Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 3078 Libator ([-])
Sparta in the 4th century BC was very powerful, and there was no need to consult with the weak city-states nearby before taking action. The Athenians once accused the Spartans: "You go to war with people as you like, and you never ask for the support of the allies. Opinions, but asked them to follow you to the charge, resulting in those so-called self-made city-states being forced to fight their friends.”

In fact, the Athenians were a bit exaggerated, because the Spartans would only convene alliance meetings "when they need it", such as when launching a large-scale and dangerous war, or when the journey is far away and the opponent is powerful, and Sparta is alone It is easy to go deep and never return. At this time, the Spartans need allies.

Other than that there were other things that played a key role, Sparta's allies were not treated equally, the first type of allies were weak and vulnerable to Sparta's influence, the second type of allies were stronger, or farther away from Sparta Farther, or both, but still not strong enough, or far enough away, to escape Sparta's grasp, the third group of allies was very powerful, or very far away from Sparta.

For example, Corinth straddled the isthmus, which could keep Sparta's enemies outside the Peloponnese out, or allow them to enter the Peloponnese and threaten Sparta's security.

Corinth's wealth is as famous as Sparta's poverty. For various reasons, Corinth's opinions cannot be ignored. During meetings, because of Corinth's opposition, Sparta's policies cannot be implemented, and sometimes even Sparta's policies It's all decided by Collins.

Corinth has a neighboring country called Megara. It fought with Corinth because of a territorial dispute. At first, the Spartans ignored it. Later, the Megara broke away from Sparta and joined the Delian League led by Athens. This move was considered by the "Spartans" as a provocation to the leader, so Sparta and its allies began to support Corinth.

There are two benefits to joining the allies of Athens. The first is that you can get the protection of the Athenian navy, and the second is that you can trade with the allies of the Delian Alliance.

For the Athenians, the geographical location of Megara is also very important. After all, it is a neighboring country of Corinth, and the strategic significance of Corinth is obvious.

After the Athenians formed an alliance with Megara, they quickly sent troops and assistants to Cape Pe, a port of Megara, located in the Gulf of Corinth. At the same time, the Greeks also built a city wall to connect Megara with Nisaiah. Well, Nisaiah is another port of Megara, and the Athenian army is usually stationed there.

This caused a problem, because civilians also needed to use the port. The relationship between the Athenians and the Corinthians was good, but they offended the Corinthians for this strategic location. However, although Sparta and Corinth always wanted to find excuses to start a war, But it was difficult to find opportunities, and it took nearly 30 years.

One day, 4 drunk Greeks came to the active area of ​​​​the Megara civilians and "taken away" a local woman, which aroused the anger of the Megara people. As revenge, they took away 3 Greek brothels woman.

Later, the Greeks used the excuse that the Megarians destroyed their sacred groves and did not allow the Megarian ships to dock at the ports of the Greek allies, and the Megarian goods were also confiscated.

There was a lot of trouble at the time, and a playwright wrote the scene at the time "everyone said that the other's goods were from Megara, and even a lump of salt would be confiscated."

This can be said to be the earliest trade sanction, and the sanctioned Megarians were on the verge of bankruptcy because of this. At first they hoped that the Greeks would appease their anger, so they asked the Spartans to persuade them. Athens did not agree to revoke the sanctions, so for If they survived, the Megarians also joined the allies of Sparta.

The Greeks were extremely angry about this, and the Megara ban was also the fuse of the Peloponnesian War.

Pericles in history gives people the feeling of prudence, but it should not be considered that he is completely incapable of doing stupid things, such as deliberately provoking the Peloponnesian War, so that he can use this opportunity to make people who oppose him and plan to use pottery to exile Those who could not exile him put away this idea, especially with regard to the Athenian expedition to Egypt.

In 460 BC, a peasant uprising broke out in the Nile Delta. With the cooperation of the Athens fleet and the rebels, the entire delta fell into the control of the Delian League, but the expedition fell into stagnation and anxiety. Finally, the Persians Recapturing Egypt with a large number of armed forces was a big loss to the newly established Delian League.

With the precedent of failure, many Athenians disagreed with the expedition to Egypt, which happened to be contrary to Pericles' opinion.

In any case, things have happened, not to mention that the existing materials cannot speculate on Pericles' thoughts. Anyway, the Spartans did not "go to war with people at will" as the Athenians said, at least not when they were at war with the Athenians. in this way.

Any war needs a "just cause", or in other words, fighting for justice.

Grindelwald gave his followers a "just cause" worthy of publicity, which makes all those who try to stop witches seem less righteous.

War is only good when it is over, although the dizziness of victory at first makes it feel good.

'Who are you? '

The little silver snake on Kelly Wharton's head writes with glittering lines in mid-air.

"It doesn't matter who I am, let her go!" Pomona said, pointing at it with her wand.

'Only you? ' wrote the little silver snake in mid-air.

It obviously had no face and couldn't make any sound other than a hiss, but Pomona could still sense the playfulness in his tone.

"You wrote those poems?" Pomona said.

"No, that's me...I wrote it." Kelly continued, but under the threat of the little silver snake, her voice became quieter.

Pomona was a little dizzy, but she still remembered her "mission", so she said again.

"I know your plan, others will be here soon, you won't make it, you bad guy who tricks little girls!"

"I didn't lie to her." Little Silver Snake "said" and said, "I just flattered her a few words, and she completely believed me."

Kelly didn't retort, and Pomona couldn't tell whether she was acquiescing or was being threatened.

"We are outnumbered and you can't control all of us!" Pomona said.

"That was your idea." "What was your purpose in doing that? Killing everyone in the castle? Aren't you worried about your followers?" Pomona asked.

"Why should I worry about them?" asked the little snake.

"They'll die too, even if they're purebloods," Pomona said.

"Do you know who I am?" the little snake asked.

Pomona didn't answer right away, despite her hunch...

"You're a dark wizard, anyone but Slytherin," said Pomona.

"You idiot!" The little snake wrote furiously. Not only did the handwriting become messy, but it also made a "hissing" sound.

Pomona thought he had attracted attention long enough, why didn't Severus do it?

"What's the big deal." Pomona said with mock ease. "Aren't you from Slytherin?"

"Even if I am, you don't allow that kind of attitude!" The little snake spat out a snake letter and said, "You think you are very smart?"

No, she felt pretty stupid.

"Everyone says that." Pomona said matter-of-factly. "Everyone says that, and of course it's true."

The little snake raised his upper body, as if he wanted to write more conveniently this way.

However, at this moment, a shadowless energy wave came towards it at great speed, and the little snake only had time to turn its head before it was hit by it.

It shook twice and fell limply on Kelly's shoulder. Kelly jumped up immediately, threw the little snake to the ground and ran away.

At this moment, Severus appeared. He held up his wand and came to the little snake. The moment it slowly raised its head, a cage trapped it. Then he pulled the black cloak and gave the cage to the snake. cover up.

Pomona was skeptical of the necessity of his handsome-looking gesture, but then Kelly ran over and rushed into Pomona's arms, crying like tears.

Kylie's hair was dark brown, it should have been carefully styled, it looked so smooth.

There are still marks where the barrette used to be - it's been cut by a spell, and it looks like it's bald.

If the girl's hair wasn't so important, Kelly might have shaved her head. Pomona looked up at the greasy-haired Severus, who was staring at them.

"I'll take this somewhere safe," he said dryly, then turned and walked away.

"Let's go too," Pomona said to Kelly, who nodded hurriedly, and Pomona took her by the hand and left the sunken theater.

When they reached the top of the steps, near the exit, Pomona suddenly stopped and looked back at the empty space.

Then she walked away without looking back.

The experience of being at the bottom of life is painful, and many people want to forget it, or pretend that that period did not exist.

But for some people, such memories do not want to be discarded, are you right?Yousef Karma.

Grindelwald "helped him" erase that memory, as if to relieve his pain.

His "craftsmanship" should be different from Isidora's, very exquisite, and will not take away good and bad memories together, leaving only an empty shell in the end.

Sen Bakar, who was in the same space with Isidora's father, looked horrified when he saw that scene. Does such a person still "exist"?

Even bad memories, I want to keep them because they are part of me.

Pain can make people sober, especially when lurking beside such a person who is good at demagoguery, one will forget "who I am" if one is not careful.

(End of this chapter)