Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 771

[Chapter 117 The Savior of the Latin Commoners]

“This is impossible!” Several workers shouted in unison with surprised expressions.

The others seemed to have forgotten the soldiers standing around, and there was a commotion.

Martius struck the long shield with his short sword again, and the field quickly returned to calm.

Adrius continued to speak loudly: “Because the priest of Hades is a Dionysian, my father decided to believe the words of the savior, so he took us to Enona… Up to now, it has passed For eight years, my father has been a citizen of Dionia, not only owning his own land in Enona, but also serving as a public official in the kingdom, and I studied at the Enona school for four years at a very low cost, and learned how to use it. Written in Greek, when he was an adult, he was admitted to the public office of Enona, with a good monthly salary, and my younger brother was still studying at school… Now our family is rich and respected, and we will never repeat the same old age. The situation of being oppressed and starving…”

After Adrius finished speaking, the venue fell silent for a while, and the workers looked at the young messenger with suspicion: although they were also black-haired and black-eyed Latins, But he is well-proportioned, fair-skinned, and has an elegant temperament. Obviously, he is completely incomparable to them who work on the dock every day, work hard, and are covered in injuries. They are indeed a little moved.

Clotokatax listened to Adrius’s remarks and looked at him carefully. He did not expect that this inconspicuous little official who had followed them just now would have such an extraordinary encounter. Made him curious about him.

Davos saw that the people fell into silence, so he struck while the iron was hot, and immediately pointed at the other voice transmitters, and said loudly: “Except for Adrius who is a Latin, all of them are Latin, but they are also Dio. Citizens of Dionia. Over the years, not many of you Latinas have become citizens of Dionia, why?

Because these city-states in Latin are controlled by the nobles, they oppress the commoners and make it impossible for the common people to live, and our kingdom of Dionia treats all citizens equally, each citizen is allocated land, and each citizen’s land gets Legal protection!

anyone!

No matter whether he is rich or noble, as long as he dares to plunder the wealth of the commoners, he will be severely punished by the court, so they live very peacefully in the kingdom of Dionia. This peace of food and worry-free life is what you are now What you can’t enjoy in the city-state!

”

When speaking of this, several of the speakers next to him nodded again and again with sincere expressions.

In fact, Davos exaggerated the number of Latin citizens in the Dionysian Kingdom, and the real number was no more than ten. This is still Davos. Before the expedition, he specially asked the Minister of Household Registration, Raphias, to search carefully in the kingdom. They were mainly concentrated in Enona. The main reason was that the Latinum area was not adjacent to the Kingdom of Dionia, plus the ocean of the Latin city-state. The trade is underdeveloped and the ports are backward, so there is little information exchange with the outside world, and the Latins are mostly farming, and the farmers are all relocated, and the language and culture of Dionia and Latin are very different, so it is not a last resort. ,

Few people are willing to run to the south.

But now Davos saw that the laborers on the field were listening carefully, all of them thoughtful, with a twinkle in their eyes, and he knew that they were tempted.

At this time, among the slaves, Someone shouted: “Can we be Dionian citizens too?

!

When

Adrius translated the other party’s words to Davos, he did not expect that the slaves would be the first to take action, and he immediately said: “No matter what origin or race you are, as long as you are willing to become Dio Citizens of Dionia, and are willing to abide by the laws of Dionia and fulfill the obligations that the Kingdom of Dionia requires citizens to perform. We, the Kingdom of Dionia, welcome you to join us and will give you the citizenship of Dionia. All rights that should be enjoyed!

”

Davers said, waving his hand to the side.

Martius immediately asked the palace guards around him to take off their helmets, and it was obvious that their hair color and facial features were very different.

As a troop with a long-term contact with King Davos and a special status, the Palace Guard has been known for its complex ethnic composition in the Kingdom of Dionia over the years, because it needs to publicly demonstrate that the head of the kingdom treats all races equally. And now this practice has played a very good demonstration effect in the alien land.

Coupled with the competition of slaves, the laborers became less reserved.

“How can I become a citizen of Dionia?” Several workers asked in unison.

“This is my clerk, Henepolis, and he will tell you in detail the procedures you need to go through to become a citizen of Dionia. You can ask him any questions you have, and he will answer you in detail. Davos said to them, pointing to Henepolis, who was holding a wooden board and nervously recording.

Henipolis hurriedly put away the plank and made a serious statement: “Your Majesty, I will satisfy them.”

Finally, facing the crowd, Davos asked loudly, “Which of you has stayed in Rome, and is very Familiar with every neighborhood, every corner of the city, and also know a little about the various nobles of Rome? I would like to invite him to be my advisor. Of course, it is paid, and if he is willing to become a citizen of Dionia , this will help him shorten the period of becoming a citizen.”

As soon as the voicer finished speaking, many people in the field immediately raised their hands.

After some questioning, Davos picked a slave named Valks because he had been a Roman citizen.

When Davos first entered, the slaves and laborers were full of fear; when he left, these people watched him go away with respectful eyes.

Davos looked back at the sight of the people around Henepolis eagerly asking questions in the open space illuminated by the torches, and felt that this was a good start, because in his plan, it was not only to turn these people into Dio The citizens of Nia are so simple, but let them become the kind of fire that ignites a raging fire in this land full of Latin city-states.

Of course, it’s been a long process, and now that time is running out, he has a lot to do this evening.

Davos strode back to the city, when he happened to meet the staff officer Thormid hurried over: “Your Majesty, the battle report of Armintas has arrived.”

“How is the situation?”

“The Roman army was defeated, Armin Tas led the whole army to pursue, especially the two cavalry corps desperately drove the Romans to the south, drove the Roman route to the south of Lavinium, and took advantage of the opportunity to capture the small city. Many Roman soldiers were captured along the way. , Amintas said that he was too late to count, and he was worried that these prisoners would drag down their military operations tomorrow, so he took the old method we did in Persia.” Tolmid’s last sentence was much quieter.

Davos glanced at Clotokatax beside him, and said calmly: “Let the messenger go back and tell Amintas, ‘He won this battle cleanly and beautifully! But tonight, let the soldiers be good Rest, restore physical strength, and find a way to solve the problem of the soldiers’ rations, we must ensure that tomorrow morning can lead the energetic soldiers to join us in Rome, it is best not to be late.'”

“Yes!

Clotokatax asked curiously, “Father, what is the old way of Persia?”

Thormid

looked at Prince Dionia, who had just grown up and still had a childish face, but did not speak.

Davos hesitated for a moment, but still said in a deep voice: “It is to cut the hands and feet of the captives to make them unable to move, and then abandon them on the battlefield… This is when we fled in Persia, passing through some affiliated city-states of Persia, Continued to be attacked by them, we adopted this method to deal with our defeated prisoners, so as not to completely irritate the enemy by killing the prisoners, but also to force the enemy to have to take care of the wounded soldiers…”

“But Is this too cruel…” Clotokatax couldn’t bear it, facing Davos’ serious gaze, he summoned up his courage and said: “They have all surrendered, we should guarantee their Safety, it should be good for us to win the favor of these Romans and conquer this land faster, father!”

Davos was accused, he didn’t get angry, but smiled: “Clotto, I’m very happy that you can have your own opinion! But you have to understand that now the Romans are our enemies, even if We have just won two victories, and our armies far from the kingdom are still in danger, ready to suffer defeat from Rome and its allies far outnumbering ours, to die in this strange land, or to become Slaves of the enemy, so our primary goal now is to do everything possible to ensure that we can continue to win and ensure that our soldiers can reduce casualties, even if it is cruel, unless we have an absolute advantage. The question we talked about…”

Davers patiently taught his son, saw him thinking, then patted his shoulder encouragingly, turned around and asked Tormide: “The accommodation of the soldiers has been arranged. Is it?”

“It’s all arranged, there are many warehouses in the city, we simply modified it, it is much better than living in tents. In addition, we have concentrated all the Ostians and detained them, and the vacated houses are not only for the team In

addition to the accommodation of the officers and soldiers, there are some leftovers—”

“Then arrange for those slaves and laborers to live there. After all, some of them will be with us tomorrow, and they also need a good rest. Besides, we can let them Enjoy the benefits of joining our kingdom of Dionia in advance.”

“Yes, I’ll make arrangements in a moment.”

“How is the food situation?”