Maureen enjoyed nearly two years of peace from Carthage. In these days, his struggle against Sicilian tyrants didn't work, but he strengthened Syrian and Rakus forces, because he accepted exiles, attracted new immigrants, and revised the Constitution. He made peace with Seitas and borrowed some mercenaries from him to prevent the Carthaginians from coming back. This time, as many as 70,000 Carthaginian expeditionary forces came to attack, including the most elite Carthaginian citizen forces and a chariot force called the "Holy Legion", and a huge fleet based in Lilibion as the backing. Obviously, the purpose of this expedition is to annex the Greek region of Sicily.
Timothy Leon can only recruit12,000 troops, of which 3,000 are Syrian Rakus, some are from Corinth and other colonial city-states, and the rest are mercenaries. Nor did he have a fleet that could challenge Carthage. He boldly invaded Carthage. During the March, he lost 65,438+0,000 renegade and defected mercenaries, but his preemptive strategy successfully forced Carthage's army to retreat inland, probably to Ntiera. There, when the Carthaginian army crossed the Crimea River, he happened to catch up with the enemy. Before the main force had finished crossing, when the thunderstorm raged and the wind came at the enemy with hail, it attacked the advancing troops led by the holy regiment and the chariot soldiers.
Timothy Leon's cavalry crossed the chariot forces and stormed the wings of the Holy Mission, while his heavy infantry marched in dense formation from the front. The enemy was driven back into the river, flash floods broke out, the Holy Corps was wiped out, and the auxiliary forces of Spanish, Gaul, Italian and African mercenaries also suffered heavy casualties. Timothy Leon's victory ended in the capture of Carthage barracks, which was intact and covered with gold and silver (about 34 BC1May). Some of them were sent to Corinth to commemorate the victory of Corinthian armed forces over Carthage.
Timothy Leon's victory over Carthage made tyrants such as Seitas and Mamers Kush form an alliance to confront him and turn to Carthage for help. Now Carthage has recruited a large number of Greek mercenaries for the first time. In 339 BC, Timothy made peace with Carthage; He accepted the Halicus River as the border, on the condition that Carthage withdrew its support for the tyrant. The war between Timothy Leon and the tyrant lasted until 337 BC, and both sides used mercenaries until the last tyrant was defeated and the mercenaries in Campenia of Etna were driven away. In order to show that the horrible chapter in Sicily's history has come to an end, tyrants who fell into the hands of Timothy Leon, such as Seitas and Mamers Kush, were all put to death by public trial.
Gather immigrants and enrich the city. Syria and Rakus accepted at least 40,000 people, while Albania and Lyon 1 10,000 people. They can also exchange citizenship with each other in an "American" way. Guerra, Accra and other cities rose from the ruins. If calculated by family members, the number of immigrants coming to these Sicilian Greek cities exceeds 654.38+million, which highlights the huge floating population in all parts of Greece. In Rakus, it may have been ten years since coins were issued. Since 342 BC, Timothy Leon has minted silver coins of Rakus and Leontini with flying horse patterns, and issued gold coins and silver coins showing the head of Zeus, the liberator, after Clemens won. A copper coin engraved with the head of a samurai may represent Timothy Leon, who is regarded as the second founder of Rakus.
In order to make the tyrant never rise again in Rakus, Timothy Leon and his Corinthian advisers abolished extreme democracy and formulated a compromise mixed constitution. Senior civil servants were called Olympus (the priest of Zeus), and were selected from three family members by lottery after the election. A 600-member Committee, possibly elected from wealthy citizens, manages all administrative departments; People's congresses only discuss and decide on major state affairs. Military affairs are the responsibility of the elected General Committee, which will swear to accept the leadership of the supreme commander sent from Corinth when fighting against foreigners.
Although we know little about the details of this constitution, its purpose is obviously to avoid class disputes by giving political power to all classes. Similar constitutions may have been adopted in all parts of Sicily, with the exception of Tao Reminy, and the city-states also formed an alliance headed by Syria and Rakus.
After completing the liberation mission, Timothy retired from politics. His eyesight was greatly reduced and he was weak, and he died in Rakus soon after. Syrian citizens buried his ashes in the market and set up a movement to commemorate him. Timothy Leon worshipped Muiba Minonda all his life, and he was a sincere idealist loyal to the tradition of polis freedom. He is an excellent commander of mercenary troops, and he uses cunning and cruel means to achieve a far nobler goal than his opponent.
His victory over the tyrant and Carthage saved Sicily from the self-destruction of internal party struggle and the bad luck of being annexed by other nationalities. His constitution and alliance are for the future security of Sicily, but their effectiveness depends on the spiritual transformation of Sicilian Greeks and the improvement of social conditions of Sicilian Greek city-states. Because all the neighbors of Sicily Greeks are eyeing it, they just want to annex it and are unwilling to cooperate with it.
In southern Italy, the invasion of Lucalia and Mesapia forced Taras to turn to his native Sparta for help. Sparta sent an army and fleet around 343 BC, led by one of the kings, Alzy Daams (son of Akis Law). Talas, once very powerful, is now weakened by the luxury and indulgence of its citizens, and can only rely on mercenaries to resist the invasion of Italian tribes.
Artz Das was killed in the battle in 338 BC. It is said that the battle in which he died occurred on the same day as the battle of Chalonia. Talas refused to mourn him, probably because people thought he was bought by forsyth when he was in Delphi. The Spartans offered him a statue in Olympia, and the relationship between Sparta and Taras deteriorated. In 334 BC, Talas turned to Alexander, king of Morosia, for help.
With the help of Philip, King Morosia has united the tribes of Epirus into an alliance, and he was elected as the wartime commander (overlord) of the alliance. Moro people, like Macedonians, can be descended from Greeks, and their royal family claims to be descended from Neptune, the son of Achilles. Morosia's territory has been extended to the Gulf of ambra, and Casopia, a small Greek city-state, has become a vassal of Alexandria. The northern tribes of Epirus, half Greek and half Illyrian, can provide excellent troops and have more free residents than other cities.
In Greece, it has no chance of expansion, but the conquest of southern Italy can provide land for immigrants and control the entrance to the Adriatic Sea. Alexander crossed the sea with cavalry and infantry troops to Taras, where he served as the commander of the Greek national league and attacked Italian tribes. After conquering Mesopotamia and forming an alliance with Pusitis, he protected the Greek city-states along the Adriatic Sea. After cutting off the connection between Lucaglia and Brutiy, they occupied Tia, KONGSEN, and liberated Tirina, from Lucaglia to Salerno Bay. Now he is close to the border of Campania and has contact with Rome (about 332 BC).