The city of Mothia is small in size, but it can be the most important stronghold of Carthage in Sicily, but it has a large population, so in order to make everyone have a place to live, the inhabitants of Mothia have to build their houses high, usually six or seven stories high, like a spire.

When the Syracuse soldiers entered the city, they found that the inhabitants of Modiaa not only had no intention of surrendering, but were stubbornly guarding every street and every house. While the soldiers tried to break through the ramparts of the streets, the residents of Motia could throw stones, javelins, and even boiling water and hot oil down the upper floors of their homes, causing a great deal of casualties to the Syracuse soldiers.

Dionysius had to suspend his offensive, gather numerous engineers, and spend time constructing a siege tower the height of a Mothian dwelling, six stories high, with wheels underneath, and a huge ...... When everything was ready, the Syracuse attacked again.

The ten siege towers were pushed by a large number of laborers, from the east, west, south, and north sides of the city, along the widened gaps and roads in the city wall, into the city of Modia, slowly approaching the houses, lowering the top of the bridge, and taking the roof of the house, the Syracuse soldiers passed through the wooden ladder in the tower, reached the exit, and tried to attack the house through the bridge. The inhabitants of Mothia threw wood and asphalt at the siege towers, desperately blocking the enemy's entry.

Thus, the most peculiar scene of the siege of Mordiaa happened: both sides were fighting in mid-air, stumps and blood were constantly spilling from the air, and soldiers and residents were covered in flames, falling from the floors more than ten meters high, screaming incessantly, and the ground was full of corpses......

Due to the desperate fighting of the inhabitants of Motia, the attack on Syracuse made little progress, and the battle was deadlocked......

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In Sparta, the new king Agosilaus and his elders were now uninterested in the war in Asia Minor, as a conspiracy threatened their rule was uncovered.

Kenadon, a former citizen of Sparta, was demoted to the rank of inferior citizen because he could no longer afford to pay for public meals, and no longer enjoyed the privileges of a Spartan citizen. At first, he only wanted to take revenge on the Spartan nobles out of jealousy, but after a long period of observation and constant contact with other ruled classes in the Spartan territory, he gradually realized how terrible the Spartan system was to the inhumane slaughter and oppression of the Helots, and how unfair it was to the inferior people and the Periasians who also contributed their sweat and blood to the city, so he decided to overthrow the rule of the Spartan nobles.

During this period, with the frequent wars, the citizens of Sparta, the people of Piria, and even the Helots were constantly conscripted to fight, and the land in the country was gradually barren due to lack of labor, but the tax burden of the city-state was increasing, so that the dissatisfaction of people of all classes against Sparta increased sharply, so under the secret contact and propaganda of Kenadon, a large number of people in the Spartan territory were inspired by his ideas to join his organization, even including the disappointed among the Spartan citizens.

As time went on, the rebel group grew in number, and just as they were about to take certain actions, some of the participants reported to the Council of Elders out of fear.

The king, the elders, and the procurators were shocked when they got the news. Because of the urgency of the situation, they hurriedly held an informal meeting and decided to send Kenadun to lead some young people to the suburbs of the town to carry out the "purge operation", the so-called "purge operation" is the Spartan government is worried that the Helots are overpopulated and threaten the rule of the Spartans, so that the Spartan government formulates an open and legal official action to kill some of the Helots every year, which can not only make the Helots always remember the horrors of Sparta, but also can temper the bloodthirsty desire of young Spartan citizens.

Kinadun did not suspect when he received the order, but was happy, not because he was excited that he had the right to kill any black man he encountered at will, but because he felt that having the right to roam freely allowed him to contact the organization and start a riot.

However, he thought too simply, and lacked vigilance, and soon after leaving the city, he was secretly arrested by the Spartan warriors who had been ambushed and taken back to his cell. The Spartans, who had long exploited and oppressed the Black Labors, were very experienced in extorting confessions by torture, and after severe torture, the tortured Kenadon finally confided in some important leaders of the organization.

While the prosecutors searched for the rebels throughout the city, they escorted the bruised Kenadun around the city and declared to the crowd that Kenadun was a despicable traitor who wanted to incite the Helots to riot and overthrow the Spartans, rob them of their wealth, and make himself king.

Kenadun had no chance to defend himself, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the Spartan warrior whipped him with a leather whip and slammed him in the mouth with a wooden rod pierced with iron spikes. Covered in blood, under the angry and disdainful gaze of the people, Kenadun staggered before he could finish the race, and fell to the ground with convulsions.

The Spartan government succeeded in physically eliminating Kenadon, ruining his reputation and making the rebels hate the rebels in the uninformed Spartan populace. However, the number of people involved in the conspiracy was too large for the incident to be far from over, and the two kings, the elders, and the procurators were busy stabilizing the situation in the country for the time that followed.

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The rugby match in Dionya lasted for more than ten days, and the wonderful games and fierce confrontations not only made the Dionian people and their allies crazy, but also attracted the foreign merchants who came to trade in Turiyi. When it came to the semifinals, not only was the arena full, but there were countless people outside the arena clamoring to go in and watch.

Chief Executive Kunogorata urgently increased the number of patrols to strengthen the maintenance of order in the stadium and avoid accidents.

The final was still between two strong teams, Turiyi and Amendolara.

From the whistle to the end, the audience stood and cheered for both teams......

In the end, Amendolara narrowly won and avenged last year's revenge.

When the stunned spectators were about to leave, the host of the tournament loudly announced: "There will be a football exhibition match to thank the people for their full support!" ”

Football, as the name suggests, is a ball kicked with the feet, but how to kick the ball with the feet to play? Many spectators who had not yet seen the sport sat back to watch with doubts and curiosity.

The staff in the arena moved the goal and redrew the line with lime powder.

While the spectators were whispering to their friends who knew the situation, players from both sides came onto the pitch and the referee stood in the center of the pitch with a truly round ball.

A whistle blows, and the game begins.

The spectators were amazed to find that the ball could bounce on the ground, and the players used their feet and various parts of their bodies to touch the ball, but not with their hands, which is exactly the opposite of rugby.

The audience's eyes widened in amazement when they saw the players holding the ball with their feet, making all kinds of wonderful movements, and dribbling the ball past the opponents who were scrambling; And when they saw the players running like the wind with the ball and scoring with a powerful shot, the audience couldn't help but cheer in unison.

By the time the spectators really began to immerse themselves in the game, those who were interested had already realised that Dioonia had invented a ball game no less than rugby, and it would surely take the Dionian Union and Greater Greece by storm!

At the end of the match, the host of the tournament announced: "On the day of the founding of the state next year, a football match will be held in Dionia to celebrate!" ”

The audience left the arena unsatisfied. For some time to come, they will be chatting about rugby and next year's football game. While the merchants pondered the business opportunities that this grand tournament would bring, they brought these novel topics to other ports and cities, and the fame of the Dionian Ball Games was slowly expanding its influence in Greater Greece......

At the end of the rugby game, the elders in the Great Hall of the Senate looked solemn, originally only discussing the proposal of whether to wage war against Bruti, but who knew that Tarantum had sent a messenger......

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Previously, Tarantum had gathered heavy forces to capture Manduria, a stronghold built by the Mesapi to attack Tarantum, and then spent several months and paid a great price to acquire the important port city of Brindisi of the Mesapi, which greatly doubled Tarantum's territory.

In addition to the joy, the Tarantum did not dare to be careless, although the Mesapi people have been hit hard, but they will not give up, hundreds of years of competition with the Mesapi people, so the Tarantum people have a deep understanding of the habits of this race, so Tarantum to the newly occupied city to send additional soldiers, and at the same time step up the repair of the city defenses.

For several months, the Apulia region (i.e. the "heel" of Italy) has been calm.

According to the estimation of the existing strength of the Mesapi people and the geographical location and importance of Brindisi and Manduria, the Tarantum Senate had considered it in detail in advance, so they asked the young Acheta to lead more soldiers to defend Brindisi, which was farther away from Tarantum and more important, and in Manduria, which was only 40 miles away from Tarantum, and deployed too many men, because the troops of Tarantum and Brindisi could come to reinforce at any time, and it was impossible to focus on attacking two towns at the same time with the strength of the Mesapi.

On the morning of the fifth day after the Hades celebrations began, Acheta, who was inspecting the construction process at the port of Brindisi, received a messenger from the Senate of Tarantum.

"Manduria was attacked by the Mesapis?! How many people are there?! "Acheta was a little surprised.

"According to the report of the scouts, there are many enemies, no less than 10,000 people, and their attack is very fierce! The Senate has already sent two thousand men to Manduria to temporarily contain the enemy's offensive in Manduria......"