Chapter 184: The Establishment of the New Greek Alliance (2)

On 5 January, the meeting of the New Greek Alliance was officially convened, chaired by Klotocatax, assisted by Shiros, and attended by nearly 200 city-state emissaries, who were still engaged in heated debates over minor details despite the framework of the larger alliance agreement already in place.

By January 11, the final alliance agreement was finalized, the main contents of which were:

First of all, the first is Dionia, Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Argos...... The Greek city-states voluntarily formed a new Greek alliance and voluntarily elected Dionysia as the permanent leader of the alliance;

After the formation of the new Hellenic Coalition Parliament, each city-state recommends a citizen of the city-state to become a member of the Coalition for a triennial change, except that the Dionian councillor will always be the president of the League;

Members of the alliance must not wage war against each other, otherwise the alliance will form an army, led by Dionia, to crusade against the initiators of the war;

In the event of a conflict between the members of the Alliance, it must be submitted to the Council of the Alliance, and Dionya is responsible for forming an investigation team to discuss and resolve it;

In the event of an invasion by a foreign enemy, the Alliance will form an army, led by Dionia, until the foreign enemy is repulsed, so as to ensure the safety of the members of the Alliance;

If the members of the alliance want to wage war abroad, they can submit a request to the parliament of the alliance, and if the alliance discusses and passes, they will help them, and if they do not pass and force a war, the alliance will not guarantee the security of their territory, and Dionya has a veto power;

If other city-states wanted to join the alliance, they had to be discussed and approved by the council, but Dionya had a veto;

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In addition, under the deterrence and strong insistence of Dionia, the New Greek Alliance also confirmed the spheres of influence of the main members of the alliance:

Recognition of the territory of Athens as the whole of Attica, including Aegina and the islands of Salamis;

Recognition of Sparta's territory as Lagnia, including the island of Kythera (due to the timely surrender of Argus at the end of the Greek Wars and the active sending of troops to assist the Dionian army, Dionya returned to Argos, who had occupied Sparta for hundreds of years, and the Spartans, who were still worried about their fate, had no intention of objecting);

Confirmation of the establishment of the Thebes-led Piosia League, which encompasses the entire Piosia region and includes Olopus;

(Thebes, as the only Greek power that did not oppose Dionysa in the Greek War, and supported Dionysa in the later stages of the war, led to a faster victory, and Dionys, of course, had to repay the allies, and fully fulfilled the dreams that Pelopidas, Ipamilonda and other Theban leaders had been pursuing.)

However, the Athenian envoys led by Callistratus were firmly opposed to the transfer of Auropes to Thebes, believing that the Auropes had always been close to Athens and regarded Thebes as enemies, and that Aurapeus had always been considered part of Attica and should be assigned to Attica instead of Piosia......

As Pelopidas also engaged in strong arguments, the issue was debated over the drawing up of the Covenant, and in the end Clotocartáctus intervened, offering to return Aegina, which had been occupied by Dionia, to Athens, and Auropus to the Piosia League. Aegina was clearly more important to Athens than Olopus, and Callistratus finally agreed, and Pelopidas got his wish.

For Dionia, since Athens had become an ally, Aegina's return to Athens was a matter of course, killing two birds with one stone. )

Confirmation that Mandia established the Mandian League, with Mandia as the main Mandinia, and that the territory of the former Tegea belonged to Mandia (this was the greatest reward that Crotocartas gave to Mandinia, who had always been a staunch supporter of Dionya during the war, and fulfilled his previous promise. Shilos even threatened the other Arcadian city-states that objected on the issue, claiming that "if they don't agree, then Dionya will come and settle accounts with them for betraying Dionya in the war, and Tegea will be their example". The emissaries of the Arcadian city-states finally did not dare to oppose it anymore);

Olympia was confirmed to be under the jurisdiction of Ellis, but Alyss had no right to prevent the city-states of the New Hellenic League from worshipping Zeus, or to revoke his right to participate in the Games (it can be said that Ellis was able to regain control of Olympia in the end, thanks to the intercession of other former Olympian citizens such as Ionicus, who had joined Messenia, and the full cooperation of the Ellis when Crotocatacus sent troops to surround Olympia in order to threaten its priests);

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On January 12, the envoys of the city-states signed the covenant one after another, and then the famous Greek engraver engraved the covenant and its signature on a three-meter-high, one-meter-diameter copper pillar, and then the envoys of the city-states will face the bronze pillar engraved with words in turn, and solemnly swear in the name of the twelve main gods of Greece: their city-states will abide by the covenant and never betray!

Finally, the sacred bronze pillar will be transported to Turiyi and erected in front of the gates of the new Greek Union Parliament, which is being built.

On March 1, a grand triumphal ceremony took place in Turiy, the capital of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia.

When the news of the "conquest of Greece proper" reached the territory of Dionia, the people of Greek descent were ecstatic, knowing that most of them were either exiles from the Eastern Mediterranean or descendants of immigrants from the Greek city-states themselves. They scattered flowers, sang and danced to greet the soldiers who had been waiting for this triumphal ceremony for months.

On the platform in front of the Great Council Hall, Davers was as happy as the people, especially when he saw his son striding up, and his eyes never stopped looking.

When Klotockataks approached him, his feet "slammed together, and he gave a military salute with great force, and shouted in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Commander of the Greek Expeditionary Force, Klotocatax, salute you!" ”

At that moment, Hades, who has experienced countless winds and waves and has reigned for more than 20 years. Davers was a little excited, and his voice trembled slightly, "Child...... You've lost a lot of weight, but you're more energetic! You did a great job and lived up to my expectations of you! ”

His father's kind words turned away the perseverance that Crotokatas had cultivated for more than half a year, and he suddenly had red circles in his eyes, and said softly with guilt: "Father, please forgive me, I didn't take good care of my eldest brother!" ”

Davers softly comforted, "It's not your fault! Your mother and I don't blame you, and Cynthia and Edui don't blame you either! After the triumphal ceremony, we went home together and paid our respects at Adores's grave! ”

He patted Klotocatax on the shoulder, handed him the golden scepter, and said encouragingly, "But now you must cheer up and join the people of the kingdom in celebrating this great victory won by the blood of countless soldiers!" ”

Klotockataks nodded, squeezing out a smile as hard as he could, and with Davers he turned to face the thousands of soldiers and civilians in the square, raising his scepter aloft.

The cheers suddenly rose higher and higher like the raging tides.

A month later, Davos appointed Crotocatacs as consul of the sacred kingdom of Dionia, along with six auxiliary ministers.

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In the territory of Attica in Athens there is Mount Aegalias, which is bordered by the city of Athens to the east, and at the foot of the mountain to the west is a small town called Thelesia, which is famous throughout Greece for its pottery industry because of the high-quality clay on the banks of the nearby river.

The town is home to many pottery houses and kilns, and every day countless pillars of smoke rise from here, covering the whole town in smoke and dust. Outsiders often worry about the townspeople, and the Athenians tell them calmly that this is a good thing, and it means that the Athenian pottery industry is thriving!

In fact, even after the establishment of the New Greek League and the emergence of Dioonia as the new overlord of Greece, the fears of the Athenian pottery merchants did not arise, and the Athenian pottery industry did not decline, but orders were far greater than before.

Early in the morning, Hesklaus set out with a caravan from the outskirts of Athens to Thlesia.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the foreman in charge of the entire pottery factory came to report to him that the last batch of pottery was about to be out of the kiln.

He immediately rushed to the kiln, which had just been opened, and in the scorching air filled with black ash, red-hot pottery was revealed: they were of all shapes, but they were all different from those of traditional Athenian pottery.

Everyone present was accustomed to this, because the pottery was custom-made by the buyer, and the patterns were provided by the buyer, who was a Turriyi merchant.

It is important to remember that when Hersklaus initially handed over the new patterns provided by the buyer to the potters who specialized in making the body and shaping the body, these highly skilled Athenian potters refused to make them, believing that these patterns were deviant and haphazard. Hesklaus fired one potter after another, and the collective resistance of the potters brought his fledgling pottery business to a desperate end, but later more than half of the pottery farms in Thelesia received orders from Dionia, and the prices were so high that the potters who had to be clothed and fed finally gave in.

While waiting for the temperature of the pottery to cool down, Hesklaus went to the nearby bottle painting room, where he wanted to thank the painter Onishmos and his assistants for the paintings, and to pay them handsomely.