Chapter 206: Arriving In Sparta
The march from the shore wasn’t exactly short it took them a few days to not only pass from the oceanside village but all the way to the capital of Sparta.
Once they arrived, the legion accompanying them began to setup residence outside the city while Julius and the commanders accompanied Vasso and his troop into the city.
The entire contingent had provided escort just in case, and the oceanside village effectively was surrendered should it turn out that the newly arrived Romanus soldiers had not come in peace, well not exactly peace but rather than with hostility against Sparta herself.
This would be the worst time for a third-party to enter the war and steal their territory while the army was away defending their honor, and nation against the republicans who rose up and cast aside the kings who led their nations to prosperity after the fall of the Grand Empire.
In the entire Greecian peninsula, only Sparta remained as a Monarchy after the two other than the Atheanians converted to be republics after civil uprising tore down the monarchy and the nobility were publically hunted and executed by the masses.
This of course was incited by The Greecian republic weakening their neighbors and allowing them to plan their own men within the newly formed senates prepping the nations to peacefully integrate into themselves.
Julius having known the lore knew that Argos, Macedon and Arcadia may have been monarchary’s with aristocrasty but they were pretty moderate in the grand scheme, honestly the corruption and misuse of commoners was far grander within the Greecian Rupublic, but the greed of the president was vast to the point that most of his cabinet was his own family members basically making himself king, while lusting after the other territories but fearing the peoples opinions should they go to war, so the long plan of Pericles was to incite rebellions in all the Greecian kingdoms and bring about a complete revolution however Sparta alone stood strong backing their monarchy.
While the others collapsed, tensions against Sparta grew while their military prowess was world renowned their military was not intrigued by the expansion of their territory but rather to further enhance their prowess alone.
Entering the city of Sparta Julius and his retinue looked around comparing this foreign capital to their own Eternal city, the city was a pale comparison with The Eternal city however from another perspective it was a prime example of a military specific city, as there was not really much of an entertainment aspect as there were just dozens of training grounds, barracks, forges and leatherworking stations.