ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 955 Teacher Ansitanos
Because young and middle-aged citizens were deployed to fight and did not return for a long time, people's families lacked labor. Many families needed to purchase more slaves to ensure that farmland planting and harvesting and family workshops could be completed smoothly... Therefore, this resulted in the prosperity of the slave market.

There are only two places in Turiyi that have not been affected by the war at all: one is Turiyi School, where teachers still have classes as usual. Even if a student's father dies in the war, he will continue to teach under the guidance of the teacher and the guidance of his peers. Gradually coming out of grief while having fun; the other is Dionia Academy. Both the knowledgeable teachers and the students who are studying at a high level continue to focus on their own research and study, but this does not mean that As a result, they turned a deaf ear to the current situation.

Behind the classroom of the School of Liberal Arts, Ansitanos was sitting under a big tree, telling the history of Egypt. More than 20 students surrounded him, sitting casually on the grass, listening to his story carefully while Use a pen to write down the main points on the wooden board you carry with you, and keep raising your hands to ask questions. The atmosphere is relaxed and lively.

Ansitanos looked up at the sky and said, "That's it for today's class. In the morning two days later, we will continue -"

As he was talking, he saw a student's hand raised high, so he asked gently: "Ionicus, do you have any questions?" "

"Teacher, His Majesty King Davos is now leading an army to fight against the mighty Carthage in Sicily. Can we win?"

Ancitanos frowned: "This is not something to teach—"

"Teacher, tell us something!"

"Teacher, don't you always say that 'learning history is to find experience from the past and make wiser choices when encountering crises'? And now we are at war with Carthage. Isn't it the worst that the kingdom has ever encountered? A difficult moment! So, can we win this important war? Can you use your method of analyzing history to analyze this war for us?!"

"Ever since I heard that 'the Carthaginian army has invaded our territory in Sicily,' I have been very worried and can't even study with peace of mind! Teacher, you are knowledgeable and know more than us, no matter whether your analysis is good or bad , I can settle down and work harder to prepare for the future!"

"Teacher, just tell us something!"

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The students' request made the good-tempered Ansitanos sigh helplessly: "Okay, then I will tell you about this war."

The students suddenly cheered.

Ansitanos did not speak immediately. He pondered for a while before speaking: "I'm sorry, I can't reveal some details about this war to you because they involve kingdom secrets, and I don't know much about military affairs either. It is also impossible to understand and analyze the strategies and tactics adopted by both sides. I can only talk about some of my opinions based on what I know about the current situation of both sides and my analysis of the past history of the Mediterranean..."

The students immediately sat upright, ready to listen.

Ansitanos cleared his throat and said slowly: "I have just mentioned that Egypt was once conquered by the Assyrians from the Mesopotamia, and Egypt had been a powerful kingdom in the Eastern Mediterranean before that. Come again. Talking about Assyria, Assyria, which dominated the eastern Mediterranean, was later destroyed by the rising Persians. This was also mentioned in the book "History" written by Herodotus. The arrogant Persians tried to conquer the The West conquered the entire Mediterranean, but was defeated by the city-states headed by Sparta and Athens in mainland Greece, which they looked down upon. Herodotus described this in more detail. Afterwards, Athens and Sparta Begins to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean...

What do I mean by saying this?If you read the history of these countries carefully, you will find that they all have a process from weak to strong, and from strong to declining. A country is like a person, going through childhood, youth, youth, adulthood, old age... The entire period may have died midway.

When he was a teenager, because he was weak, he had to endure bullying, was forced to sign various unequal agreements, and tried hard to make friends with the strong men around him; when he reached his youth, he had a strong body and strong energy. , it wants to compete with strong opponents; in middle age, its strength and energy decline, its character becomes stable, and it will work hard to maintain the various honors it has won; and in old age, its body becomes weak , not only is the wealth easily robbed by others, but even life is difficult to save... Tell me, in which period is the most terrifying period for a kingdom?

"Youth, of course!"

“No, I think it’s middle age!”…

The students rushed to speak.

Ancitanos waited for them all to express their opinions, and then said: "My opinion is youth, because this time is the most energetic, enterprising, and united, just like the gathering of mountains. The rising stream, even if there is a tall rock in front of it, it will rush down until it merges into a wide river... Assyria and Persia basically worked hard at this time, eliminated the powerful countries that hindered them, and expanded rapidly. established the dominance.

In middle age, there are not only strong enemies externally, but also many conflicts internally. The entire country has to spend more energy to solve these problems, and the country's property is also wasted in internal friction. Therefore, it will not only stop External expansion, and sometimes even forced inward contraction, which country do you say belongs to this situation? "

"Teacher, is it Persia?!" A student said first: "More than 20 years ago, there was civil strife in Persia over the struggle for the throne, and His Majesty Davos also participated in that war. After that, Sparta invaded Asia Minor, and the Persians actually There was no ability to repel them. Although the Spartans finally sued for peace, it was because of the Corinthian War. A few years ago, the Persian army attacked Egypt again, but was repulsed... Doesn't this fit in with what you said, teacher? What’s the situation you’re talking about!”

"That's right, Asidatis! I have the same opinion as you." Ansitanos praised loudly without hesitation, and then asked other students: "So what period do you think the kingdom is in now? ?”

"It's the teenage years!" Some students said in unison, while others hesitated to speak.

"Our kingdom has only been established for more than ten years now. If we count from the establishment of the alliance, it has only been 20 years. If we look at it from a time perspective, the Kingdom of Dionia, which has only a history of more than ten years, does seem like a teenager. "Ansitanos first analyzed the reasons why the students made this judgment, and then said: "But from other aspects, it is not the case. Our kingdom directly owns far more land than any other country. The number of citizens of our kingdom far exceeds that of the Mediterranean city-states, including Carthage, and the kingdom's annual income is far from comparable to them, only slightly less than that of Carthage. We do not need to take the initiative to make friends. The surrounding forces and races, because they either actively come to form alliances, or fearfully seek the support of other powerful forces.

The kingdom is still expanding outwards, and our territory is still expanding. We just defeated Rome and Samona not long ago and obtained a large amount of land.Although our citizens are also afraid of death, they are more eager to win honors in war, and their relatives will try their best to support them instead of hindering them.Our great king and our Senate will never succumb to external pressure, but respond to the enemy's provocations with more active actions... The entire kingdom is full of vitality and hope, and it is full of vigor and hope. Like the sun rising in the sky in the morning... I believe you also feel the same way, isn't this your youth! "

The students nodded excitedly in agreement.

"Teacher, what about Carthage?" Someone asked impatiently.

"The situation in Carthage is a bit complicated." Ansitanos said thoughtfully: "Carthage has been established for 200 years, which is a long enough time. It has suffered many defeats in its battle with Syracuse. , but after that it also conquered Numibia and southern Iberia.

There was no unified country in Numbia, and the various tribes had been under the influence and control of Carthage for a long time. It was actually very easy to conquer it, and its ability to resist was also very weak.Carthage has a small population, and its citizens occupy a large amount of Numibian land and use many Numibian slaves to farm for them. They can easily enjoy a luxurious life without putting in much effort...

His Majesty Davos once said, 'Life that is too comfortable will lead to the corruption of the Carthaginians.'Your Majesty's judgment was correct, so when the Carthaginian army fought with us for the first time, we defeated them with less and easily defeated them...

But the Carthaginian conquest of southern Iberia was different.As far as I know, Carthage did not have much influence there originally, but there were a large number of fierce indigenous people living in that area. The Carthaginians were eventually able to conquer southern Iberia and absorb its land resources and population. It is indeed not easy to use it yourself, and it also shows that the Carthaginians there have a strong enterprising spirit.So when the Carthaginian army attacked Sicily again, and the Iberian army was the main force, we were no longer an opponent if we relied solely on the Sicilian army...

If we look at Carthage and southern Iberia together, I feel that Carthage is neither in its youth nor in middle age, but in the period when youth is moving toward middle age.However, you must know that southern Iberia is actually ruled solely by the Magonid family of Carthage. They have considerable conflicts with other nobles in Carthage. In such a battle, it may be In a long and arduous war, it is difficult to say whether the two sides can unite and fight with all their strength without any differences.

So, taken together, Carthage is a young man. He looks strong and powerful, but his development is actually not perfect, and he has many hidden diseases.And our energetic, healthy and enterprising kingdom goes to war with it. I believe that even if there are several failures in the middle, the final victory will definitely belong to us! "

　Thanks to Xiaoyao Yufei and Sniper No. 11 for the reward!Your support is my motivation to write! !
　　
　
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