troops often gathered here and set off. At the same time, the unique geographical location also brought convenience for trade.
As early as more than 100 years ago, the reputation of Corinth flourished in Greece. Not only was it rich in the Mediterranean, but also its culture was very developed. For this reason, the strong and confident Corinthians created the Isthmus Games, which soon became one of the four major games in Greece. .
The quadrennial celebration of Poseidon, the year after the Olympia Games, was supposed to take place this summer, but was postponed to September for some reason. Even so, the Greeks who came to participate in and watch the games still came to this isthmus city-state from all over the Mediterranean in an endless stream. Almost all the well-known city-states in Greece sent athletes to participate, even though there were some conflicts with Corinth in recent years. Bada also sent a team to participate. Only the Athenians still remembered that after the Peloponnesian War, when the Peloponnesian League city-states were discussing how to deal with Athens, the Corinthians insisted that they should kill all the Athenians and put Atti. The card area became a wilderness, so no one was sent to participate.