Vol 8 Chapter 293: Ansitanos teacher

As young and middle-aged citizens are transferred to combat and have not returned for a long time, resulting in a lack of labor at home, many families need to buy more slaves to ensure that farmland harvesting and family workshops can be completed smoothly... The prosperity of the slave market.

There are only two places in Turui that have not received the influence of the war: one is the Turai school, the teachers still attend classes as usual, even if the father of the student is killed, he will be in the teacher’s enlightenment and companions. In the frolics, gradually emerged from grief; the other is the Dionysian Academy. Whether it is a highly educated teacher or a high-level student, they continue to focus on their own research and study, but this does not mean They turned a deaf ear to the current situation.

Behind the classroom of the College of Liberal Arts, Ansitanos is sitting under a big tree, telling the history of Egypt. More than 20 students surround him, sitting on the grass casually, listening to him seriously, while Write down the main points on the wooden board that you carry with your pen, and raise your hand and ask questions. The atmosphere is relaxed and lively.

Ansitanos looked up at the sky and said, "Today's class is here, and two days later, we will go on."

He was talking, and saw the high-lifted hand of the student, so he asked gently: Ionikos, what else do you have?


"Teacher, now King Daves is leading the army to fight with the mighty Carthage in Sicily. Can we win?"

Ansitanos frowned. "This is not what you want to teach."

"Teacher, tell us about it!"

"Teacher, you are not saying, 'Learning history is to find experience from the past, to make more sensible choices in the event of a crisis'? And now we are fighting Carthage, not the most encountered in the kingdom. Difficult moments! So, can we win in this important war? Can you analyze the history with your analysis of history?!"


Since I heard that the 'Carthage army has invaded our territory in Sicily', it has been very worried, even unable to study with peace of mind! The teacher is knowledgeable, more than we know, whether your analysis is good or bad. I can set my heart and work harder to prepare for the future!"

"Teacher, tell us about it!"

......

The students’ request made the good-tempered Ansitanos sigh with helplessness:
Well, then I will tell you about this war.


The students cheered for a moment.

Ansitanos did not speak immediately. He indulged for a while before he said: "I am sorry, some details about this war have been revealed to you because of the secrets of the kingdom, and I don't know much about military affairs. I can't understand and analyze the strategies and tactics adopted by both sides. I can only talk about some of my views based on what I have learned about the two sides and my analysis of the past history of the Mediterranean..."

The students immediately sat down and prepared to listen.

Ansitanos cleared his throat and said slowly: "I have already said that Egypt was once conquered by Assyrians from the two rivers, and Egypt has been a powerful kingdom of the Eastern Mediterranean before. Talking about Assyria, the Assyrians who dominated the eastern Mediterranean region were later annihilated by the rising Persians, which was also mentioned in the book "History" written by Herodotus. The persevering Persian The West conquered the entire Mediterranean Sea, but was defeated by the Greek-speaking city-states led by Sparta and Athens, which they could not see. The Herodotus described it in more detail. After that, Athens and Sparta Started to dominate in the Eastern Mediterranean...

What do I say about this to illustrate? When you read the history of these countries carefully, you will find that they all have a process from weak to strong, from strong to declining. A country is like a person, going through children, teenagers, youth, youth, old age... Throughout the period, it is possible that it will die in the middle.

In adolescence, because of its weakness, it had to endure bullying, was forced to sign various unequal agreements, and tried hard to make good friends with the surrounding strong men; when it was youth, it had strong physique and strong energy. It wants to compete with the strong players; in the middle age, its strength and energy have declined, the character has become stable, it will strive to maintain the various honors it has won; and in the old age, the old and the weak Not only does the wealth it possesses are easily snatched by others, but even life is hard to preserve... You say, what period is the most terrible of a kingdom?

"Of course it is a youth!"

"No, I think it is middle age!"...

The students rushed to speak.

After Ansitas and others expressed their opinions, they said: "My opinion is youth, because this time is the most energetic, enterprising, and united, just like gathering between mountains. The stream that rises, even if there is a high rock block in front, it will also flow down until it merges into a wide river... Assyrian and Persian are basically at this time, destroying the powerful countries that hinder them, and rapidly expanding. Laid the status of the hegemon.

In the middle age, not only have strong external enemies, but also many internal contradictions. The whole country has to spend more energy to solve these problems. The state’s property is also wasted in internal consumption, so it will not only stop. External expansion, and sometimes even forced to contract inward, which country do you say this is the case?


"Teacher, is Persian?!" A student said first: "Persia had been involved in the civil strife for more than 20 years, and Daveus had participated in the war. After that, Sparta invaded Asia Minor, and the Persians turned out to be." They didn't have the ability to repel them, even though the Spartans finally summed it up, it was also because of the Corinthian war. A few years ago, the Persian army attacked Egypt again, and the result was still repelled... Is this not in line with the teacher? Say what happened!"

"It's right, Axidatis! My opinion is the same as yours." Ansitanos did not hesitate to claim a compliment, and asked other students: "So what period do you think the kingdom is now? ?"


It’s a boyhood!
some students said in unison, while others stopped talking.

"Our kingdom has been established for more than a decade now. If it is counted from the establishment of the alliance, it will only be twenty years. If it is in time, the Kingdom of Deonia, which has only a short history of more than ten years, is indeed like a teenager. Ansitanos first analyzed the reasons why the students made this judgment, and then said: "But in other respects, this is not the case. Our kingdom directly owns more land than any A Mediterranean city-state, including Carthage, the number of citizens in our kingdom far exceeds these countries. The annual income of the kingdom is far from being comparable to that of them. It is only a little less than Carthage. We do not need to take the initiative. Good surrounding powers and races, because they either come forward to form an alliance or fear the support of other powerful forces.

The kingdom is still expanding outwards, and our territory is still expanding. It has only recently won over Rome and Samona, and has gained a lot of land. Although our citizens are also afraid of death, they are more eager to win honors in the war, and their loved ones will try their best to support them, not hinder them. Our great kings, our old people's homes will never succumb to external pressure, but respond to the provocations of the enemy with more positive actions... The whole kingdom is full of vitality and full of vitality and hope. Like the sun rising in the sky in the morning... I believe that you also have this feeling, isn't this a youth?


The students nodded excitedly and agreed.

"Teacher, then Carthage?" someone could not wait to ask.

"The situation in Carthage is a bit complicated." Ansitanos said with a deep sigh: "Carthage has been established for 200 years, and it has been long enough. It has suffered many failures in the contest with Syracuse. However, it has since conquered Numibia and southern Iberia.

There is no unified country in the Numisia region. The tribes have long been influenced and controlled by Carthage. It is actually very easy to conquer it, and its resistance is also weak. Carthage has a small population, and citizens occupy a large amount of Nubiana land, so that many Numidia slaves can cultivate for them, and they can easily enjoy the luxury life without any effort...

His Majesty Daves once said, ‘Life is too comfortable, and it will cause the Carthage to decay.’ His Majesty’s judgment was correct, so when the Carthage army first fought with us~EbookFREE.me~ we defeated them easily and easily...

But the Carthaginians' differences in the conquest of southern Iberia are different. As far as I know, Carthage did not have much influence there, but there was a large number of fierce indigenous people in that area. The Carthaginians eventually conquered southern Iberia and included their land resources and population. It’s really not easy to use it. It also shows that the Carthaginians there have a strong entrepreneurial spirit. So when the Carthage army attacked Sicily again and was dominated by the Iberian army, we were no longer opponents by the Sicilian army.

If we combine the basic soil of Katai with the southern part of Iberia, I think that Carthage is neither in youth nor in middle age, but in the period when young people are heading toward middle age. However, you must know that the southern part of Iberia is actually ruled by the Margonid family of Carthage alone. They have a lot of contradictions with other nobles in the basic soil of Carthage. In this case, it may be In a long and arduous war, it is hard to say whether the two sides can unite and fight with no disagreement.

Therefore, looking at it together, Carthage is a young man, it seems to be strong and powerful, but its development is actually not perfect, there are many hidden diseases. And our energetic, healthy, and enterprising kingdom has war with it. I believe that even if there are several failures in the middle, the final victory will belong to us!