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256 BC. Hermachus Epicurean version. Proto- crossbow.
256 BC
Big celebrations for ten days were held in Massalia and other cities for the great victory. A new big temple of Nike builded to Massalia to celebrate the big victory of Massaliot League. Famous poet Theocritus writes a new song praising strategos Alkaios.
Hermarchus Epicurean version grew more and more in popularity. The cult of Hermarchus was already fairly cosmopolitan by Massaliot League standards, including women,Gauls and slaves. The dynatoi company was really influenced by it and became a protector of the Epicurean ideas. With the help of Dynatoi, hundreds of small branches of the cult were builded all over Massaliot League lands to spread the ideas of Epicureanism. The local druids were also heavily influenced by this cult and helped spread its ideas in the North Gaul.
Hermolaos a epicurean siege engineer, student of Dionysius of Alexandria(Head of the arsenal of Massalia), who was the head of the Massaliot artillery in the battle of Zama, came up with a new idea about the Massaliot artillery. A new type of gastraphete, the cheirogastraphete(crossbow) was developed.
Sparta
Cleomenes III oldest son of Cleonymus and new king of Sparta tried to rehabilitate the military strength of Sparta by social reforms, including:
Seleucid empire
Carthage
Ptolemaic empire
Big celebrations for ten days were held in Massalia and other cities for the great victory. A new big temple of Nike builded to Massalia to celebrate the big victory of Massaliot League. Famous poet Theocritus writes a new song praising strategos Alkaios.
Hermarchus Epicurean version grew more and more in popularity. The cult of Hermarchus was already fairly cosmopolitan by Massaliot League standards, including women,Gauls and slaves. The dynatoi company was really influenced by it and became a protector of the Epicurean ideas. With the help of Dynatoi, hundreds of small branches of the cult were builded all over Massaliot League lands to spread the ideas of Epicureanism. The local druids were also heavily influenced by this cult and helped spread its ideas in the North Gaul.
Hermolaos a epicurean siege engineer, student of Dionysius of Alexandria(Head of the arsenal of Massalia), who was the head of the Massaliot artillery in the battle of Zama, came up with a new idea about the Massaliot artillery. A new type of gastraphete, the cheirogastraphete(crossbow) was developed.
Sparta
Cleomenes III oldest son of Cleonymus and new king of Sparta tried to rehabilitate the military strength of Sparta by social reforms, including:
- Redistribution of lands
- Giving citizenship to a number of provincial inhabitants ("perioikoi") in order to make them eligible for army service
- With money from the tributes paid by Rome, Cleomenes III buys two thousands Thessalian horses and builds ten quinqueremes
Seleucid empire
- Diodotus I, Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebels against Antiochus II and becomes the founder of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.
Carthage
- The mercenaries of Carthage submit a demand to Hamilcar for payment of their contracts. Hamilcar attempts, unsuccessfully, to convince the mercenaries to accept smaller payments due to Carthage's impoverished post-war conditions. Negotiations break down. The mercenaries take up arms, march on Zama occupy it, and threaten Carthage directly. Gesco is sent to negotiate with the mercenaries at Zama.
Ptolemaic empire
- Ptolemy II impressed by Massaliot League artillery commission his engineers to build new siege engines for the new artillery divisions of the Ptolemaic army.
- A small rebellion by Etruscans, is crashed by the Romans.
- Sersor
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