Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"In this way, I am already in a thin position in Syracuse. It is very likely that these rioters led by Herros will be ousted! For me, this is a terrible thing! And right For Sparta, this is not good news! Pfeidas, I need your help now!” Dionysius had a rare look of pleading.

"You say, what do I need to do?" Fibidas's sullen face did not see emotional fluctuations.

Dionysius has become accustomed, and he sincerely pleads: "I hope that you can meet the leaders of these rebel forces like the last time, such as Herris, to persuade them not to be in distress in Syracuse. When I am guilty with me, this will only make the Diaonians cheap and threaten the survival of the Syracuse people! We should unite and tide over this difficulty! For this, as long as they can re-admit me to Their plenipotentiaries, I am willing to share power with them and satisfy their demands..."

"Well, let me give it a try." Fibidas agreed to it and said: "Need to tell them that you are back?"

"No! I will appear at the right time." Dionysius immediately refused.

Seeing that Fibidas left, Dionysius raised a few suspicions in his heart: This time, why did Phibidas promise so fast?

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In the town hall of Syracuse, Hercules, who was elected as the interim chief general, was meeting with the executive committee of the wartime generals, which were formed by other generals elected by the public during the riot.

As a poet, Ferrosanus had a great reputation among the people. Because he had repeatedly confronted Dionysius and was once imprisoned, he trusted him and elected him to become a general. At this moment, he rudely questioned the port sailor and the poor representative Tessitis: "Tasitis, why haven't you seen the use of warships to block the island of Ortigia?! This was discussed yesterday!"

"Yesterday... Yesterday we also took on the task of clearing the squadron of Masias. There are still thousands of sailors looking for their tracks in the mountains. Where do we still get people to block the island of Ortigia! "Tethis has a bitter look."

"Tethis, you don't want to argue, you have enough people in the port area to clean up the mercenaries and block the island of Ortigia. This is the order issued by the committee after deliberation, and you accepted it. Now it is still not implemented. Do you think that the people elected you as the general just to make you come here to have fun!" Another friend from the city, Khrowlis, and the newly elected general Kuzias made a loud speech. criticism.

Although Tessitis is a newcomer in politics, he has been at the sea for decades, and his life experience is rich. At this moment, he is not annoyed with reprimands. Instead, he has two hands and one share. He said helplessly: "You have few people in the city, you can’t unite. Doing things together, repairing a wall for a few days is not enough to recruit people, but we also need to provide people, not to mention the large population of the port area, the source is complex, how can I completely obey my words! If you have opinions on me, you can take me In order to be the general, I have broken my mouth every day, and I have to be misunderstood by the people in the port. Wherever I am a sailor, I have long wanted to do it!"

Tessitis threatened to resign, and several generals immediately stopped criticizing because they understood that Tessitis was already a very good talker among the port slums. If he changed other people, I am afraid it would never be so easy to cooperate, but now because of the big The Greek war has drawn a large number of urban citizens who are in desperate need of the power of the poor in the port area.

"Tytisis!" Herolis broke the silence inside the house. At this time, he was a lot more violent than before the riots. His voice became hoarse, and his eyes became more and more sharp: "What difficulties do you encounter now? Let's discuss it together."

Tessitis is still respectful of Herolith and no longer embarrassed. He said directly: "The people of the port hope to participate in the citizen assembly, discuss various proposals decided by the council, and you have promised to distribute to the port people. The land has not seen any movements yet. They suspect that the General Executive Committee is deceiving them. In addition, they have undertaken many tasks before, and they feel unfair compared with the people in the city, so now they are not willing to listen to me again. command……"

"How unfair! The poor people in the port were originally -" Another general, Stacycos, heard this and couldn't help but argue. Herollis interrupted him, thought about it, and said seriously: "Tai Sitis, we overthrow the rule of Dionysius's lord, will implement a democratic system, but Syracuse is not Athens, not all citizens can participate in the citizen assembly, but... simply, that is Citizens who can afford at least one heavy infantry equipment and can perform military service at any time are eligible to participate in the citizen assembly. This is the political tradition of Syracuse that we will not change easily! Not only the poor in your port area, The same is true in the urban area, and many citizens are equally unable to participate in the citizen assembly."

"But last time -" Tesstis still wants to argue.

Herolus waved to stop him and said seriously: "You listen to me first! I promised you to allocate land before, why didn't you execute it immediately? Because we don't know how many Syracuse people fight in Great Greece." We are able to come back alive, so we are not sure how much land we can vacate for the time being, and we also need people to re-measure the land before we can distribute the land to the port and citizens without land in the city.

But since ‘land’ has become the most concerned issue for port people, it has also affected our unity. To know that we did not occupy the island of Ortigia, Dionysius and his mercenaries may come back at any time, and put the freedom we exchanged for blood into a shackle! ”

At the end of the day, Herlos said that the voice became sharp. He reminded Tessitis and reminded several other generals, including Ferro Sanus: "So I suggest that the 5000 that Masias led. The mercenaries and the land owned by the 1,000 mercenaries stationed in the city were first distributed to the people of the port (the mercenaries were actually Syracuse citizens, but the riots succeeded in Herolis, they thought they were Dionysius Sri Lanka’s faithful running dogs refuse to recognize their Syracuse citizenship!)

"The land occupied by the mercenaries is a lot of land!" Ferrosanus loudly reminded.

"I think it is acceptable for this proposal of Herolis." Stacycos agreed. Unlike Ferosanus, who is straightforward and not very political, when Sterling’s proposal was just exported, Stacycos realized what the chief general’s intention was: the actual villages established by the 6,000 mercenaries. It is not within the scope of the traditional Syracuse territory, but the territory that Dionysius expanded outward after conquering the southeastern part of Sicily, which of course included the land of the neighboring city-states forcibly occupied. The village of the 6000 mercenary is located in the southwest of Siracusa, adjacent to Achille, the affiliated small state of Syracuse, where the city-state forces on the south coast arrive in Syracuse. Herolis arranged the port slums there, so that these greedy and fearful people can continue to succumb to the mercenaries who fled into the mountains for the sake of the land, and can guard against the possible new Syracuse in the south coast city-state. The hostility of the Zha regime, and the land is far from Syracuse, and the distribution will not allow the urban people to protest their injustice, but also to dissipate the dissatisfaction of the port civilians and let them feel the sincerity of the general executive committee.

Therefore, it was not only Stacycos who realized the benefits of the proposal to Herros, but several other generals also agreed.

Herolus continued to say with humiliation: "However, Dionysius was too good for the mercenaries, and the conditions for each of the mercenaries were ten acres. This is too much. I hope The people temporarily allocated to the port are five mu of land, and must be actively involved in the tyranny of the tyranny to qualify. The Taistis adults, you provide the list, after the City Hall staff verified it, Start distributing immediately, what do you think?"

Tessitis did not consider that much~www.novelmtl.com~ The committee was able to agree to immediately allocate land so that he did not have to accept the questions and accusations of the people after each return to the port, which has made him happy, so he relieved: " I agree!"

Herolus took the opportunity to say: "The people who own the land can save their fortune, buy weapons and equipment, and serve as heavy infantry. It is a matter of time to participate in the citizen assembly, so you just said what Taisitis said." If the port people ask to participate in the citizen assembly, as long as the land is allocated, this is not a problem at all. Are you right?"

"Yes! Right! You are right!" Tethytis continued to bear.

"Since the problem has been solved." Hercules's look became serious: "I hope that you will immediately re-open the port of the ship that is mooring in the big port and rot, and completely remove the entire island of Ortigia. The blockade, do not allow any ship to enter and leave the island! Although we are temporarily unable to attack the island of Ortigia, as far as I know, the grain stored on the island can also allow the two thousand mercenaries and residents to After four months of eating, they will have to surrender in the city."

"Hercules, you can rest assured that with the promise of distributing land, the people of the port will participate enthusiastically!" Tessitis immediately promised to welcome the eyes of several generals: the port slums really are a group of snobbery Villain!