Because of the previous fall of Kerkira, Athenian citizens blamed Timothyus for his crimes, and some people reported that he had "corruption and dereliction of duty" during his army to fight. So the citizens became excited and immediately tried him, completely forgetting that it was Timothus who first led his army to regain the island of Kerkira and allowed the Kerkira to join the Athenian alliance. During this period, Athens only provided a very small military expenditure, most of which were raised by Timothus themselves.

However, the trial lasted for several months and had no definite result, mainly because Timothus had a reputation in Greece and received strong support that ordinary people could not reach. Even the tyrant of Thessali, Jason and King Epirus, Alkeitas, also came to Athens in person to prove his innocence.

Because it was Timothus' unremitting efforts that these two monarchs temporarily joined the Athenian League, and it was through them that Timothus was able to borrow money to carry out the Kerkira Expedition. Because of the previous efforts to raise military expenses and the long-term trial costs, Timothus had almost lost all his money. Now, in order to entertain these two distinguished guests and make their daily life match their identities, Timothus had to ask for help from his wealthy neighbor banker Pasion.

The final judgment ended and Timothus was acquitted, not because of the support of Jason and Alketas. Athenian citizens actually looked down on these two powerful figures from Northern Greece and regarded them as barbarians. The main reason was that Kalistratus told them: Kekira had been recaptured.

Although Timothus restored his freedom, the treasurer of the army he led was tried and was eventually sentenced to death for corruption and dereliction of duty.

The Athenians no longer trusted Timothus, and Timothus was completely disappointed with Athens. The Athenian, who had excellent command skills (especially in naval warfare), quickly left Athens and turned to Persia.

After Kekira's successive failures, the Spartans were disappointed. The attack on Thebes on land still failed. In addition, several earthquakes occurred in the coastal areas of the Peloponnese this year, and the panicked Spartans quickly sent people to Delphi to request an oracle.

The priests of Delphi had long been tired of endless wars, because the war had already spread to Fokis (Delphi was located in Fokis), so they asked Pitya to give an oracle: this was Poseidon's anger at Sparta's continuous war.

So Sparta finally decided to seek true peace.

They still hoped to bring peace to Greece through the mediation of the Persian kings like the last Corinthian War. Although the Kingdom of Dionia, not far from Sparta, also had the ability to be a mediator, out of some psychology, the Spartans had no idea at all, so they sent envoys to the Persian court.

Coincidentally, the Athenians also had this plan. Because the war has continued until now, military spending has become a huge burden for the Athenians, and it may even reduce the citizens' playwage allowance.

Another important reason is that Thebes was not weakened in this war, but became stronger and stronger with the assistance of Athens. They not only unified most of the city-states of Piosha, but also gradually began to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with the Spartan coalition. The strength they showed made the Athenians also scared. After all, before the Corinthian War, Athens and Thebes were mortal enemies for decades.

Especially this year, Thebes raided Platia in the southeast of Piosha.

Pratia, a small mountainous state with many disasters, was once besieged by the Spartan coalition forces because of its firm support for Athens during the Peloponnese War and was eventually destroyed. At the beginning of this war, Sparta wanted to restrain Thebes and let the Pratia exiles return to their hometown and rebuild their homeland. Because its strategic position is extremely important, it was the Spartan coalition forces that crossed the mountains and entered the Piosha area from land to land. The Thebesians had long been determined to include it in the Piosha Alliance. Taking advantage of the weakening of the attacks of the Spartan army and their strength was increasing, they sent envoys to persuade Pratia many times.

While perfunctorily speaking, the Pratias said they should consider it carefully, but they quietly sent people to Athens, hoping to rejoin the Athenian League.

Thebes discovered this matter. At the suggestion of Peropidas, the Thebesian army raided Platia, quickly occupied the city, and drove the Platia out of the territory. Many people were forced to flee to Athens.

When Isocrates learned about this, he immediately wrote an oratorial article on "On Pratia" to express his sympathy for their miserable fate and condemn the sinful behavior of the Thebes.

Although this incident did not formally rebel against the powerful city-states of Greece, it undoubtedly further alienated the relationship between the two sides.

Kalistratus made good use of these reasons and convinced the people at the Citizens' Assembly, and decided to negotiate peace with Sparta and stop the war.

The Athenians also did not consider inviting Dionia as a mediator: first, they believed that inviting former sons to serve as the host of the conference was somewhat disgraceful of Athens, and the uninterrupted publicity of Isocrates in recent years also made Athens war alert to Dionia; secondly, as the mediator of this war, they needed to have sufficient strength and sufficient influence in Greece. Dionia had never entered the Greek mainland before, and it also signed a long-term peace agreement with Sparta. On the contrary, although Persia was thousands of miles away, it had been waving its sleeves in the Greek city-states, constantly using money to win over this and attack that. The "King Contract" successfully signed a few years ago has already shown its influence in Greece.

Therefore, Athens also sent envoys to Persia.

After Thebes discovered that Sparta and Athens sent envoys to Persia to seek support, he was a little anxious. During the discussion, Pero Pidas made the first suggestion to seek support from Dionia.
Chapter completed!