ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 581 Closing
"Dion, I heard that you organized the children to play games on the ship these days, which saved us a lot of trouble. Well done!" Dionysius praised.

"I can't help you with your matters. I can only do what I can to help you." Dion said neither humble nor condescending.

"What a man who does what he can do!" Dionysius praised loudly. He turned to look at his father-in-law: "I think in 20 years, Dion will become an outstanding minister of Syracuse! "

Hyparinus, who was usually serious, showed a smile.

Important minister?Philistus curled his lips slightly.

"Stop! You can't enter!" The guard suddenly yelled outside the door, which made Dionysius' heart tighten. Just as he was about to ask who it was, he heard the sound of fighting outside the door.

Angry roars and shrill screams continued to reach the ears of the people in the cabin, and everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Hyparinus hurriedly protected the two children behind him.

"I'm going out to see the situation." Philistos said nervously.

"No need to go! By this time, Mejikolis should have arrived with mercenaries. It's not that easy to intimidate me, Dionysius!" Dionysius was still calm, but his face was extremely ugly. I roughly guessed who the intruder was, and I felt like a storm was rising in my heart.

There was a "bang" and the hatch was kicked open. Little Dionysius was so frightened that he cried loudly.

Dionysius, Philistus, and Hyparinus turned pale. They were shocked to see Spartan warriors wearing scarlet cloaks, long hair, thick beards, and covered in blood, holding shields and spears, rushing in. cabin.

Dionysius and Philistus looked at each other with shock on their faces.

When he saw the person behind the scenes also stepping into the cabin, Dionysius yelled angrily: "Phoebidas, what do you mean?!"

"That's what you see." Phoebidas's eyes were cold. Five or six Spartans in front of him were in fighting postures, and the tips of their bayonet flashed with cold light.

The young and mature Dion had never seen such a terrible scene before, and the hand holding his father tightly was trembling.

"I...I said I won't go to Sparta, are you still...still forcing me to do it?" Dionysius shouted, trying hard to suppress the fear in his heart.

"I didn't say I would take you to Sparta." Phoebus's cold words made the three of them feel chilled.

"Phoebidas, you swore to Hercules to send us safely out of Sicily to where we want to go!" Philistus reminded Phoebus eagerly: "Spar Dako is the overlord of the Greek city-states! He is of the bloodline of Hercules! He has always been a role model for all Greeks! How dare he break his oath!"

"I did not violate it." Phoebus showed a triumphant smile, which made his whole face look a little weird: "I said 'I will ensure your safety and send you to Sparta,' but you yourself refused to go to Sparta. Bada, so of course the oath ceases to exist.”

"It turns out...it turns out you had a plan a long time ago." Dionysius suddenly realized.

"Aren't you planning to deceive me from the beginning!" Phoebus sneered.

After the initial shock and fear, Dionysius regained his composure and asked: "Even if I don't want to go to Sparta and go against the wishes of your Council of Elders, I won't let you come with swords and guns..." Deal with me, why?”

Phoebidas looked at him and did not answer him directly. Instead, he showed a look of understanding and smiled: "I know you are stalling for time and expecting the mercenaries to rescue you."

Dionysius felt bad about Phoebus's calm expression.

"Megicollis!" Phoebidas shouted, and soon the figure of the mercenary leader appeared at the cabin door.

Dionysius and others looked ashen.

"Compared with you going to a remote place to suffer hardship and not enjoy a good life, they are more willing to follow Sparta to win honor and land." Phoebus said proudly.

"But... Megycorlis, are you stupid? Sparta is poor and cannot afford your salary! But we can. If you think the money is small, we can increase it!..." Hyparinus was furious shouted, trying to get Mejikolis to change his mind.

Phoebidus laughed and said: "I don't have money in Sparta, but you do. Those cargo ships are full of silver coins, and the mercenaries have long been greedy!"

The situation was very critical. Dionysius finally lowered his arrogant head and begged in a low voice: "Phoebidas, for the sake of our past friendship, let us go!...Ah!...You can take silver coins and gold coins. Let’s go, there are still those warships and cargo ships, just let us leave...let us leave! Believe me, I can still retake Syracuse and provide greater help to Sparta’s hegemony!..."

Phoebus stared at him.

After a moment, he whispered: "I'm sorry, Dionysius, I was just following the orders of the Council of Elders..."

"Why?! Why?! You know that the Herolis gang can't control Syracuse at all! Let alone the more powerful Dionia! Only me! I can suppress the expansion of Dionia! I can Help you stabilize the Western Mediterranean!..." Dionysius roared out of control, and his ferocious expression frightened little Dionysius into crying even louder.

"...Sparta has signed a long-term friendly agreement with Dionia..." Although this matter is not allowed to be made public, Phoebidas felt that it didn't matter if they heard it: "One of them is that you The life of Dionysius..."

"...So this is it...Davos...Davos who deserves to go to Hades!..." Dionysius was despairing, and suddenly felt his legs were weak. His body swayed a few times, and he fell down. on the ground.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!...Dad!..."

"Brother-in-law!"

"Dionysius!"

……

These concerned voices reached his ears, making him feel extra warm. In the past, he was so obsessed with his dominance that he never paid attention to these. He looked at his son with tears on his face, the trembling Dio, and the man who was trying to remain calm. Philistus and the bloodless Hyparinus suddenly turned to Phoebiadas and said: "Phoebiadas, you can kill me and give my... head to Davos! But I think the treaty you signed will not include my family and my friends, so... So please let them go!... Even if you let them go to Sparta with you! Ah!..."

"Dionysius, my dear friend!" Philistus shouted excitedly.

Dionysius stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, and said in a deep voice: "Philip, I'm afraid I have to entrust you to take care of my family!"

Philistus nodded hesitantly with tears in his eyes.

"The treaty only requires your life." Phoebidas said: "But in order to convince the mercenaries, I agreed to Mejikolis' request."

"What request?!" Dionysius was shocked again, and turned his gaze to Megicolis, who kept his head lowered.

At this moment, he had raised his head, and his usually submissive and flattering face was full of sternness: "Lord Dionysius, every time you ask us to massacre the city, you clearly remind us, 'Don't let an enemy go. So as not to cause trouble to Syracuse in the future!’ I also followed your instructions today.”

Dionysius did not expect that the things he had done over the years would be retributive to his family. At this moment, he had no time to repent to the goddess of revenge. He walked a few steps on his knees and begged on his knees: "Megicolis" , you know how I have treated you mercenaries over the years! Not only are you paid generously, but I also allocate land to you, and I treat you far better than I treat my brothers! I trust you so much, and this is how you repay me Really!... Think about it, when you first came to Sicily, you didn't even have enough to eat every day..."

Phoebe Das was already a little impatient with Dionysius's sensational narration, he glanced at Meji Kolis: "What to do, you decide as soon as possible!"

Megicolis looked at the helpless and mournful Dionysius kneeling on the ground, but what came to his mind was that the tyrant immediately broke his promise and ordered Megicolis to lead the army after repelling the Carthaginian army approaching the city. The mercenaries arrested a total of 127 households of democrats, relatives and friends who wanted to oust him. Dionysius did not hesitate to issue the order to "execute all men, women and children, regardless of age", and the executioner was Meggie. Corliss, the cold eyes of Dionysius at that time were firmly imprinted in his heart.

We are not those Syracuse Democrats who lost their lives because of stupid compromises!Mejikolis felt furious and immediately shouted: "Brothers, do it!"

A dozen heavily armed mercenaries rushed into the cabin.

Seeing this, Phoebidas said, "Let's go."

The Spartan warriors surrounded him and retreated out of the cabin. He neither wanted to see Dionysius killed with his own eyes, nor did he want the Spartan warriors to be contaminated with the blood of Dionysius and his family.

Unexpectedly, the desperate Dionysius jumped up, and the mercenaries who had just rushed in were caught off guard, and he snatched the spear from their hands.

Holding a spear in his hand, he quickly retreated, protecting little Dionysius behind him. At the same time, he let out an ugly tearing laugh like a night owl: "Hahaha... Phoebus, you Spartans think you A peace treaty was signed with Dionia, and everything is safe. Bah! I bet that in less than 30 years, Sparta will be destroyed by the growing Dionia! By then, there will be no Sparta in the world. Spartans, I will wait for you in Hades!! Megicolis, if you betray me today, the Spartans will abandon you tomorrow! The Spartans can even deceive me, let alone treat you lowly The mercenaries!!..."

Phoebidas's face changed slightly. He did not expect that Dionysius was in trouble and was still stirring up trouble.At this time, Mejikolis looked at him subconsciously, and Phoebidas immediately shouted: "Kill them if you haven't already, what are you waiting for!"

"Yes! Yes!" Mejikolis immediately gave the order.

A dozen mercenaries rushed forward with shields and spears, but Dionysius could not resist them.

He was shot three times and fell to the ground.

On his deathbed, the screams of his son and friends no longer stirred up ripples in Dionysius's heart. In a trance, he saw his respected teacher, the great commander of Syracuse, defeating the Athenian army and the Carthaginians. Hermocrates and Hermocrates' daughter, his most beloved wife, were smiling at him...

He extended his hand happily...

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At this time, Davos, the new king of Dionia, led the first batch of troops to return to Thurii and was passing through the Arc de Triomphe in the city and heading to Victory Square.

People crowded on both sides of the road. They threw flower petals, waved ribbons, and excitedly cheered non-stop for the warriors who had saved the alliance and defended their homeland.

The carriage pulled by four white horses stopped at the west side of the square and at the foot of the steps of the Great Council Hall, and Davos steadily walked up to the high platform.

"Your Majesty!" The senators headed by Kunogorata and Cornerus saluted respectfully.

"Thank you!" Davos returned the favor and turned to face the square.

Before he could speak, the audience was already cheering:
"King Davos is victorious!!!..."

"The Dionia Alliance is victorious!!!..."

Note: [-]. Dionysius.

Historically, Dionysius died in 367 BC. He won the first prize in a Greek poetry competition. In order to celebrate the victory of the competition, he rarely drank happily. As a result, he fell ill from drinking too much. He had a fever, and the doctor prescribed him a dose of soothing and hypnotic drugs.After taking it, he fell into a deep sleep and never woke up again, so there is also a saying of "doctor poisoning".

After he conquered Sicily, he launched several wars against Magna Graecia. Ligium was conquered by him, Colonia and Hibernian were destroyed, and Crotone was also occupied.He also instigated the Lucanians to attack the territory of Turii, but they were repulsed by the Turii. However, Turii led a large army to counterattack the territory of Lucania, and the entire army was annihilated (this is what is described in the second volume of this article) The incident was just made to happen more than ten years in advance), and in the end, Turui, whose strength was greatly reduced, also surrendered to Syracuse.

After Dionysius conquered Magna Graecia, he then focused his attention on the Adriatic Sea. He established a number of colonial cities on the east and west coast of the Adriatic Sea in an attempt to make the Adriatic Sea a tin Lake Lacuza.Among these colonial cities are Ancona, as we know it, and Hadria (the predecessor of Venice).

When Syracuse was at its most powerful, its direct jurisdiction included most of Sicily and the southern part of the Italian Peninsula, with a population of about 220 million.In mainland Greece, many knowledgeable people even rank Syracuse and Persia, thinking that they are threats to Greece.At several Olympia Games, there were many scenes of Greek people surrounding Syracuse athletes’ camps, protesting against them, and even clashing.Of course, this is also related to Dionysius teaming up with mercenaries to rob the Sanctuary of Delphi, although they were ultimately unsuccessful.

In the second half of Dionysius's life, he had been fighting against the restored strength of Carthage, and lost more than he won, which restricted the further expansion of Syracuse. For this reason, Dionysius even transferred his hatred to Carthage's ally Rome.

In 390 BC, the Gauls in northern Italy moved south in large numbers to attack the Etruscans. Under the instigation of Dionysius, they defeated the Roman reinforcements, continued to speed south, crossed the Tiber River, and captured the city of Rome. , which became one of the most painful memories in Roman history.It can be seen that Dionysius is very good at dealing with aliens, so it is not surprising that in this article he incited the Samnites to fight against Dionia.

Dionysius had groundbreaking political wisdom.He implemented different ruling methods for the ruled areas under his jurisdiction according to the different conditions in their respective regions. Later, Rome's system was very similar to it; he subdivided arms and conducted professional training, which later Macedonia benefited a lot.

He himself was very restrained in his living habits, and strictly restricted his children from misbehaving, but his rule over the people of Syracuse was indeed very strict, perhaps because his mentor and father-in-law Hermocrates was demoted to Syracuse democracy. Pai deceived and killed his wife, and his wife was humiliated and died by the mob. He himself was seriously injured and managed to escape by hiding among the dead... These tragic experiences in his early years must have caused a big change in his temperament.

Dionysius is a complex historical figure, and I hope that the description can be like one-tenth of this hero, and I will be satisfied.

[-]. Dion.

The famous historical figure written by Plutarch, the famous ancient Roman historian, in "The Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans", according to the time in this book, he should be less than ten years old, and little Dionysius was not yet born. , the author still let the two of them show up at the last moment, because there will be no chance again.

As the "prime minister" of the next generation of tyrants of Syracuse who was specially trained by Dionysius, Dio was once sent to Athens to study. Plato was his teacher, and the two had a deep friendship.Perhaps influenced by the democratic ethos of Athens, while assisting Dionysius the Younger, he also hoped that the young tyrant would become more democratic and wise, so he invited Plato.

Plato used "virtue" to educate young Dionysius, hoping to cultivate a "philosopher king".But not long after, little Dionysius got tired of them and was bewitched by others, so he invited Philistus back, who had been demoted to Hadelia for many years.

As soon as the wily Philistus came back, he made it clear: Plato and Dion's methods did not apply to Syracuse.After some of his operations, little Dionysius suspected that the two men had ulterior motives.

Plato returned to Athens angrily, and Dion was expelled from Syracuse.As a result, a few years later, he led his army back to Syracuse to overthrow the tyrant rule.When the newly established council wanted to democratically elect generals, he believed that power must be concentrated to be efficient, and any city-state resolution had better have his approval!
Therefore, his self-willedness prevented the chaos in Syracuse from being quelled, and eventually he died in the riots. Syracuse's strength was greatly damaged and it was declining.

I feel that he is a bit like Yeltsin. I don’t understand why Plutarch chose him instead of other more famous figures who had a greater impact on ancient Greek history, such as Epaminondas. Is it because Dion advocated democracy and engaged in coup? !

[-]. Herolis.

In the information I collected, there is very little information about this historical figure. I only know that he was a supporter of Dionysius in the early days, and later opposed the dictatorship of Dionysius. His sentence later became a famous saying in the West. This can be seen in "The power of a monarch is but a fancy shroud".

Before Dionysius invaded Magna Graecia, he fled Sicily and united the city-states in Magna Graecia to form a coalition to defend Magna Graecia.As a native of Syracuse, he actually became the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.I don’t understand why an outsider became the commander-in-chief of Magna Graecia?Is it because he is famous, or is it because choosing a general from another city-state will cause conflicts, so everyone accepts his choice?
Herolis led the coalition army to march against the Syracuse army that invaded Magna Greece, and he was in the vanguard and at the forefront of the team.He did not send reconnaissance cavalry or spies to inspect the battlefield in advance, and without knowing the specific location of the enemy, he marched rashly. As a result, he was attacked head-on by the well-prepared Syracuse army near the Silitium.

Herolis was not afraid. While resisting tenaciously, he also sent messengers to inform the troops behind him to arrive as soon as possible.

As a result, the coalition forces continued to engage in battle with "fuel tactics", and were defeated by Dionysius wave after wave.Herolis died in battle, and the most powerful armed force in Magna Graecia was forced to surrender. Magna Greece could no longer stop Dionysius's ambition to conquer.

Sometimes, the author really doubts that Herolis is a villain, and this military command ability is too bad!Therefore, everyone can also understand that it is very possible that Diomeras, the consul of Tarantum, was easily ambushed by the Mepp coalition forces in the previous article, because the command skills of many Greek city-state generals in this era were indeed very poor. , and the tactics are also backward.In order to increase the excitement of the war, the author also intentionally raised their level. Otherwise, the Dionysian army formed by Davos's advanced military theory in the previous life would be...

[-]. Feidun

Mentioning this name, many readers may not remember who it is.Feidun is Lijim's general, why mention him specifically?Because he is the only person with a historical record and a surname among the materials of this period in Magna Graecia that the author has collected (the other is Archita).Some may ask, what about Cunogorata and Cornerus?These are all fictional characters by the author, which also shows that there are too few historical records of Magna Graecia during this time period.

There are not many records about Feidun. We only know that after the Allied Forces of Magna Graecia were defeated, he still led the Ligium army to fight against Dionysius. He suffered repeated defeats and had a tenacious style, which caused a lot of trouble to Dionysius. big trouble.Therefore, after the city of Ligem was destroyed, Dionysius killed his entire family, including relatives and friends, and he was regarded as the "three tribes of barbarians".

Okay, I’ve just posted so much nonsense, and I’m suspected of cheating on the word count, but I’ve collected so much information on Sicily and Magna Graecia, and the insights I finally summarized and summarized should be worth some money, haha!

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