Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Most of the labor is slaves and Latins. Some of the sailors are Etruscans, and some Campanias..."

Daves was surprised: "No Romans?"

"There are Roman merchants and some residents, but due to the short time, the labor and water in the port have not yet found out..." Midorades argued.

Upon hearing this, Daphus raised a little hope in his heart, because according to the information collected before, there are many people living in poverty in Rome, and some even sell themselves as slaves. The contradiction between them and the nobility is comparison. outstanding.

But he turned to think: Ostia is a small town, there are not many Roman citizens, and perhaps Rome has invaded Wolsey for more than a year, attacking Hirni, and gained a lot of land for Rome. Civilians have new places to go...

Thinking of this, Davers asked again: "What about those slaves? Who are these people?"

"There are our allies, the Welsh, and the Helsinki, the Masi, the Equi, the Etruscans... basically the aliens who were captured after being defeated by Rome, so they welcome us. The arrival, and willing to pull the fiber for our warships, because we promised to give them freedom." Midoradez said this with some excitement.

Davers nodded, and his attention was already drawn to the noisy voice ahead: it was an open space illuminated by a torch, and thousands of densely packed people gathered in the center of the open space under the care of soldiers. March is still in the early spring, the weather is cooler, but half of these people are wearing thin and sleek linens, and some people are even naked, and the clothes and undressed people are gathered in two piles. Distinct, but from time to time, uneasily squatting around the heavily armed soldiers.

Martius and the guards first entered the open space, and their gorgeous costumes and neat and powerful steps immediately attracted their attention.

"Dyonia's King Daves drove!" Martius sang aloud, and the subsequent vocalists immediately repeated it in Latin.

There was a lot of turm in the crowds of the empty space.

But the Guards quickly split them, and the two tall and strong guards held the kingdom flag and the golden scepter and walked into the open space. Then I saw a middle-aged man wearing a gold helmet and a golden feather on his head, and his imposing middle-aged man, surrounded by a group of Dionian officials wearing gorgeous Bolton, came in without hesitation.

The noise in the open space suddenly disappeared. People uneasily squatted and unconsciously retreated backwards, but they secretly scorned with some curious eyes, but when Davis’s eyes touched them, they Like a frightened rabbit, he hurriedly bowed his head.

"I am King Daves of Dionia!" After Daves introduced himself in a simple sentence, he said loudly: "For more than a decade, the Romans have been continually attacking the surrounding races and forces. , plundering the land, killing the people, and forcibly turning the prisoners into slaves, extremely greedy and bloody! The Walsi and the Helsinki are worried that they will be destroyed by the Romans and will be aligned with our Dionia. (Duffus has already formed an alliance with the Helsinki before leading the army north).

We sent messengers to negotiate with Rome, hoping that it would stop the invasion of Wolsey and Herniki and return the land it occupied. Who knows that the Romans not only did not listen to persuasion, but accelerated the aggression against the territories of these two races. Now the Helsnikis have been surrounded by the Romans in the city of Ferentirum, and may be destroyed at any time, and Wolsey The soldiers were lost in the invasion of Rome in the past, unable to stop the next invasion of the Romans.

In order to fear that we Dionia to prevent its aggression, Rome even smashed its ally, Carthage, to tear up the peace agreement that Dionia had been observing for years, and declared war on Dionya! So - I led the Daonian army to come here to fulfill the covenant, protect the dynasties of Dionia, Wolsey and Hulki, to punish the courage to invade the majesty of Dionia and to provoke war. Rome and its allies must be completely defeated! ”

The reason why Daves is very patient with a group of low-lying civilians and slaves is to show all the forces and races in the Latin region and even the surrounding areas why the Dionia army came here. And the purpose of coming here.

Several voices just spoke out his words in Latin, and heard a strong burden on the field shouting: "Get rid of the Romans! Save Herniki (Wolsey)! We want to be free!..."

Davers looked up and saw that the group of people who didn't wear clothes were excited, and even some people shed tears, and there was a greater commotion in the entire open space.

Maltius immediately pressed the dagger, stepped forward and drank: "Quiet!" The guards immediately made a neat and consistent snoring.

People are once again stunned.

Davers looked at them and said in a sincere manner: "Dainea's enemies are only Romans and Roman city-states that help the Romans fight with us. Anything that is neutral in this war, even helps Dionya. The city-states and the people will be treated as friends by Dionia, and they will get the friendship of the people of Deon! You--"Davers pointed at the slaves: "There will be release in a few days, in order to protect you safely. Going back to your family, we will provide you with some rations. If you can help the army during your stay in Ostia, you will receive some salary rewards."

The words of Davers made the slaves smile, and even some people used their own etiquette to salute Dafos, thanking them, and Davers immediately followed the despicable return.

His kind actions not only won the good feelings of the slaves, but also made the laborers no longer nervous.

At this time, Daphus said with a serious voice again: "Before coming to Latin, I thought that only the Romans were the ones who destroyed the peace in this area, but after I came, I discovered that there is another equally terrible demon. Let the people of this land suffer as much as they live in hell, that is --"

Davers saw that the attention of the workers was attracted to him. He said in a word: "Nobles! Roman aristocrats! Latin city-state aristocrats! They are like ferocious wolves, completely ignoring the friendship of their compatriots. Using power and money to shamelessly rob the land of the city-state people, and then force the people who lost the land to become their slaves, create endless wealth for them like cattle and sheep, and finally die in the field, even the bones are reluctant to bury them. And those who did not want to be slaves and served the high-ranking aristocrats were forced to escape from the city-state, but wandered around, living hard, unable to support their wives and children..."

Davers said with a heavy tone, and after listening to the translator's emotional translation, the workers were evoked memories of their own tragic experiences, and some even whispered.

When Davers saw this scene, he said to a voicer: "What is your name? From where? What life depends on now?"

The young voice immediately replied: My name is Adrias, who was originally a citizen of Gabii in the Latin region. More than a decade ago, the Gauls invaded the Latin region, not only occupied Rome, but also Attacked the city of Gaby, not far from Rome. When the Gauls were repulsed, we returned to our homes, only to find that my home was occupied by the nobility on the banks of the river Anno on the banks of the Tiber River. Because the village was destroyed by the Gauls and the town hall was destroyed. So I couldn’t get the evidence that the field belonged to my family, and the nobleman bought the judge again... We not only lost the case, but the father was also sentenced to false accusation, and was given a rod... The father dragged the unsatisfactory body, with the mother, I, and my brother, left Gabi in anger..." When he said it, his eyes were a little red.

"God, you are like me, I am also the land that was seized after the war!"

"I am not. I am because my wife is sick and borrowed money from the rich to cure the disease. I thought that when I sold the grain in the autumn, I could pay off the debt. I didn't expect him to pay the interest, and finally my field. Was forced to be robbed by the rich!"

"The one you borrowed is the usury! The **** aristocrat! The **** rich! The city-state's Senate will only help these rich people to talk, where is our way!"

......

The encounter with this dark-haired Latin-speaker was quickly resonated with the Latin workers who had been silent before.

After reading the information collected from the Latin region in detail, Davers learned that the fierce contradiction between the nobility and the civilians was not only in Rome, but also in other Latin city-states, and even worse, the nobility was insatiable and arrogant. The civilians have heavy debts on their backs and are hard to survive. After all, Rome can gain more land and slaves through the expansion of force, and it can give civilians a chance to breathe. Other city-states not only did not have this condition, but because they rebelled against Rome and were defeated by Rome, they were taken away by Rome. Some land, which makes their arable land tense, land competition and mergers more intense ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ and this is exactly what Daves hopes to see.

"How did you live later?" A worker couldn't help but curious and asked aloud.

So Adrias pointed to his feet and continued: "My father used to work here, but at that time the port of Ostia was not as busy as it is now. The father did not earn enough money to live in our family. He took the risk. We went to Naples in the south -"

"Oh, that's the Campania area occupied by the Greeks, but their maritime trade is indeed much more prosperous than here!" someone exclaimed.

"But not long after, my father's old injury recurred, almost impossible to walk, through the introduction of good people, we support the father, to Pompeii not far from Naples, to the city's Hades Temple priest for help, that kindly The old priest not only cured my father for free, but also allowed our family to live in the temple for a while, and provided food for free, and he also told us that there is a territory of the Kingdom of Dionia not far from the south of Pompeii. A city in Enona, where there are not only a lot of job opportunities, but also if you are willing to become a Diaonian citizen, you can apply to the City Hall, it is easy to get through, as long as you are law-abiding and diligent in the city. After working for a few years, you can successfully become a Diaonian citizen and get the land..."