MTL - Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece-v9 Chapter 181 Rebellion in Asia Minor

However, the Temple of Zeus in Olympia is one of the oldest and most magnificent temples in the Mediterranean. The Olympia Games is the oldest Greek Games. Since with it, the Greek world has its own anniversary (the number of Olympia Games as the anniversary) , The Games is also the largest number of participants and the most extensive city-states. Olympia and Delphi have always been Greek cultural symbols linking the Greek city-states all over the Mediterranean.

Logically, Cloto Catacus would use the same way as Delphi to appease Olympia, but Olympia worshipped the **** Zeus, and the Dionians firmly believed that Hades was the king of the gods. , The two are fundamentally opposed, which determines that this will never be a gentle visit.

To know how to deal with Olympia, Daves once personally sent instructions. Croto Kataks found it difficult to accept after seeing it. Patroclus once expressed his willingness to implement this plan on his behalf. After two days of painful thinking Prince Dionia finally decided to go personally because he kept in mind the words written in his father’s letter: "...As a king, you should not only enjoy flowers and wine, but should also bear infamy and infamy when necessary. Ruin, the road to prosperity through the kingdom has never been smooth sailing, iron and blood are indispensable!..."

Olympia is located in the southern part of the Ellis region, at the confluence of the Alfios River and the Klados River. In addition to the temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the priest’s house, and a place for representatives of the city-states and winners Qing's Chamber and the rest are venues for competitions. There are no villages inhabited by common people. Plane trees, olive trees, willow trees, and pine trees grow lushly in the open space between the buildings, filling it with the breath of the mountains. When there are no major ritual activities, Olympia appears to be sparsely populated, giving people a feeling of isolation.

The army that followed Cloto Catacs to Olympia more than doubled compared to the time in Delphi, and more than half were the original Black Rollers who came from Messenia and Lagnia. They brought Olympia together. Surrounded, murderous.

Cloto Catacus forcibly summoned the priests of Zeus, posing a fierce appearance, threatening them: other city-states have confessed that the war between them and Dionia was caused by the priests of Olympia Deliberately instigated, so Dionia came to hold the Olympian priests responsible for the war, unless they were willing to promise that they would no longer declare Zeus as the king of the gods, and were willing to accept the holy kingdom of Dionia in name. Under the supervision of the main temple of Diss, they will be exempted from guilt, and they will continue to serve Zeus as a noble priest and continue to preside over the Olympia Games, otherwise they will be charged with war criminals, deprived of their priesthood, and expelled from Olympia. , All the city-states of the New Hellenic Alliance are not allowed to take them in (originally Daves asked Croto Kataks to execute the Olympian priests who refused to cooperate in order to achieve the effect of killing a hundred, but the kind-hearted Croto Kataks general It was changed to eviction).

Zeus is the king of all gods, but the priests of Zeus in Olympia are not only not strong, but are often angry. In order to gain control of Olympia, Ellis and Pisa often fought wars. From time to time, they asked the priests of Olympia to come forward and express their views. They are like a wall of grass. They support whichever side is strong, and change their words as soon as the situation changes.

This is also true when the Olympia Games are held. In the past when Ellis clashed with Sparta, Ellis used his identity as the owner of Olympia to expel Spartans and was not allowed to participate. The priests did not dare to object; Sparta led the army soon He rushed to Olympia, expelled the Ellis, and then announced that "all the results of the games will be invalidated before the re-holding of the sports meeting." The priests only claim that this is so ridiculous things have happened many times in the past.

It is precisely because of this knowledge that Cloto Kataks dare to accept this task, because he feels that the Olympian priests who have been persuaded for a long time in such an environment should have few hard bones.

His judgment was correct. Except for a few young priests who were expelled because of their resolute opposition, the other priests chose to yield.

Since then, Delphi and Olympia, the two holiest places in the mainland of Greece, have been dominated by the Holy Kingdom of Dionia, just like other Greek city-states.

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On this day, after Timothy led the fleet patrolling the Near East Coast and returning to Tyre, he found the messenger of the King of Persia waiting at the dock as soon as he disembarked.

"The king wants to summon me?"

"Yes, the king has important things to discuss with you!" the messenger said solemnly.

"Excuse me, what is the important thing?" Timothy couldn't help asking again.

"Don't ask too much, hurry up with us and see the king!" the messenger urged impatiently.

Timothy looked at an arrogant messenger and a group of Persian royal guards with their heads high in ornate armor behind him. He couldn't help but slander: the pure Persian nobles are all such annoying, and they regard the Greeks as such. Barbaric.

Timothy has lived in Persia for many years and has become accustomed to this. Despite some doubts in his heart, he did not hesitate to follow the messenger to the residence of the Persian king.

The place where the Persian king was stationed was in Damascus east of Phoenicia, but not in a certain town, but in a camp. It was just the gathering of thousands of troops and noisy scenes nowadays. The main force of 100,000 Persian troops is far away from this place. They have been fighting in Egypt for nearly two months. Only the Persian king and his royal family members, entourages, and ministers continue to stay here. Although there are 10,000 elite undead soldiers guarding here, But compared with this huge camp, it still seems too scarce.

At a glance, there were empty camps everywhere, and Timothy couldn't help but think: if the Egyptians sent a surprise soldier to bypass the main Persian force and raided here, a fire could burn it to ashes.

Timothy quickly suppressed this strange idea, because they had approached the center of the camp, guarded by a strong, burly, well-equipped undead army, and they always looked at every attempt to enter the camp with suspicion. People, even with envoys leading the way, Timothy was allowed to enter the residence of the King of Persia after several strict interrogations.

The Persian king’s big tent stands like a house in the very center of the camp. Only the exterior is decorated in a magnificent manner, and the Persian king's flag-the golden eagle is erected high in front.

The king of Persia often entertained guests in the big tent. Timothy once participated in it once. The sumptuous food, the slim dancers, and the beautiful music... are evocative. However, Timothy was still a little uneasy at the time. He felt that the Persian king was a little too optimistic about this war. It seemed that he could conquer Egypt quickly by conquering himself.

Timothy’s hunch is correct. The battle has been going on for nearly two months. The huge army has been blocked on the east bank of the Nile, and the navy’s warships have not found a chance to break through the fortresses and water gates of the tributaries of the Nile and enter the Nile. The core area of ​​the delta.

At this moment, he heard the roar from the big tent, and he was immediately uneasy: the king of Persia called him this time, could it be because he had not had any big results as the fleet commander for two months, and he wanted to be right? He scolded? !

The more Timothy thought about it, the more he felt guilty, and he even felt that the eyes of the palace guards outside the big tent looked a little weird.

"My lord, bring it here, Admiral Timothy!"

"Tie me this Greek who is trying to rebel!" Artaxerxes roared, and the guards who had been prepared immediately pushed Timothy to the ground, tied it into a zongzi, and dragged it to Al In front of Tarxerxes.

Attempt to rebel? ! ... Timothy became a prisoner with a dazed look, and he could only panic and shout wronged.

"Wrong?!" Altaxerxes roared: "Ario Bazenis has rebelled. He had planned for a long time, so you brought so few troops here to blind me! I'm so blind. You actually appointed you as the commander of the Persian fleet! As a result, you deliberately delayed the war and wasted two months of my time, but you gave the rebellious enough time to prepare! Damn Greek barbarians, I trust you so much!..."

Artaxerxes got more and more angry, stepped forward and kicked Timothy to the ground: "Drag me out and chop it!"

The guard stepped forward and pulled Timothy's hair, then dragged it out.

Timothy endured the pain and cried out sadly: "Ariobazenis hurt me!..."

He knows that he has no chance of surviving, UU reading www. uukanshu.com simply yelled: "Alta Xerxes, you are an incompetent king. No wonder your brother will usurp the throne and your minister will rebel. As long as you are in power for one day, Persia will never be peaceful!... "

"Kill him! Kill him!..." Altaxerxes jumped into a thunder.

After a while, Timothy’s head was presented, and Artaxerxes was still angry, and said with hatred: “Cut off his hands again and send someone to Aliobazenis together with his head. Send it!"

This treatment was made because Artaxerxes remembered how he had disposed of the body of his younger brother Cyrus in the past, and was so angry that the queen who loved Cyrus was seriously ill.

He even thinks that this rebellion in Asia Minor was also caused by his younger brother, because his father appointed Cyrus as the military commander in western Persia. As a result, Cyrus, who was good at winning people's hearts, not only used Asia Minor’s financial resources to hire a group of Greeks to do so. He fought, and also received the support of the governors and nobles of almost all regions of Asia Minor, so he had the confidence to dare to compete with him for the throne.

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