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Baltic's
Book
The Voyages of Jason, part 4
Chapter
5
 Arriving
there, he saw that everything goes as planned. The only thing that
was still left to be done was to build a sanctuary to Zeus. And
a huge one, as you can see for yourself, if you visit Iolcus...
Extreme amounts of marble, wood and sculptures were needed to construct
it - and as the main source of income (wood export to Lemnos) was
blocked by Lemnos' current attitude, Balticos saw to it that a strong
army is trained and ordered to conquer Lemnos. Before this could
have been done, more elite housing was needed, which in turn required
more armor to be imported from Corinth - in addition to the yearly
tribute of armor. Then Corinth was attacked from Lemnos, but Iolcus
sent the best men to aid in the defense and joined armies defeated
the invasion easily. As soon as the losses were replenished, troops
of both cities sailed towards Lemnos to repay Amazons their nice
visit and teach them a lesson.
When
the message came that Lemnos was conquered, the foundation of the
sanctuary was already built. From that moment, Lemnos sent 8 slabs
of marble each year in tribute. All allies regarded Balticos highly,
so there was no problem to ask for some armor, marble or statues
occassionally. Construction continued at a higher rate, and was
completed some 3 years later. Just by the way, elite warriors from
Iolcus conquered Troezan when Balticos lost his temper while Troezan
was demanding money again, and then celebrations were in order -
Sanctuary to Zeus was finished!
History
of Iolcus in numbers
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All numbers refer to the beginning of the respective chapter.
 Founded
Jan 1409, 0 pop, 5000 Dr
Chapter 2 - Mar 1404, 2080 pop, 3156 Dr
Chapter 3 - Mar 1402, 2064 pop, 2381 Dr
Chapter 4 (Corinth) - Mar 1393, 0 pop, 6188 Dr
Chapter 5 - Mar 1383, 3746 pop, 33777 Dr
Finished
- Mar 1377, 4690 pop, 41104 Dr
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