After crossing the Saraceno River, Davers clearly felt that the terrain was elevated, and the distance between the mountains and the coast was parallel to the north, but the distance between them was much shorter, and the small space made Davers's trip safer, but he did not take it lightly, and let Arsistes and Rydes serve as scouts on the left flank of the team, keeping a close eye on the situation in the mountains, preventing the enemy from taking a detour from the mountains and copying their back roads. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The rest of the way, instead of a shore with a soft beach, Davers saw a steep rock wall and a jagged reef with a rhythmic lap of the water.

It seems that there could not have been a port in Amendolara. Davers thought to himself, and a sense of loss rose from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, the guide shouted, "Look, this is Amendolara." ”

Following the direction of his finger, a city in the distance flickered.

Davers perked up, clamped his horse's belly hard, and rushed forward for a while, and the soldiers who followed quickly caught up.

Now he saw clearly: Amendolara was actually a mountain city, which was not in keeping with the tradition of the Greeks! It is built on a hill that does not look low in height, facing east, overlooking the bay of Taranto. The morning mist in the mountains and forests permeated its surroundings, and it looked faint.

To see better, Davers moved on.

The guide followed with trepidation, because it was less than a mile away from the city of Amendolara, and although he had not seen the Lucanians before, it did not mean that the Lucanians would not come out to 'welcome' when they arrived at the door of the house!

At this time, another river blocked the way, the width of the river was less than ten meters, and the clear water could see the bottom of the river, so there was no problem at all in wading.

"This is the Sisno River, and there is another river called Burano not far to the north, and Amendolara is between the two rivers. That's it, we can't cross the river anymore. The guide pleaded.

Davers couldn't help but sigh: the Apennine Peninsula is so rich in water resources! No wonder the citizens of Greater Greece are more nourished than the native Greeks, and the snow of the Apennines melts, eventually forming rivers, which in turn wash the earth and rocks of the mountains to the lowlands, and year after year, can the land not be fertile! Compared to the gravel land of Greece, one is heaven and the other is earth! It's just that the plain area is too small.

During the war, the mountain town was generally easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it needed to solve two problems, food and water. Since Amendora is surrounded by rivers, it is not a problem to think of water...... Davers pondered as he observed the city of Amendora not far away: it looked small, at least a hundred meters above the ground, but it had a gentle slope and a stone wall around the perimeter of the city......

When the guide saw that Davers had not crossed the river, but had not gone away, he stood by the river, and looked at Amendolara repeatedly, and could not help but be a little anxious, and wanted to urge again.

Davers asked, "What is the relationship between Amendolara and Turiyi?" The city built by the immigrants of Turiyi? ”

This guide is not an ordinary slave, he is a domestic slave, he has accompanied Bulkos to study and play together since he was a child, and when he grew up, he followed Bulkos to go north and south, doing business everywhere, as an important assistant of Bulkos, he is also well-informed, Bulkos can send him as a guide, in fact, because of the guilt of breaking his promise, so he thought about Davers's very deep historical question, and replied: "It is said that the city of Amendolara was built by the natives here a long time ago, Later, the people of Cybaris occupied it, and after Crotone destroyed it, he did not capture it...... After the establishment of the Turii, it took the initiative to form an alliance with the Turi, and once fended off the attack of Tarantum in the north with the Turui......"

Alliance? Looking at the small city of Amendolara and thinking about the scale of the city of Turiyi, it is obvious that the two are not the same size, and it may be difficult to get an equal dialogue, that is, a nominal alliance and a vassal. However, as long as it's not the colonial city of Turiyi. Davers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He has been in this era for more than half a year, and he has deliberately learned a lot about the actual situation of the Greek city-state, completely reversing the concept that he thought that the city-state was just a city in his previous life. After the Greeks established a city, they would expand outward as much as possible, establishing villages, towns, and the surrounding land under their control, and when the land was beyond the direct control of the city because of the distance, they would build colonial cities or capture other people's cities, so as to continue to maintain the momentum of expansion, and second, to provide protection around the main city.

In the beginning, such colonial cities were at the behest of the mother state, after all, the citizens of the colonial city were all immigrants from the mother state, and even the consuls could have been appointed by the mother state. Over time, the Greeks' instinct for independence and freedom came into play, and the Greek polis was a closed mode of political management, which naturally rejected unification, and they became independent. However, due to the geographical proximity and blood closeness, as long as the mother state still maintains the advantage of strength and does not overly oppress these neighbors, they will form a natural alliance with the mother state dominated by the mother state. However, if the colony city is separated from the mother state by the ocean or too far away, it is very likely that after a few decades, due to the estrangement of the relationship, it is very likely that the city and the mother state will become two different city-states, or even enemies of each other, such as Corinth and Corkyra.

Obviously, Amendolara was a colonial city of Cybaris, and for Turiy it was only a vassal ally, so the land here did not belong to Turii...... Davers thought to himself, and then asked, "How did the Lucanians take this city?" ”

"I don't know much about this, but it seems that few citizens of Amendolara have escaped...... At that time, Turii was in the midst of the grief of a crushing defeat of the whole army and the killing of countless citizens, and he was too busy defending himself against the attack of the Lucanians, ignoring the pleas for help from the citizens of Amendolara, and then did not know where they had gone. ......" said the guide nonchalantly, but Davers took it to heart.

At this time, Asistes cried out: "Chief, someone has come out of the city!" ”

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Vesbah, the leader of the Lucanians in Amendolara, had been a little irritated during this time, as Grumentum had sent an emissary asking him to lead his clan in the second assault on Turiyi that the Lucanian Tribal Alliance was about to begin.

The larger of the tribes of the Vesbah tribe who originally lived on the banks of the Upper Agri River, southeast of the city of Grummentum, where there were many tribal settlements, had been living by grazing and simple farming, and for decades had been at peace with the surrounding tribes. But the year before last, since the marriage and alliance between Grummentum City and Pikosis City, the originally powerful Grumtum has become stronger, they no longer care about the checks and balances of the equally powerful Potentia City in the northwest, and began to expand aggressively, attacking and co-opting the settlements and cottages of the surrounding small tribes, under the pressure of the Grummentum army, the Wesba tribe did not want to be annexed by it, so they had to flee to the southeast, hiding in the forest at the junction of the mountains of Amendolara and Heraclia in the west, due to hunger and disease, Clansmen continue to die, including two of Wesbah's sons. Just when Wesbah could barely hold on and wanted to surrender Grummentum in order to survive, he heard a message.

Since the expansion of Grummentum, the population has increased dramatically, and the military has grown dramatically, but at the same time it has brought with it a problem - food. Originally, the mountainous area of Lucania did not produce enough food, so it relied more on grazing, and grazing also depended on the weather. The previous winter, which had been much colder than usual, and a large number of livestock had frozen to death, making food a major problem for Grumentim in maintaining its hegemony in southern Lucaria. So, in the winter of last year, Grumentum joined forces with Pikosis and led a large army against Niutum, who recognized his alliance status.

Laos...... Wait for the forces of the tribal cities to meet and prepare to attack Turii.

Wesbah used his brains, he wanted to take advantage of the great war between the two sides to fish in troubled waters, so that the tribe could get out of the danger of annihilation. So, he mobilized the entire tribe to build rafts, stock up on food, and prepare to plunder eastward.

It was then that he heard the good news that Turij had attacked Laos with an army of 10,000 men, but the whole army was destroyed.

Vesbah was overjoyed, believing that the opportunity had come, and immediately ordered his whole tribe to take a raft down the river, force their way down the river, and finally enter the territory of Amendolara.

Note: Grummentum Grumentum

Picosis Pyxous

Niutum Nerulum

Laos

Potentia Potentia