Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1058

[Chapter 7 The Secret of Lentulus]

But what they don’t know is that Davos’s main purpose in making this decree is to speed up the assimilation of some Dionian citizens, such as the Romans and the few Phoenician nobles who joined Dionysian, and also to allow Dionysian The Nia people have a sense of pride that they are “unique” (in the Mediterranean countries and races, the people who gradually have surnames basically take the first name first and the last name last), which is more conducive to accelerating the formation of a new Dionian race.

After the promulgation of the Surname Law, the citizens of Dionia basically followed the law, and there was no major turmoil in the territory.

For slaves, this decree is not mentioned. After all, many slaves do not even have names, only nicknames, but many slave owners still give their slaves official names for convenience. He developed within the kingdom, and gave himself an official name, and was registered with the slave camp administration.

Under such a general trend, if Gaius insisted on not changing, he would undoubtedly appear very different, and would attract special attention from the patrol.

“Someone is looking for you outside the camp, hurry up and go.” The tone of the soldier at the door eased.

“Thank you…thank you sir!” Gaius quickly put on his clothes, rolled over to the ground, nodded and bowed his head to thank the soldiers, and then quickly ran to the gate of the camp.

The originally quiet dormitory suddenly became lively: “There are still people looking for Gaius in the evening, which is too strange.”

“What’s so strange, now we work in the quarry during the day, and we can only be in the camp in the evening. Find someone.”

“Gaius is so lucky that people always come to him, it seems he has a lot of relatives out there!”

“What’s so strange, because he used to be a Roman nobleman, you Phoenicians. There are also many relatives in the kingdom, not like us Lusitania… Hey, our relatives don’t even know whether we are alive or dead…” The

dormitory suddenly fell silent.

After a while, someone comforted: “In a few more years, when you are free, you can return to Iberia and bring your family to Dionia to live with.”

“Humph! When I am free, I will not stay here, I will definitely return to the Iberia I am familiar with, far away from this abominable kingdom of Dionia, maybe one day, I will meet the same Dionia… hum!”

“What can I do back in the poor mountainous area of Iberia! I am often hungry, and there is no cure for sickness. There are often bloody battles between tribes, and I don’t know when they will fight. I lost my life in the middle of nowhere… In fact, living in this slave camp is much better than living in the tribes of Iberia! After I am free, I will never return to Iberia, and I will definitely live in Turii. It would be better than being in a slave camp!”

“How dare you betray the tribe! Look I won’t kill you now!”

“Okay,

stop making trouble! Do you want to attract the patrols!”

…

Slave camp like It is a closed small town of Dionia, with canteens, shops, hospitals, and even an arena…all the necessary town facilities are basically complete. When free, the slaves can move freely in the camp as long as they do not violate the regulations. But not out of the camp.

However, in order to reduce the sense of resistance of the slaves and make them feel more at ease with their status of freedom through labor, the management office allows outsiders to visit the slaves in the camp.

Especially after the Western Mediterranean War, the number of outsiders visiting the camp increased sharply, because a large number of new Roman and Phoenician citizens and a large number of Roman and Phoenician slaves were produced.

Gaius walked into the reception room beside the gate of the camp, and when he saw the familiar back sitting there, he couldn’t help but shouted, “Lentulus Manlilius.”

The one who looked younger than Gaius The man turned to stare at him, and warned

in a deep voice: “Gaius, don’t shout!” Gaius, who had been suffocated before, ignored Lentulus’ warning, and instead said sarcastically: “Could it be this? Isn’t that your name?! Or that you have forgotten your true identity and the glory of your family, but are willing to take a new name that is not Roman at all according to the requirements of the Dionysians?!”

In fact, Lentulus can completely refute: “Since you Gaius has not forgotten the honor of the family, then do you dare to publicly declare that your name is Gaius Fibius Rabiot!”

But He didn’t, because his father was Publius Manliius, who was not only the first Roman nobleman to join the Kingdom of Dionia, but also the first Roman official of the kingdom to publicly change his surname after the publication of the Surname Law. Many former Roman aristocrats and today’s citizens of the kingdom hated him in private, and even called him “the culprit that led to the demise of Rome”. These rumors obviously had an impact on Lentulus, and he blushed. , he blurted out excitedly: “Gaius, you only dare to talk about it, you have no idea what kind of huge risks the people who are really defending Rome are taking! One day, you will know whether I have forgotten Rome and Rome. Glory to the family!”

Speaking of which, Lentulus raised his head, with a resolute and proud expression on his face, which made Gaius, who was familiar with him, stunned, and subconsciously asked softly: “Lentulus , what do you mean by that? What are you going to do?!”

But Lentulus ignored his question, picked up a thick package, put it on the table, and said coldly, “Your sister came from Rome again. Send the package to our house and ask us to deliver it to you. I see that you are very happy every time you receive the package, and it is not because your brother-in-law Stolo is a Dionysian official and also changed. surname, and cut off contact with them.”

“Who said I don’t scold them, but things should be collected or not.” Gaius cheeky, hehe smiled, dragged the package over, and opened it immediately.

“It’s useless to look at it in a hurry. It’s just some food and clothing, nothing of value. The guards had already picked it up when we entered here.” Lentulus was still indifferent.

Gaius showed a satisfied look on his face: “That’s great! They are all my favorite Roman specialties! It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten them, and I almost forgot what they taste like!”

Lentulus listened At this point, a little lost.

At this time, he heard Gaius say: “Lentulus, our two families are relatives and have played together since childhood. I still remember my father often complimenting you in front of me, saying, ‘Don’t look at you younger than me, but I have been very assertive since I was a child. When I grow up, I will definitely have a better future than me, and maybe become a hero of Rome.’ I have always kept this in my heart. I used words to humiliate you just now, on the one hand, I did not hide it from your father. What you did, on the other hand, was also afraid that you had truly surrendered to Dionia and failed my father and my expectations of you… In short, I hope you can forgive me!”

Lentulus listened to Gaius’s statement .

Fan’s flattering words were scratching the itch in his heart, and his dissatisfaction quickly melted away. He pretended to be indignant and said, “My father is my father, I am me, and I will always be a true Roman!”

“Then Yes! That is! We are a great race raised by she-wolves, and we will never give in! Especially you, Lentulus, I firmly believe that you will become a great Roman hero!” Gaius said sincerely , seeing that the angry look quickly swept away from Lentulus’ face, showing his complacency, he hurriedly leaned forward again and asked in a low voice, “What is the big event you just mentioned…what is it?

” Lentulus, who was already heartbroken by what Gaius said, glanced around: there was no one else in the parlour except the two of them.

So, he also approached Gaius, and said in a low voice, “As before, you must keep it a secret! I’ll tell you…”

Gaius

said goodbye Lentulus, when he came out of the reception room, was re-checked by the guards in a happy mood, and then walked back to the camp briskly.

He didn’t go back to the dormitory directly, because once the food in the package was found by the slaves, it would be robbed soon, so he went to the villa area (the nickname of the single slaves for the place where the slaves with families lived), knocked Open the door of Maximus’s house.

“It’s so late, you don’t have a good rest, recover your strength, and walk around! Don’t forget to go mining tomorrow!” Maximus opened the door, saw him, and criticized him unceremoniously.

Gaius ignored him, craned his neck to look inside, and said, “Where’s the sister-in-law and the children?”

“It’s Gaius, come in and sit!” He stood up in the dimly lit corner. A figure, and then two short figures came out, and shouted affectionately: “Uncle Gaius!”

“Good boy!” Gaius had a kind smile on his face. Take out a few things: “Look, what did uncle bring you?”

“Oh, what a big bread!”

“And fish!”

“Remember, this is the wheat of Rome. Bread and Tiber kippers, and this—Sapin’s cheese, eat it.”

“Uncle Gaius is so nice!”

“Thank you, Uncle Gaius!”

“Your cousin Konya again. She has brought you something, she is really good to you!” Maximus saw the package and the food, and immediately guessed the matter closely. In the past, the big clans in Rome often intermarryed each other and are more familiar.

“My sister is really good to me, but that Stolo actually became an official of Dionia. Back then, my uncle was so blind that he actually married my sister to this commoner!” Gaius hated Said: “However, I think he will be a judge soon!”

“What happened?” Maximus asked immediately alertly.

Gaius did not answer directly, but said: “Brother, do you still have wine here? Tonight we will have a small banquet with salted

fish and bread from this hometown, be happy!”

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