MHAG :: Volume #4

#334: Expansion of Syracuse

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When Theonia conquers the Bruttii news passes to Syracuse, Dionysius under the accompaniment of Matthias is inspecting the building situation in Syracuse city defense fort. 戴奥尼亚征服布鲁提的消息传到锡拉库扎时,狄奥尼修斯正在马西阿斯的陪同下视察锡拉库扎城防御要塞的修筑情况。 Sees the project to be near completion, joyful he hears this news suddenly, the complexion immediately immediately becomes gloomy, blurted to scold one: „Damn Carthaginians, hindered my plan!......” 看到工程接近完成,心情愉悦的他突然听到这个消息,脸色立刻顿时变得阴沉,脱口骂了一句:“该死的迦太基人,阻碍了我的计划！……” .................................... ……………………………… In 397 B. C. the early spring, Carthage Fetter Mirko led one to be known as 100,000 armies, started from the Carthage city, had the skirmish after the sea and Syracuse navy, landed Sicily smoothly, moreover received to sell the rebel quickly, captured west the Sicily island Ecuadoran law Kaess city with ease, then storm Tia, succeeded. 公元前397年初春,迦太基苏菲特希米尔科率领一支号称10万的大军,从迦太基城出发,在海上与锡拉库扎海军发生小规模战斗之后,顺利登陆西西里,而且很快收卖叛徒,轻松夺取了西西里岛西面的厄律克斯城,接着强攻摩提亚,获得成功。 The Syracuse army is forced to withdraw to Saige Starck's surrounding, Hill Mick while not winning pursuit, but destroyed Tia city, nearby approaching its seashore constructed a new town, names to be called, so that. 锡拉库扎军队被迫撤出对塞格斯塔的包围,希尔米科并未趁胜追击,而是摧毁了摩提亚城,在靠近它的海边附近修建了一座新城,取名叫做利利俾。 When the Carthage army stops going forward, discrete Dionysius stations troops motionless in the Syracuse city. 在迦太基军队停止前进之时,谨慎的狄奥尼修斯在锡拉库扎城屯兵不动。 Hill Mick for , so that shortly after the new town lays the foundation, in February arrives, commands the army to continue to east attacks. This he has not gone forward along last year Syracuse attack route time, but goes by boat to circle to the northeast corner of Sicily island, takes no protection with ease Messina. 希尔米科在为利利俾新城奠基后不久,就在2月到来之际,率军继续向东进攻。这一次他并未沿着去年锡拉库扎的进攻路线前进,而是乘船绕到西西里岛的东北角,轻松拿下毫无防备的墨西拿。 Messina Rhegion of downcast to channel opposite shore is a big stimulation. This dependence advantageous geographical position and prosperous harbor transportation trade, but wealthy Magna Graecia city-state for many years continuously quietly communicated with Carthage, to guard by coveting of Syracuse to Messina channel. Suddenly friendly alien race city-state reveals the venomous fang, Rhegion sisters city-state Messina attacking and occupying. Why is sisters city-state? Because Messina is earliest jointly colonizes to establish by Cumae and Carl Kiess person, at first called to approve the to subdue|grams row, the arrival that because afterward beautiful Senia immigrated changed name to call Messina. The Messina person is very early realized that the channel opposite shore must grasp in own person of hand, the security will have the safeguard, therefore they agitated the mother-state Cumae as well as Messenians established ally city Rhegion. 墨西拿的陷落对海峡对岸的利吉姆是一大刺激。这个依靠有利的地理位置、繁荣的港口转运贸易而富裕的大希腊城邦多年来一直悄悄的与迦太基来往,以防被锡拉库扎对墨西拿海峡的觊觎。忽然间友好的异族城邦亮出毒牙,将利吉姆的姊妹城邦-墨西拿给攻占了。为何是姊妹城邦？因为墨西拿最早是由库迈和卡尔基斯人联合殖民建立的,最初叫赞克列,后来因为美塞尼亚移民的到来才改名叫墨西拿。墨西拿人很早就意识到海峡对岸必须掌握在自己人手中,安全才会有保障,所以他们鼓动母邦库迈以及美塞尼亚人建立了友邦城市利吉姆。 Rhegion felt scared, they make the decision quickly, sends out the envoy to the Scylletium south intent Union Headquarters station, requests to join the union. Hence, besides Locri and attached city-state, other Magna Graecia Greece city-state, had the treaty of alliance with Theonia. 利吉姆感到了恐慌,他们很快作出决定,派出使者到西里庭的南意同盟总部驻地,要求加入同盟。至此,除洛克里及其附属城邦外,大希腊其他希腊城邦,都与戴奥尼亚有了盟约。 After Hill Mick thoroughly destroys the Messina city, to flatter east Sicily Indigenous Siculians, attacks Syracuse with Carthage together, therefore he in the Messina south coast, prepares to construct a New town Tauromenion, bestows to Siculians. 希尔米科彻底摧毁墨西拿城之后,为了讨好西西里东部的土著-西凯尔人,同迦太基一起进攻锡拉库扎,于是他在墨西拿南面的海岸,准备建一座新城-陶罗美尼昂,赠送给西凯尔人。 By March, Dionysius felt that cannot ignores Carthaginians continue to attack its attached city-state again, is not potential achievement, the allied countries likely reverse to Carthage. Therefore he assembled flood and field two groups of armies to advance to north to the Catania plain. 到了3月,狄奥尼修斯感到不能再放任迦太基人继续进攻它的附属城邦了,再不有所作为,盟邦们很可能倒向迦太基。于是他调集了海陆两路大军向北推进到卡塔尼亚平原。 In Catania nearby sea area, Syracuse and Carthage erupted a naval battle. The number of Greek warship was more than Carthaginians, has the advantage in the equipment. However, Dionysius appoints people by favoritism, his brothers Leptines takes the nauarch direction mistake, causing the Syracuse navy to be defeated, the loss is serious. 在卡塔奈附近的海域,锡拉库扎与迦太基爆发了一场海战。原本希腊战船的数量多于迦太基人,在装备上也占据优势。但是,狄奥尼修斯任人唯亲,他的兄弟莱普提涅斯作为海军统帅指挥失误,导致锡拉库扎海军遭受败绩,损失惨重。 The Greek army on land watches the naval battle in the shore, finally saw the pitiful condition of navy, starts the morale of troops to vacillate. 陆地上的希腊军队都在岸边观看海战,结果看到了海军的惨状,开始军心动摇。 The land army that luckily, Hill Mick leads has not arrived at the battlefield promptly, because erupted in several days Tauromenion southwest side Mount Etna suddenly, the volcano thick liquid spout of high fever, destroyed the path of going south, the black misty volcanic ash blocks the sky, making the Carthage army to choose to detour. 幸好,希尔米科率领的陆上军队并未及时到达战场,因为在那几天陶罗美尼昂西南面的埃特纳火山突然爆发了,高热的火山浆喷涌而下,毁坏了南下的道路,黑蒙蒙的火山灰遮天蔽日,使得迦太基大军不得不选择绕道。 Of Syracuse army awe is singing the fire god Hephaestus's ode, hurried returns to the Syracuse city, Catania and Leontium falls into the Carthage hand one after another. 锡拉库扎军队敬畏的一路默唱着火神赫菲斯托斯的颂歌,匆忙的退回锡拉库扎城,卡塔奈、列奥提尼相继落入迦太基手中。 Mirko is clamping the naval battle victory remaining prestige, leading the army to arrive at Syracuse finally smoothly, the Carthage navy also drove into the Syracuse port, then they pitched camp in Poos river bank, attempt siege Syracuse from the land and sea. 希米尔科夹着海战胜利的余威,率领大军终于顺利到达锡拉库扎,迦太基海军也驶入了锡拉库扎的大港,然后他们在阿拉普斯河岸安营扎寨,企图从陆上和海上围困锡拉库扎。 But the sending out envoy who at this time, Dionysius worries goes to Campania and Greek of native place Italy mother-state Corinth and overlord Sparta and other city-state by the express steamer, seeks them to provide the emergency aid. Although Magna Graecia is away from the Syracuse recent place, Dionysius actually neglected this region unintentionally, has not requested reinforcements to south Italy Overlord Theonia Alliance. 而此时,狄奥尼修斯却着急的派出使者乘快船前往意大利的坎帕尼亚、希腊本土的母邦科林斯、霸主斯巴达等城邦,寻求它们提供紧急援助。虽然大希腊是距离锡拉库扎最近的地方,狄奥尼修斯却有意无意的忽略了这片区域,没有向南部意大利霸主戴奥尼亚联盟求援。 Theonia is impossible without receiving invitation dispatches troops on own initiative, such will make the Sicily person suspect that harbors ulterior motives. Moreover, Theonia after passing through frequent war and sudden expansion, similarly requires the time to go to the recuperation, consolidated and conformity, therefore in Sicily Greek city-state faced with the critical time of completely falling to the enemy, Theonian, and Greeks state of mind complex separation sea onlooking of south intent. 戴奥尼亚也不可能在没受到邀请的情况下主动派兵,那样会让西西里人怀疑是别有用心。而且,戴奥尼亚在经过了频繁的战争和急剧的扩张之后,同样需要时间去休整、巩固和整合,所以在西西里的希腊城邦面临全部沦陷的危急时刻,戴奥尼亚人、以及南意的希腊人心绪复杂的隔海旁观。 Regional Greek Reinforcements catch up, particularly Sparta dispatched young general Pharacidas to lead 30 warships and 50,000 Sparta soldiers rushes. 各地的希腊援军纷纷赶来,尤其是斯巴达派遣了年轻的将领菲比达斯率领30艘战船和500百名斯巴达战士赶到。 At this time, the people in Syracuse city actually under the agitation of person with high aspirations started the riot, must chase off the stage Dionysius. Pharacidas leads to come from Greek Allied armies of various places to catch up to stop their riots, they actually complain to Pharacidas: Because of the bad direction of Dionysius, makes Syracuse be bogged down in difficulties, making the people lose the family member. Simultaneously counts one by one Dionysius domestic cruel rule, plea allied country Sparta can help them get rid of this to overstep authority the main shackles. 此时,锡拉库扎城内的民众却在有心人的鼓动下发动了暴乱,要将狄奥尼修斯赶下台。菲比达斯带领来自各处的希腊联军赶来制止他们的暴乱,他们却向菲比达斯控诉:正是因为狄奥尼修斯的糟糕指挥,才使得锡拉库扎陷入困境,让民众失去亲人。同时又历数狄奥尼修斯在国内的残暴统治,恳求盟邦斯巴达能帮助他们摆脱这个僭主的枷锁。 Pharacidas remembers the urging of beforehand Agesilaus, puts on a stern expression to tell them: The Sparta person comes the Syracuse duty is to help Dionysius resists Carthage, rather than helps the Syracuse person overthrow Dionysius! He hopes the people that riot can quell the anger, works as one to expel already Carthaginians of attacking army has reached the city. 菲比达斯想起之前阿格西劳斯的叮嘱,板起面孔告诉他们:斯巴达人前来锡拉库扎的任务是帮助狄奥尼修斯对抗迦太基,而不是帮助锡拉库扎人推翻狄奥尼修斯！他希望暴乱的民众能够平息愤怒,齐心协力赶走已经兵临城下的迦太基人。 Meanwhile, he also makes Dionysius guarantee: From now henceforth, can not to participating in the people of riot retaliates, the future rule will also be more tolerant. 同时,他还让狄奥尼修斯做出保证:从今以后,不得对参与暴乱的民众进行报复,今后的统治也会更加宽容。 Under fully supports of Sparta person, Dionysius went through a difficulty temporarily. 在斯巴达人的全力支持下,狄奥尼修斯暂时度过一个难关。 After Carthaginians outside city stabilizes, starts outside all facilities to Syracuse city to destroy. They not only smash the farmland and villages and small towns, but also blasphemed the god. Not only destroyed Popick Leegard ground Zeus temple, but also robbed Demeter and Demeter liangs position goddess temple. 城外的迦太基人安定下来之后,开始对锡拉库扎城外的一切设施进行破坏。他们不但捣毁农田、村镇,还亵渎神祗。不但破坏了波皮克莱高地上的宙斯神庙,还抢劫了德墨忒尔位女神的神庙。 The behavior of this blaspheming god enraged the Syracuse person, both sides have the ground warfare and naval battle of small scale outside the city with Dagang in many times, the victory and defeat are half and half. 这种渎神的行为激怒了锡拉库扎人,双方多次在城外和大港内发生小规模的陆战和海战,胜负各半。 The war is locked in a stalemate to the summer arrival, with the rise of temperature, the situation starts to be favorable for the Syracuse person, because nearby Asphed Lao River the mosquito in swampy ground increases, the bitten Carthage soldier was received suffering of plague, the number of deaths were getting more and more. 战争相持到夏季的到来,随着气温的上升,形势开始对锡拉库扎人有利起来,因为阿斯普拉河附近沼泽地里的蚊虫增多,受到叮咬的迦太基士兵受到了瘟疫的折磨,死亡的人数越来越多。 At this time, was also stimulated own wisdom by Dionysius of internal disorder and foreign invasion pressure, made an ingenious attack plan: Marches at the night, after tactical reassignment enemy who the use uses diversionary tactics, the navy and army fiercely attack the weak side of enemy fort simultaneously. 此时,饱受内忧外患压力的狄奥尼修斯也激发了自己的智慧,制定了一个巧妙的进攻计划:在黑夜行军,利用声东击西的战术调动敌人之后,海军和陆军同时猛攻敌人要塞的弱侧。 But Carthaginians because of suffering of plague, the despondency, is incapable facing the attack counter-attack of Syracuse person. 而迦太基人因为瘟疫的折磨,士气低落,面对锡拉库扎人的进攻反击无力。 Dionysius was paying the prices of over a thousand mercenaries lives, attacked and occupied Carthaginians one after another in Poos river bank construction Borwick that Dascon these two forts of fort and construction near coast, simultaneously routs the Carthage navy, the Carthaginians casualties are in abundance serious, Mirko's army camp was encircled in the middle, danger that in the camp a confusion, must be annihilated shortly. 狄奥尼修斯在付出了上千名雇佣军生命的代价,相继攻占了迦太基人在阿拉普斯河畔修建的波利克那要塞和修建在海岸边的达斯孔这两座要塞,同时大败迦太基海军,迦太基人纷纷伤亡惨重,希米尔科的中军营地被围在中间,营地内一片混乱,眼看着就要全军覆没的危险。 At this moment, Dionysius actually orders to stop attacking. 就在这时,狄奥尼修斯却命令停止进攻。 In the evening, the Carthage military compound and Dionysius secret makes the contact frequent. 当晚,迦太基军营与狄奥尼修斯的秘使往来频繁。 Over the following three days, both sides are maintaining tranquil, has not had the fight. 接下来的三天,双方保持着平静,没有发生战斗。 By the fourth night, Mirko only led other 30 triremes to escape from the port in a panic, abandoned most Carthage soldiers, allied forces and mercenaries, they encountered wiping out of Syracuse and allied armies finally. 到第四天晚上,希米尔科仅带领剩余的30条三层桨战船仓皇的逃出了大港,遗弃了大多数迦太基士兵、同盟军和雇佣军,他们最终遭到锡拉库扎及其盟军的全歼。 Wins later Dionysius is not in hot pursuit to Carthaginians, regains Sicily thoroughly, expels this islands Carthaginians. Because the attempting the throne event of Syracuse people had caused his profound realizing before, only then the Carthaginians influence continues to exist in Sicily, his overstepping authority main position can be safeguarded, therefore he not only let escape the Mirko's remnant army, has not continued to sweep Carthage in the Sicily colonizing cities, but starts to crack down on eastern inland area the influence of Sicily indigenous Siculians with emphasis, because in this time war, Siculians becomes the Carthage accomplice, caused very big trouble to Syracuse, by him was thought Greek city-state on light unification island is insufficient, must expansion Syracuse in the sphere of influence of Siculians residential area, thorough east Sicily turn. Sheet iron. 大胜之后的狄奥尼修斯并未对迦太基人穷追不舍,彻底收复西西里,将迦太基人赶出这个岛屿。因为之前锡拉库扎民众的逼宫事件已经使他深刻的意识到,只有迦太基人的势力继续在西西里存在,他的僭主地位才能得到保障,所以他不但放跑了希米尔科的残军,也没有继续扫荡迦太基在西西里的殖民城镇,而是开始重点打击东部内陆地区的西西里土著西凯尔人的势力,因为在这次的战争中,西凯尔人成为迦太基的帮凶,给锡拉库扎制造了很大的麻烦,让他觉得光统一岛上的希腊城邦还不够,必须扩张锡拉库扎在西凯尔人居住区的势力范围,彻底将西西里东部变成铁板一块。 The Syracuse army starts to conquer the Siculians cities, such as raises that Roy, that also forced more Siculi influences on sign the attached agreement with him. 锡拉库扎的大军开始征服一个个西凯尔人的城镇,如摩甘提那、凯法罗伊狄昂、赫那等,也逼迫更多的西凯尔势力与他签署了附属协议。 He also surrounds Mirko is the Siculians construction only coastal city- ceramic Luo Leone, but cannot capture for a while. 他还包围希米尔科为西凯尔人修建的唯一的海滨城市-陶罗美利昂,只是一时未能攻下。 By second year ( i.e. 396 B. C. ), the Syracuse influence has expanded to north to Sicily northeast corner. 到第二年(即公元前396年),锡拉库扎的势力已经向北扩张到西西里东北角。 On ruins that Carthage burns down, Dionysius reconstructed Messina, but the resident constitution of new Messina city is by Syracuse allied country Locri and Medma colonizer, this mainly bosses around him in the Magna Graecia ally, meanwhile had just by several hundred Messenians that the Sparta person expelled occupied is of no fixed abode, like this new resident did not have a sibship with the Rhegion person again. 在迦太基焚毁的废墟上,狄奥尼修斯重建了墨西拿,而新墨西拿城的居民构成是由锡拉库扎的盟邦洛克里和麦德玛的殖民者,这主要笼络他在大希腊的盟友,同时还有刚被斯巴达人赶出原居地而居无定所的几百名美塞尼亚人,这样的新住民跟利吉姆人再无一点亲缘关系。 But quick, the Sparta person sends the envoy, placed the Sparta foe to Dionysius in such important city expressed the disaffection. 但很快,斯巴达人就派来使者,对狄奥尼修斯将斯巴达的仇敌安置在如此重要的城市里表示了不满。
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