Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 779

[Chapter 125]

At this time, a word from Portitus reminded them: “Now Camillous is the dictator of Rome!”

Yes, there is a dictator in Rome now, and all resolutions and bills in Rome must be approved by him during this period. , can only be implemented, and now the dictator Camillous is on the expedition, and when he returns, the Roman army will return, and the crisis will naturally be lifted… The elders suddenly realized that they had an idea.

In the past, the Roman nobles had many violent conflicts with the commoners, and most of them relied on the strategy of delay to survive the crisis. After that, everything did not change much as usual… This time, they still decided to choose this method, and All kinds of coincidences made them think that it was the gods who blessed Rome.

As a result, they quickly passed a proposal: abolish the interest on debts owed by the Roman people, allow all citizens to apply for renting public land, and limit the area of each person’s rented land, and commoners can hold important positions in the city-state. One of the consuls is from a civilian. The slaves who participated in the defense of the city will be freed immediately… The

elders passed the proposal, but did not immediately go out to announce to the people, but let their confidant slaves just return home , to gather diners and let them quietly infiltrate the assembled crowd…

After everything was arranged properly, they opened the gate of the Senate, faced the crowd, and announced the proposal they passed.

The crowd was very happy when they heard it, and some even shouted excitedly: “The senate is victorious! Rome is victorious!”

At this time, the elders took the opportunity to announce: “Since it is the dictator Camelus who is in power, according to Roman law , the proposal we passed will only take effect after his signature, so please wait for two or three days.”

The enthusiasm of the people was like being poured into a can of cold water, and it suddenly dropped.

But at this time, the clan diners who were mixed in were constantly shouting: “Don’t worry, Camelus is speaking to our commoners. He spoke for us many times in the Senate!”

“Yeah, look at what he led. How many civilian officers have been promoted in the army, he will definitely sign this proposal!”

“We only need to hold on for two or three days, and when Camelus returns, we can enjoy equal rights with the nobles!”

“Yes, we must defend Rome!”…

Although a few sensible people feel wrong, But the atmosphere of the whole gathering has been driven by the noble diners. Many people choose to believe the words of the elders, and some people also take the initiative to become soldiers to defend Rome.

A crisis that was about to break out was vanished, and the elders let out a sigh of relief.

As for whether Camelus would sign the bill after he came back,

they would not worry at all that Camelus, who was a nobleman, dared to sign the proposal under the pressure of all the elders. As for whether the commoners would be deceived later Protesting, or even conflict, is something that will happen in the future. Let’s talk about the greatest danger in front of us first.

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Now, all around a mile or so from the east, west, south and north of Rome are occupied by the Dionian army, the soldiers of the Dionian legions After a brief lunch and a short rest, they started building the camp under the leadership of the team officers.

In addition to the two cavalry corps, which are also charged with the task of observing the enemy and attacking at any time, and the palace guards to protect the safety of the king, the other six corps plus their auxiliary personnel, as well as the labor responsible for transporting baggage, Even the crew of the Third Fleet, nearly 70,000 people, were busy, and soon the surrounding area of Rome was turned into a large construction site, and the city of Rome was even shrouded in dust.

In the area under the responsibility of the Second Corps, Adoris and his comrades spoke while digging trenches with pickaxes and shovels.

At this time, someone shouted: “Is Adoris here? Someone is looking for it!”

“Who is it?” Just as Adoris put his head out of the ditch, he heard a cheerful shout: “Brother!”

“Kloto?! “As soon as Adoris saw who was coming, Clotokatax had already run to his side.

“Why are you here?!”

“Father asked me to come and see you.”

“I’m fine. In yesterday’s battle, my team killed and wounded many enemies, and none of them were injured.” Adoris patted his bare chest and said proudly: “Tell father and reassure him. I am now I’m busy and I don’t have time to talk to you, so you can go back first.”

“Father is busy discussing tomorrow’s battle plan with Thormid, Printols and other staff officers, and I don’t have any time to go back now.

If you have something to do, I might as well work here with you.” Clotokatax requested.

“Okay!” Adoris simply agreed.

Krotokatax immediately undressed and jumped into the dirty, dark pit.

“Introduce to you, this is my brother Clotokatax.” Adoris introduced to his comrades who were busy in the dirt pit.

The soldiers of the Second Legion are mainly from Turii citizens, and some are from Amendolara, Visinia and Castellon, all of which belong to the Turii region. The sub-royal family is familiar with the situation, and some people may even have met Clotokatax when they were studying at Turii School, and knew his identity, so they were very enthusiastic to fight with Clotokatax. Greeted.

And Klotokatax greeted them with the humble attitude of new recruits seeing veterans, which won the soldiers’ favor, and some even joked: “Even the First Corps is not as brilliant as our detachment, because We have two princes with us.”

“Captain, another shovel!” cried Adoris.

The sub-commander Timamanlas did not immediately hand out the wooden shovel, but asked cautiously in a low voice, “Is your brother okay?”

“Captain, you are biased, why didn’t you ask me when you hit me with the stick? Can I bear it?” Adoris said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

“Your brother is not a soldier under my command.” Tima Manra replied sternly.

“Don’t worry, my younger brother received military training from a young age like me, but he is not so squeamish.” Adoris said, took the wooden shovel and handed it to Clotokatax.

Clotokatax immediately picked up the shovel and started to dry.

Timmamanras watched for a while, and was relieved to see that the young prince was working steadily and well, and then said loudly: “Brothers, with the help of Clotokatax, let’s work hard. , try to complete the task earlier, and leave the other teams behind, so as to get the reward of the captain, let our team take on the important task of sieging the city tomorrow!”

The words of the team leader made the soldiers work even more enthusiastically, and some people even sang The Battle Hymn of the Dionian Legion was played, and soon everyone sang it together, and the construction site was very lively.

This situation made Clotokatax a little envious.

Just when he was dazed, Adoris’ voice sounded in his ears: “Is it interesting to be a legionnaire?”

Clotokatax nodded slightly.

“It’s more interesting when fighting. Even if there are some contradictory comrades in arms, they will try their best to protect you on the battlefield, and you will also try to protect them. At that time, everyone becomes more relative than real brothers. This is a Kind of… a very special feeling!” Adoris said with emotion, patted his brother: “You don’t have to worry, you are only 18 years old, they were still in the reserve team when they were 18 years old. Wait, you have already gone to the battlefield, and you can participate in such an exciting battle. When you are older, your father will definitely arrange for you to serve in the Legion.”

Clotokatax nodded, but remembered that his father usually Regarding what he said, he was not sure whether he could become a legionnaire or not.

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Yesterday’s battle, the Roman army was defeated, and under the pursuit of the Dionysian cavalry, Paulus, Megios and Pantheus led the remnants to escape. Antium.

Panthius accidentally fell while escaping, and was trampled by the panicked soldiers, causing his right leg to be broken.

After entering the city, Paulus and Megios were in a somewhat calmer mood.

But when the results of the statistics came out, they were hit again: 25,000 soldiers when they set off for the expedition, and now there are only more than 1,000 soldiers left.

Fortunately, one after another, the defeated soldiers returned.

They learned from the troopers that on the way from Lavenim to Antium, many troopers with wounded hands and feet cried because they could not walk.

The two were anxious. After deliberation, they decided to send troops to rescue the wounded soldiers while it was dark and the Dionysians had returned to the camp to rest.

This is a huge risk, and some soldiers even refused to go out to rescue, but fortunately, the Dionysian pursuers have entered the city of Lavinium to rest, allowing Paulus and Megios to lead the army repeatedly, and successively take the wounded. Soldiers rescued.

It was busy until the early morning of the next day, bringing the number of soldiers in the city to more than 12,000, but more than 5,000 of them lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries. Even if the doctors of Antium were gathered for treatment, it was still It was a drop in the bucket, and soldiers continued to die in pain…

Paulus and Megios couldn’t do anything about it, not to mention that both them and the soldiers were so exhausted that they almost fell to the ground and fell asleep.

He slept until dawn, and it was almost noon when Paulus woke up. He soon received the first bad news: nearly 400 wounded soldiers died in the second half of the night.

Paulus, who was already in a bad mood, became even worse, the bread was completely tasteless in his mouth, and at this time, Megios came to him in a hurry: “The scout we sent out found that the day that originally occupied Lavinium was Dai. The Onias are gone.”