v9 Chapter 208： Admission (2)

"Well, two people, please pause the discussion." Daves said solemnly: "I assure you that Dionia will do his best to resolve the conflict in the Argos Plain. Any obstruction and desire Individuals or city-states that undermine the peace settlement process will be severely punished!"

Davers paused, and continued: "Now is not the time to discuss political affairs. Let's continue to watch the opening ceremony of the Games. Look, the third athlete delegation has entered the stadium!"

Plato and Xenophon glanced at each other calmly, without speaking, they all cast their eyes on the court.

Although they are both Socrates students and citizens of Athens, they both wrote articles about Socrates and missed and promoted some of Socrates' ideas and concepts. The relationship between the two of them during their studies in Athens was still Not bad, but with the different experiences of each, the thoughts and ideals pursued have been very different. Coupled with the fact that they have not seen each other for decades, the two sides have become quite alienated.

At this moment, Daves regretted a little in his heart: it seemed that he shouldn't invite them at the same time.

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The wooden sign held by the third team of athletes entering the stadium clearly reads "Sacred Kingdom of Dionia-Africa". Some spectators from northern Italy who rarely go out may be puzzled: When did the kingdom add another area?

In fact, this area was only established last year.

There are many Phoenician city-states along the coast of the African continent. They were originally transfer stations established by the Eastern Phoenicians during the development of the commercial resources of the Western Mediterranean. The original intention was not to colonize until the rise of Carthage. The transfer station gradually developed into a town, but due to the original single economic foundation, it was extremely dependent on the support of Carthage. However, after Dionia defeated Carthage and took away several important commercial resources of Carthage, most of the Phoenician city-states in Africa had to turn to rely on Dioni, which was more powerful and had a broader market. Sub-sacred kingdom.

With the passage of time, Phoenician and Dionian trade ties have become closer, and the prosperity of the former Phoenician city-state Hadrummentum, which is already a town in Dionian, has been used as an example, and there has been scattered The Phoenician city-states asked to join the Holy Kingdom of Dionia. After the end of the Greek War, Dionian’s strength became even more prosperous. The discerning people even thought that Dionian’s dominance of the entire Mediterranean was no longer a big problem. Under such circumstances, except for Phoenicia and Utica. In addition to several big city-states still reluctantly insisting, other Phoenician city-states on the African continent have successively asked to join Dionia. Therefore, under the instructions of Davos, the Holy Kingdom of Dionia has one more area—Africa, temporarily centered on Hadrummentum.

More than half of the athletes in the Afrikaans delegation that appeared in the arena are Phoenicians. They have been famous for the Greek Games for a long time, but they participated in the first time, so they are very novel and excited. .

Sofitel Okriton of Carthage attended this opening ceremony. Sitting in the VIP seat, he saw this scene in the stadium, and his mood was extremely complicated: since Carthage became an affiliate of Dionia After that, its commerce not only did not decline, but became more prosperous. After all, Dionia provided it with a broader market, but the agriculture of Carthage was shrinking sharply. One of the important reasons is that Carthage lost the inland land of Numibia that it originally occupied, and Dionia was able to provide it with sufficient food at a reasonable price, which made most of the Carthage people invest in In the business activities, it was impossible for Carthage to survive independently from Dionian. Affected by nearby towns, people in Carthage have also called for "to be fully integrated into the Holy Kingdom of Dionia like other Phoenician city states." The Senate headed by him and the Court of Hundreds have long reached a tacit agreement. , Does not respond to this. But this kind of pressure has always existed. He doesn't know how long Carthage's independence can be maintained...

The fourth entry is the sacred kingdom of Dionian-the team of athletes from the Po region.

After Dionian conquered Gaul within the mountain, he designated the entire area occupied by Gaul within the mountain as the Po River area. It can be said that this is the most fertile and expansive plain in the Dionian Kingdom, but it is also the most One of the difficult areas to stabilize. It took Dionian nearly 10 years and exhausted various methods to gradually allow the Gauls to accept the rule of Dionian. Among them, the chief executive of the Po region, Capus, made the most important contribution.

Since the Dionian army conquered Shannegaul, Kapus was transferred to the Po region by King Davos. He has been in office for nearly 10 years. He has worked hard for the stability of the Po region and the integration of the Shannegaul people into the kingdom. Now he Sitting in the VIP seat, watching the Po River region delegation intently, his eyes were filled with relief.

Since Dionians have only started to immigrate to the Po region in recent years, the proportion of Greeks in the area is still very small, so the majority of the delegation is Gauls, they are tall, messy hair, and some faces. They were painted with oil, and some were naked...faced with the audience, they roared from time to time in a gesture of showing their muscles.

In the eyes of some Greek VIPs, this is a brutal and untamed performance, but in the eyes of the Dionian audience who are accustomed to the fierce rugby game, this is a personal performance, so the cheers are even more enthusiastic.

The athletes in the Po region mainly compete in horse racing and racing, and the next delegation is likely to be their competitors, because the athletes come from the famous animal husbandry area of ​​the Kingdom of Dionian-Bruti.

After the Bruti delegation, the Campania Union delegation entered the venue. Today’s Campania Alliance is really only left in Naples and its neighboring sub-states. The other city-states in the original alliance have joined the Kingdom of Dionia. Naples’ current situation is somewhat similar to that of Carthage. similar.

The next delegation to enter is the Holy Kingdom of Dionian-the eastern plains of Campania. This delegation composed of Greeks, Etruscans, and Samonas is the strongest The championship project is the Javelin, and of course they have to compete with the Samona delegation.

The Corinthian delegation followed. But when he appeared on the field, most of the spectators were stunned, because there were only two players behind the teenager presenting the cards. Compared with the previous delegations with as few as a dozen people and as many as nearly a hundred people, The difference is too great. Although Corinth is only a city-state compared to the previous regions and leagues, it is the site of the Corinthian Games. Domestic citizens advocate sports and have strong strength in traditional sports. Therefore, Dionia is inviting Corinth to The letter gave a lot of entries.

"It seems that the Corinthians still have a lot of opinions on the games held by Dionian. I think if it weren't because of your great power and the leader of the Greek League, the Corinthians would probably not even send a single player." Xenophon remarked somewhat gleefully.

Daves smiled slightly and said confidently: "If the Corinthians do not participate, it will have any impact on the sport, but it will be the biggest loss for Corinth and Corinthian athletes! Because the Dionian Games will surely become the biggest in the Mediterranean. The celebration will also become a big theater for cities, regions and athletes to show themselves to various countries in the Mediterranean! Are you right?"

Xenophon and Plato looked at the surrounding thousands of spectators from all places and races, as well as the athletes from all places and races in the stadium, and they all fell into deep thought.

The polite Dionian audience still cheered the two athletes in Collins, UU reading , but the cheers were mixed with laughter.

The Corinthian General Cliogion sitting in the VIP table was so ashamed that he could not find a place to sew in. Collins not only sent out two athletes perfunctorily, but also deliberately belatedly arrived late. As a result, after they learned that other city-states had sent many athletes, it was too late to inform Collins to make changes again.

At this time, the Corinthian general still clearly remembered that the Corinthian councillor who was originally stationed in the Greek Union Parliament in Turíy heard the news and scolded the Corinth Council in front of him as short-sighted idiots, which would definitely lead to Corinth The efforts made in recent years have been in vain.

What effort did Collins make?

After the Greek War, the Corinthians saw Dionia supporting Thebes to unite Piotsia, Mandinia to establish the Arcadian Alliance, Alice to unite Northwest Peloponnese, and Argos to unite Bo At the northeast corner of Robenia, it also asked Dionia to "integrate the Isthmus of Corinth."

Daves reluctantly agreed, but asked Thebes to negotiate with Megara.

There are only two city-states in the entire isthmus, Corinth in the south and Megara in the north-central. Although Megara is less powerful than Corinth, it is also a city-state with a long history and a notorious reputation in the Greek mainland. Of course, it does not want to be unified by Corinth.

Since the two city-states surrendered to Dionia in time during the Corinthian War, Dionia did not favor anyone, and the matter was put on hold.

But Collins still did not give up. The Corinthians who are good at doing business are indeed more flexible than the Argosians. When Megara firmly opposed to being unified by Corinth, the Corinthians quickly changed their plans and proposed that “it is necessary to form an equal relationship with the Megaras. The Isthmus Alliance".

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