I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 501 The Thracians and the Three Great Barbarians

Athens barracks.

"Loy—Your Majesty!"

When Erechtheus came to Roy, he first called Roy by his name, and then added his honorific title.

After Erechtheus got off the horse, Roy hugged him and said.

"Dear brother, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Facing Roy's unprecedented intimacy, Erechtheus asked stiffly.

"Is our relationship that good?"

"We're real family."

After parting from Erechtheus, Roy said with a smile.

"Erechtheus! If I die suddenly, do you want to be the next emperor of the Athens Empire?"

"Why do you say such things?"

Erichtheus said doubtfully.

"You are a demigod hero. It is not surprising that you can live to be 90 years old in the future."

"Erechtheus! You can answer my question directly! If I die suddenly, do you want to be the next emperor of the Athens Empire?"

Erechtheus shook his head and said.

"Your Athens Empire is too huge. I have neither the ability nor the ambition to manage the Athens Empire."

It can be seen that Erechtheus is not lying.

After all, the Athenian Empire was really too huge.

Even Roy, who established the Athens Empire, had to use his wives to rule various regions of the Athens Empire.

"Dear Erechtheus! This war to conquer the Balkan Peninsula, I intend to hand it over to you to command the soldiers of Athens. Depending on your merits, I can make you the governor of Britain or the governor of Japan."

Hearing Roy's words, Erechtheus looked at Roy with wide eyes in disbelief and asked.

"You really want to hand over [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to my command?"

Roy nodded immediately.

"You are the elder brother of Procne and Philomela, and only you can gain my trust. As long as you live up to my trust, I will make you the Cancer star god in the twelve constellations of the zodiac in the future."

Erechtheus said with some embarrassment.

"I don't deserve your trust like this! Now I do things for you, for Procne and Philomela. As long as you can take good care of my sister, I will be satisfied."

After making a plan with Erechtheus to conquer the Balkan Peninsula, Roy rode alone to the Amazon tribe of Hippolyta.

The Thracians are nomads, and their tribal resident often moves.

Hippolyta's tribe is now located in the Byzantine region in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

It is close to the Bosporus Strait and controls the gateway to the Black Sea. It is the transportation hub of Europe and Asia, and its strategic position is very important.

Byzantium.

When Roy came here, he saw that there was a city wall built with the cement of the Athenian Empire. Hippolyta seemed to want to build a Byzantine city here.

Next to Hippolyta's king's tent, there is also a palace being built with cement.

When Roy was walking towards the king's tent, Hippolyta, who had returned from patrolling the territory, happened to see Roy, and immediately rode her white horse and rushed in front of Roy.

"You finally came--"

After Hippolyta's white horse stopped in front of Roy, Hippolyta looked at Roy with a complicated expression and asked.

"Where is your army? I can gather my Thracian knights at any time."

"My army is still in the west of the Macedonian Plain, and Erechtheus will come with [-] cavalry tomorrow."

Roy suggested to Hippolyta.

"Hippolyta! You can gather the Thracian knights under your command by paying the army, and let them not bring weapons when they gather."

"Ok!"

Hippolyta accepted Roy's proposal and asked the twelve female knights who followed her to deliver orders.

Although it is already summer, the sea breeze from the Black Sea can still bring cool temperatures to the Thrace Plain.

After Roy and Hippolyta entered the king's tent, Hippolyta took Roy to sit on her throne like a diligent wife serving her husband, and ordered her maid to prepare water and food for Roy.

Roy enjoyed Hippolyta's service as a matter of course, and asked her.

"Hippolyta, have you really made up your mind? You are not only betraying your own tribe, but you are betraying all Thracians."

Hippolyta said nonchalantly.

"So what? Our Thracian tribes have been killing each other all the time, and I have no thought of guilt for the other tribes who betrayed the Thracians."

In the history of another world, the Thracians were once described in this way-the Thracians are the most powerful nation in the world.Had the Thracians had a chief, or if they could have united themselves, I believe they would be invincible, far above all other nations in the world.However, since it is difficult for them to unite, they will never be able to achieve the goal of being number one in the world.So this is their weakness.The Thracians in the different parts of this district have their own names, but the customs of all the tribes are identical, except the Getais, the Trausi, and those who dwell above the Kristonians.

This is the description of the Thracians at that time by the historian Herodotus who was born in 480 BC.

By the first century AD, the Thrace region south of the Danube could send 1 cavalry and 20 infantry to the battlefield.

It's a pity that the Thracians are always divided and like to kill each other. They fight endlessly in the Thracian area, and they often fight against their own people when they work as mercenaries in foreign countries.

In foreign countries, they are well-known as mercenaries. They can be seen from the deserts of North Africa to the mountains of Armenia. Whether it is their violent and bloodthirsty wildness and undoubted strong combat power, or their famous willingness to defect , Shameless and betrayal are the reasons for their fame.

The most powerful Thracian warrior in history was the slave gladiator Spartacus who launched an uprising in the era of the Big Three.

Thinking of Spartacus, Roy said with a confident smile.

"Dear Hippolyta, I believe you can help me tame the rebellious Thracian knights and unite them under the banner of the Athenian Empire. When the Athenian Empire conquers Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Western Europe, and Northern Europe , Thracian knights will become the main force of the Athenian Empire against the nomadic Slavs, Germans, Celts, Gauls, and Iberians."

"The Slavs you mentioned are our distant relatives in the north?"

Hippolyta said suspiciously.

"Among our Aryan branch groups, the Slavs are weak, so we Thracians occupy the fertile and warm northern plains of the Balkan Peninsula, and the Slavs can only live in the Dnieper River Basin where the winter lasts for half a year The Slavs are not our Thracian opponents at all, as long as the Thracian knights gallop to the Dnieper River, the Slavs will prostrate at our feet."

After listening to Hippolyta's words, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"It seems that in this era, the three major barbarians are just small characters who are not even supporting roles. Then when I conquer you Thracians, I will also conquer the Slavs by the way, and let the god of thunder worshiped by the Slavs wear The dragon [Zeus] disappeared with the sun god Belloborg."

(End of this chapter)