Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In this way, in this new village composed of dozens of families with the majority of prospective citizens, Aguilas was elected without controversy. Because he was one of the mercenaries who followed Davos to Turii, in the siege of the Lucanian coalition, his left leg was seriously injured, and he became lame after recovering from his illness. After the establishment of the Tua Union, when Davos came to condolences to the wounded soldiers, he made a request: he hoped that the land originally allocated to him in Amendolara could be exchanged to the south bank of the Krati River. The purpose is just to be as far away from his living comrades as possible, so as not to get hurt.

With the influx of people, the farmland on the Xubari Plain has been developed, and new villages have sprung up on this flat and fertile plain. Originally, in the eyes of the dozens of newcomers, Aguilas was a stern and unapproachable person, but under the supervision of the notary sent by the Senate, Aguilas was easily elected as the village head, and everyone knew that. This is a mercenary veteran who followed Hades' favored person, a benevolent consul, and the undefeated famous general Davos to death. He immediately looked at him with awe.

Aguilas is a serious person. Since he has become the head of a village, he must fulfill his duties: maintain the order in the village, resolve disputes among the villagers, educate the villagers' morals and customs, check the farmland planting in the village, remind Villagers regularly participate in military training, supervise their military service, pay taxes, keep track of population growth, guard against epidemics... everything is under control.

Every morning, he gets up early, walks around every corner of the village with a cane, sometimes even dragging his injured leg, jumping into the mud and repairing the canal with the villagers...

A few months later, people in the whole village complimented him on his performance, and when they met him, their faces were filled with respect from the bottom of their hearts, which made him rediscover the meaning of his own existence and struggle.

After Crotone and Dionysus fought, the grown men of the village went to war, and spring was the season of sowing, and labor was clearly lacking. Although every household has slaves, after all, agriculture is different from industry and commerce. There are not too many fields, and the output is not too large. Too many slaves will only waste money and food. When the labor is really tight, you can rent slaves. During the busy period, each household has one or two domestic slaves. Aguiras rushed to the Turii Senate, and after completing the registration, he brought 30 city-state slaves back to help the whole village do farm work.

Except for Aguilas, a disabled man, either women, or old people and children, the rest of the village were all slaves, most of whom were young men. : Every year on the anniversary of the founding of the Dionysian city-state alliance (that is, October 30), a group of hard-working and well-behaved city-state slaves will be given freedom in front of the Temple of Hades. This is to them The reward for keeping duty also shows Hades' kindness. Since the promulgation of this law, the work enthusiasm of the city-state slaves has become high and the efficiency has doubled; for the rural domestic slaves, it is not easy for the peasants to own a slave, and they rely heavily on it, so naturally It is very cherished, and the slaves are often treated like family members. The longer the time, the closer the emotional connection between the two parties, and the greater the freedom that the slaves have. As long as the master is rich,

If they could afford the redemption money required by the alliance, many domestic slaves could be freed before the death of their masters, and these slaves would often return to their masters' homes after being freed and continue to help with housework in the form of servants.

With the help of slaves, the spring ploughing of the whole village was done well. Of course, when he was free, Aguilas would comfort the women and old people in the village who were worried about their relatives who were going on the expedition.

On this day, because the waterwheel in the village was malfunctioning on the river bank, Aguilas rushed to the city of Turii early in the morning to find someone to repair it. He finally made an appointment with a highly skilled carpenter and hurried back. home.

As soon as the door was opened, the female slave at home immediately greeted him and told him, The lady is sleeping now, and she didn't vomit today.

Aguilas was relieved. He fought on the battlefield for most of his life. He thought he would die in the wilderness or live in solitude, but he did not expect that after following Davos to Greater Greece, he would become a citizen of the city-state, get land, marry a wife, and set up a family. Now he will It's a Hades boon to have kids!

He was overjoyed when he heard the news from the doctor at that time, and even used his savings to buy a female slave to take care of his pregnant wife.

Master, please drink water. The female slave obediently held the wooden cup containing water.

At this time, Aguilas, who felt thirsty, did not drink it immediately. He asked, Is it boiled? In the past, Greeks were used to drinking raw water, but Helps, who was highly skilled in medicine, repeatedly Citizens are urged to drink heated and boiled water in public, insisting that this will reduce the risk of getting sick. Aguilas is no stranger to this. When he was marching in Persia, Davos had such strict requirements for his mercenaries. He needs to take care of his body for the sake of his unborn child.

The slave girl nodded, and he drank it with confidence.

Boom! The door was suddenly pushed open, a loud noise came out, and a half-sized boy came in.

Aguilas stared, and was about to reprimand.

Out of breath, the boy said, Uncle Aguilas, I was picking up shells by the sea just now... I saw... I saw a big boat parked on the beach, and a lot of people came down, all of them armed!

enemy! ! Aguilas was immediately alert, turned around and said to the slave girl, Go to the field and call Bomis (the male slave at home) back, and then immediately help the lady to go north, and wait for me in the square of Turii City!

Understood, master! The slave girl ran out of the yard quickly.

Child. Aguilas remembered the boy's name as Patroclus, who was usually mischievous and often beaten by his father, a burly Thassos: When you see those people, there are others. By the sea?

Only me.

Aguilas thought for a while and asked, Can you ride a mule?

I have secretly ridden other people's cows and mules many times. This clever boy obviously realized that the situation was urgent, and revealed his secrets, not afraid of being scolded.

Do you know that village in the south that is very close to us?

I know, I also fought with the children in that village.

Uncle wants you to ride my mule, go there and inform them immediately, and say what Aguilas said, 'The enemy is coming, let them evacuate quickly!' Can you do it?

I can! The boy nodded vigorously.

Good boy! Aguilas patted the boy's head in praise, and suddenly remembered something, took out the seal of the village chief issued by the governor of Tulii city from his arms and put it into the boy's hands: If they don't believe it, then Show them this.

Yeah. The boy nodded again.

Aguilas immediately took out the green mule from the cattle and sheep pen in the yard, and the boy jumped on the back of the mule with ease.

Remember, child, after the message is delivered, you will wait for us by the wooden bridge of the Krati River! Aguilas urged.

Got it, uncle. The boy shook the reins, and the mule ran out of the courtyard.

Seeing the boy's skillful movements, Aguilas put down half of his heart. As an old batch of mercenaries, he and most of his comrades have similar ideas. This alliance was created by them with blood and sweat, and they have this responsibility. Defend this alliance, not just your own village.

Aguilas looked at the house reluctantly, and then strode out, limping to the village square, ringing the bronze bell, and calling for the villagers to evacuate immediately.

Aguilas led the slaves to help the old and the young. Not long after they evacuated the village, thick smoke was already rising behind him...

The women exclaimed and cried for the burning village...

Aguilas can still remain calm. Based on his previous raiding experience, he judged that the enemy would not immediately leave the village to chase, so he kept urging the villagers to speed up, but his fists were clenched very tightly: in the Alliance 's first new home was just destroyed!

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Three villages in Turii were destroyed this morning, fifteen people were killed, but we did not capture a single enemy! Felixius, you have to think of a way! If this goes on, Victory Square will be lost to its homeland. The people are full, and the people of the whole alliance will fall into panic! Are the citizens in front still willing to fight?! Kunogolata said anxiously, as the chief executive of Turii, he could not Turiyi, who had finally regained prosperity, was watched helplessly by another catastrophe.

Don't worry, Lord Kunogorata, sit down and discuss it slowly. Cornelus comforted him and explained to Felixius: To be honest, Crotones are also very cunning. , they landed scattered on the coasts of Turii and Castellon with small warships, all dozens of sailors with bows, arrows and javelins, and the young and middle-aged citizens of our villages went to war, otherwise how could it be It's easy for them to make a sneak attack! As soon as these sailors found our troops arrived, they immediately fled back to the ship. We couldn't catch up even if we tried to catch up! There are only three brigades in the city, and they have to defend the port of Turii and take care of Amendo. Lara, there are indeed not enough people!

But the problem must be solved as soon as possible! Kunogolata snorted and said: There are not enough people, you can consider using those free people!

It's really a good idea to use freedmen, Lord Kunogorata! At this time, Felixius, who had been thinking about it, said, Ten thousand of freedmen have nothing to do in the port. Chaos. Yesterday there were freemen who ran into the barracks and said, 'There is no food to eat, and I want the soldiers to give them what they eat.'