ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 264 Elia's Belonging
Davers' speech received thunderous applause. The enthusiastic players and the audience outside the field sang the Hades carol together. After that, each team hurriedly left the field and the football game officially began.

According to the new tournament rules, the eight teams have been divided into two groups, A and B. Last year's champions and runners-up, Turiyi and Amendolara, have become the seeds and belong to two groups respectively. The remaining teams have drawn lots to determine their affiliation.

The final members of Group A are Turui, Niutum, Krimisa, and Grumentum; the members of Group B are Amendolara, Laos, Castellon, and Aspurustum. .

The two groups compete in a single round-robin, with one point for a win and zero points for a loss. There is no tie. Teams with the same points will determine the outcome. The top two teams in the group will qualify and enter the knockout rounds to determine the champion.

In order to get a good start, Davers specifically selected Thurii VS Niutum, a close match, as the opening game to attract the attention of the audience.

When the two teams Thurii and Niutum re-entered the stadium, the audience burst into cheers.Most of the spectators present were Thurii people, so of course they wanted to cheer for the local team, while most of the Lucanians cheered for Niutum.In their cheers, the names of Tegetilos and Lizaru were mentioned the most, because one is a strong and powerful running back, and the other is a flexible and fast running back. They are all famous scorers for their respective teams.

Bagule in the audience was so excited that he shouted loudly and stamped his feet at the same time. He didn't have the stability of a powerful senator. If it weren't for the fact that he had just become the chief executive of Grumentum, he was busy with affairs. , without time to train with the team, he will never be a spectator on the sidelines.

Asistes, who was standing next to him, saw what he was thinking and teased him: "Now that you are the administrator of Grumentum, you should support Grumentum's team. Nieutum is the leader of Grumentum." Thum's main opponents entering the knockout rounds, you should hope they lose."

Bagule glared at him, and then he actually became entangled.

The referee blew the piccolo and the game officially started.

As a strong competitive country in Magna Graecia, although the previous rugby games in Dionia were already well-known in Magna Graecia, the Crotone people still dismissed it.Now as the game progresses, these invited Crotone dignitaries began to be attracted by the fierce collisions and fierce confrontation scenes. Even General Crotone and Navy Commander Ascamas, who had been gossiping before, stopped In addition to ridicule, the strict organization, reasonable rules, the unique ball games of this era, and the exciting sports scenes shocked the general who had represented Crotone many times in the four major competitions in his youth. He praised loudly: "I didn't expect rugby to be such a sport. It is much more interesting than the stone ball throwing and catching game that the Spartans can only play by themselves. It is very interesting and very suitable for us in Crotone." People involved!"

"Why?" someone next to him asked.

"Look, there are a lot of people on the field. Although the scene looks chaotic, it is basically two kinds of sports, attacking and blocking attacks." Askamas pointed to the field and analyzed with reason: "To do this Two points, players who need to participate must have strong strength, fast speed, and be able to not be afraid of collisions, and these are exactly what our Crotone athletes are good at!"

Askamas' proud words caused the surrounding Crotones to nod.Crotone's athletes have long been dominant in the two sports events of wrestling and boxing, and they do have rich experience in training athletes' strength and explosiveness.

"After we go back, we should convince the Citizens' Assembly to let the Crotones start practicing rugby and participate in this competition next year to defeat these Dionysian teams!" Ascamas looked around at the cheering Dionysians. The audience members had a bit of anger hidden in their eyes.

At this moment, Tegetilos of the Thurii team happened to hold the ball and score a touchdown. The whole audience burst into cheers, which made Askamas even more excited.

"Master Askamas is right! We will also participate next year and defeat the Dionians!" Some Crotones said in unison. Being defeated by the Dionians made these proud Crotones The people felt aggrieved, and they had the same thoughts as Askamas. They wanted to win back their dignity on the field to prove the strength of the Crotone people.

Lysias frowned as he listened to the discussion of his companions.His mind was not completely absorbed by the game, but was thinking about some deeper issues.There are four major traditional sports games in Greece and a famous Panathenaic Festival in the Mediterranean. Athletes from the city-states of Greater Greece are very enthusiastic to participate. They are much more active than the Greek city-states along the coast of Asia Minor, and they participate in every Olympian Games. In the game, the athletes of Magna Graecia all performed well.However, Magna Graecia itself does not have an influential sports meeting. The Crotones, who love competition, once tried to hold a sports meeting that only the city-states of Magna Graecia participated in, but the result was a failure.On the one hand, Crotone's influence was not enough, and the Magna Greeks did not agree with it; on the other hand, many city-states had long-term conflicts of interest and could not reach an agreement.As a result, this has become a pity for the Crotones!
Now, although Dionia's rugby game is only a single game, it includes so many cities in Great Greece, and it seems to be attracting more city-states to participate...Let Lucias vaguely see an area Shadows of sex games.

Is this a coincidence?Or did the Dionians do it intentionally?Lysias looked at the figure of Davos in the front row. Through these two days of contact, this seemingly gentle young consul gave him an unfathomable feeling: In just a few months, Dionis Ya not only stabilized the situation in the newly occupied Asprostum and Crimesa, but also heard that he recently occupied Grumentum, a large city in the Lucania region.

The citizens' assembly in Crotone is still arguing over a series of issues such as whether the newly joined native residents of Asproustum should obtain full citizenship rights and the rezoning of the Crotone plain land that was damaged by the war.

At first, Lysias wanted to survive this difficult period and let Crotone rise again. But after more and more contact with Dionia, he took the rapidly developing Dionia and Dionia every time. Comparing Crotone, which has always been stagnant, Lysias almost lost confidence: If this continues, Crotone will be left far behind by Dionia!
But he was in a hurry, but he was helpless.Crotone's democratic government has always been like this. He has studied why Dioria's governance is so efficient, but these methods are simply impossible to implement in Crotone.Sometimes he also thinks: joining the South Italian League may be the best thing Crotone has done.

Hearing what Askamas and the others said, Lysias laughed at their naivety in his heart: Even if Crotone really sends a team next year, what if they win Dionia?Regardless of winning or losing, Dionia is a big winner!
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On the third day, while the football game was still in full swing, the Elia envoy Canios was received by Davos.

The young consul received him very warmly, and after Kanios gained a deeper understanding of the Dionia Alliance in the past two days, he also put aside his initial restraint and reserve, and the two had a friendly conversation.

Davos listened carefully to Canios talking about Elia's current predicament, and learned some information about the Campania region and the Samnite people from Canios... During the conversation, Happily, the alliance agreement was finally reached: Elijah joined the Dionian Alliance.

After signing the alliance agreement, the tight string in Kanios' heart can finally be relaxed, because Davos solemnly promised: as long as any force dares to invade Elia, Dionia will definitely send troops to help immediately Allies of Elia, repel the enemy!

At the same time, Davos also implicitly stated that when Dionia takes action in the Lucania region in the future, he hopes that Elia can actively cooperate.

Kanios agreed with all his heart, and he realized with joy: Finally, he saw the arrival of hope to solve the nightmare that had troubled Elia for decades. The feeling of having a powerful force behind him was really reassuring!

Kanios was in a cheerful mood as he walked out of the living room.Then, he saw a person coming towards him, smiling and waving to him.

Why is Sipulos here?Kanios was filled with doubts while returning the gesture.

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"My lord, since we have become an alliance with Aelia, do we still need to talk to the envoys of Picosis, Potentia, and Garacuso?" Aristocrates asked curiously.

"What do you think?" Davers looked at the back of Kanios leaving, feeling very relaxed. Elia's joining the alliance made him feel that he was one step closer to the goal of unifying Lucania.

"I think...they should take advantage of the weakened strength of Pixis and Potentia, and at the same time, they don't know the good time for Elia to join the alliance, and suddenly launch an attack. Any force in Tia!" Aristocrates followed Davos for so long, and he more or less learned the method of obtaining the greatest benefit with the least casualty.

But Davos shook his head slightly and did not agree with this: "Your raid strategy is indeed good. But it is not suitable for implementation at this time."

"Why, my lord?" Aristocrates asked anxiously, a little dissatisfied.

"Yesterday, when Bagulu and Asistes came to report on the situation in Grumentum, you heard it on the sidelines. The situation in Grumentum was not very optimistic. There were conflicts between tribes from time to time. Several This time almost led to a small battle... After all, Grumentum is different from Niutum. It is located in the center of the Lucania region, with many tribes and complex sources. It is surrounded by enemies. It is necessary to control the grid. After Rumtum and its surrounding areas have stabilized, Bagule and the others will have to work hard for at least one or two years to get these Lucanians to recognize us from the bottom of their hearts and accept our governance... If we rush to attack other areas now, Once an accident occurs, the turmoil in Grumentum is very likely to repeat the tragedy of Thurii..." Davos said calmly.

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