Vol 6 Chapter 30: Syracuse

"Young people, don't have such a big anger." Ansitanos sat firmly and calmly comforted his students. He pointed to a clay pot placed on the table next to him: "Come, taste one I tasted the mare's milk water from Carthage and solved the thirst. This pulp tastes good, sour and sweet, very special. I just let the entourage buy it at the Syracuse market."
"Don't drink!" Henipolis snorted in a wooden chair, and the wooden chair made a "squeaky" sound.
"Herne." Ansitanos knew the temper of the student and didn't think it was embarrassing. Instead, he said in a child's tone: "You will be the person of the Lagos consul in the future. You can't do things with impulsiveness." If we don't even see Dionysius's face, we will go back. Not only will the mission not be completed, but it will also be blamed, and the Syracuse will laugh at us without knowing etiquette.

"It is clear that Dionysius does not understand etiquette, and does not receive us in time. How can we blame us!" Henipolis screamed in dissatisfaction and interrupted Ansitas.
"They can say, 'Because I am busy negotiating with the Carthage, I can't get out of the way to meet us...'. After all, for the Syracuse, Carthage is more important than our Dionya. Much more," Ansitanos said calmly.
Henypolis snorted and looked at Ansitanos: "Teacher, in fact, Dionysius wants to leave us alone, make Dionya ugly right?!"
"If Dionysius is such a small person, he can't sit in the position of Syracuse. It's just that he treats different things and pays attention to different degrees." Ansitanos touched himself a little white. The beard has a wise light in his eyes: "So we don't have to worry, wait slowly... just to see what the Dionysian Union is in Dionysius' heart."
Although Henipolis is young and vigorous, he is not a fool. On the contrary, his talent is the reason why Ansitanos is willing to let this student be with him and to make Syracuse together: "Well, let's be patient with Dionysius, see who I can't hold it anymore! In the afternoon, I went to the theater in the city to watch the drama. Really, although the city of Syracuse is bigger than Turui, the population is more than Tulido, but there is no active life of Turui. There is no ball game to watch, no food to eat, you can only go to see the drama." Henipolis said slyly, picking up the clay pot on the table, slammed a bit, then he " "Awkward", all spit on the ground: "This thing is sour and awkward, too difficult to drink, much worse than beer!"
"Young people don't know how to taste." Ansitanos quickly took the clay pot, for fear that he would spit out the slurry inside: "You must know that this pulp is the Carthaginians from the Numidians. After learning, there have been some minor improvements that make the taste more suitable for sailors at sea. In Numibia, this thing is not just for quenching thirst, it is part of food..."
"What does Numibia have to do with us? Listening to your tone seems to want to study the history of this race again." Henipolis said with disapproval that he thought he knew his teacher better.
"Not me, the owner of the house you lived on weekdays is very interested in this. I have asked me many times about Numibia." Ansitanos took a sip of water and said.

You mean Davers?!
Henipolis immediately came to the interest:
He asked what Numibia did?! To know that the Union of Dionya and Numibia are across the ocean, Sicily, Carthage, there can be no direct contact at all."
Ansitanos pointed to his chest and said slowly: "There are always one or two people in this world who are thinking about problems at a height that others cannot reach, because they are very broad here."
"Daveus is really a great person!" Heinepolis said sincerely, suddenly he remembered something and said: "Teacher, now the Carthaginians chose to stop the war, I am afraid to meet Diony Xiusi is not good, it will be bad for Diaonia!"
Ansitanos looked at her students with appreciation and asked, "Why?"
Henipolis knew that the teacher was testing himself again, so he carefully said the idea: "In the western Mediterranean, Syracuse has always been the most powerful Greek city-state, but has been confined to the island of Sicily. The biggest reason is the Carthaginians. The powerful forces of the Carthaginians on the island of Sicily not only kept the Syracuse always on alert, but also threatened its survival many times. Syracuse opposes Carthage It is very difficult, and there is still energy to care about things outside Sicily.
But in fact, the Syracuse people have always been interested in our great Greece. I remember that a few decades ago, Syracuse’s lord, Heilon, had a move to send troops into the Great Greece. But in recent years, the situation in Sicily has been very different from the past. Carmenji’s two large-scale military operations were defeated. I heard that this time, more than 20,000 people were killed or injured, and they had to propose an armistice. I am afraid that it has not had much power to threaten Syracuse.

Ansitanos nodded his approval for the students’ opinions, but he did not think that Syracuse would conduct military operations against the Great Greece. He said:
The Carthage defeated it and it seems to be in Syracuse. The war between the people and the people is actually confrontation with the forces of the entire Greek city-state. How can the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta and the city-states of Napoli, Campania, allow the foreigners to completely occupy Sicily? Thus cutting off the trade route between the Mediterranean and the Mediterranean, and even threatening their rear (referring to Sparta). I believe that after these two defeats, the Carthaginians will become smarter and will not easily provoke war in Sicily. Its strong strength in Africa, it will remain the biggest threat to Syracuse."
"You are right, teacher! But at least for now, Syracuse’s power is much stronger than that of Carthage. This time, after their peace talks with Carthage, I am afraid that the Carthaginians will Will retreat to the west of Sicily, Syracuse unified Sicily has been seen by anyone, and may happen in the near future." Henipolis said with concern.
"Yeah, this is the issue that our alliance will continue to pay attention to next time." Ansitanos said with indulgence.
"I can't just pay attention. I think Dionysius will not be content to dominate in Sicily. Dionysius is a greedy person. These two wars with Carthage were caused by his initiative to expand the territory. If Sicily is stable, he will probably target the big Greece."
Although Ansitanos does not agree with Henipolis's exaggeration of the war threat in Syracuse, as a scholar, he likes to debate with students, which is conducive to inspiring him. So he frowned and asked, "Why would it be big Greece?"
"Because the south of Sicily is Carthage, Dionysius no longer dared to go to the real territory of Carthage to go wild; and to the east, it was the sphere of influence of Sparta; to the west was the Iberian Peninsula. Not only is the voyage far away, but I heard that there are many colonies established by the Carthaginians. Dionysius can’t go to the expedition if he is faint, so he can only make mistakes in Athens. Therefore, it is only possible to be the northern part of Greece. There is only one narrow Strait of Messina in Sicily, and Dionysius can send 100,000 troops to the land of Greater Greece within half a day.
And I think Dionysius has long had a coveted heart for the Great Greece, otherwise he would not marry a Rocky woman and associate him with Locke. Today, when he is fighting with Carthage, he has not forgotten to send a spy to disturb Diaonia. His ambitions for the big Greece are already very obvious!

"Herney, you have to understand that ambition is one thing. It is another thing to start war. Dionysius may have a heart for the big Greece, but the big Greece now has our Dionia. Alliance." Ansitanos said, suddenly a strange thought rose in his heart: If Turui is still the former Turui, the big Greek cities and towns face the giant Syracuse, its prospects Really unimaginable. Thanks to Hades for coming to Daves, he established the Union of Dionia, almost integrated the power of the Great Greece, which made Dionysius have to be careful!
"And the Syracuse wars ~EbookFREE.me~ I heard that the national treasury has been unable to make ends meet, the people are also very dissatisfied, these days I believe that you have already felt when you are hanging out in the city, in such a bad situation, Can Syracuse launch a large-scale war like Carthage? I think it is impossible. And this time we come to Syracuse to let Dionysius know that we are wearing The determination of the Onyar League completely dispels his unrealistic ambitions!" Anchitalus said confidently.
Henipolis was infected by him and nodded cautiously.
At this time, the followers walked into the room and said, "The adults of Ansitanos, someone outside is looking for you, saying that it was sent by Phillips."
Philiptos, the minister of Dionysius? Ansitanos and his students looked at each other...
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Ansitanos was invited to a banquet hosted by Felistos tonight.
At dusk, the carriage sent by Phillips had already arrived at the hotel, and Ansitanos took the carriage with Henipolis.
The messenger group of Ansitanos lived in the central city of Syracuse. The original colony of the Syracuse was on the island of Ortigia. Until a few decades ago, Dillon became the lord of Syracuse. He led a large number of immigrants to expand inland. The extended urban area is Syracuse. In the current urban center of Zharen, most temples, theaters, markets, etc. are concentrated here. But this area, which is already small, is only a small part of the urban area that the Syracuse people expanded.
In the decades after the reign of Emperor Dillon, the Syracuse extended the city to the northeast, and included an area near the coast three times larger than the central area into the city of Syracuse, called "Akradina", this coastal area also includes a well-resourced quarry.