Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 823

[Chapter 169 Persuasion]

“Father, now Rome is changing! Civilians like Licinius, Frius… etc. are not all serving as military officers! The dictator Camillous once said, ‘In the future the Senate will be open to Roman civilians!’ ”

Hey, Camillous! He was the one who ordered the arrest of our civilian leader Marcus! Don’t believe what the nobles said, we were always deceived by them and gave up fighting at critical moments, and finally led to Rome.” Nothing has changed! Son, the Licinius family is a noble among the commoners, and so is Frius. They are closely related to those nobles, and they are not comparable to us. Don’t have any extravagant expectations! But now we are also Don’t worry about this anymore, because the nobles in the city of Rome have been completely overthrown!”

“What do you mean?”

“The Dionysians announced the cancellation of all our debts! They announced that ‘as long as there is a Roman willing to become a citizen of Dionysus’ The commoners can be allocated fertile land and comfortable dwellings’! They also announced that “any Roman commoner who becomes a citizen of Dionia can apply for the office of the kingdom, and through his achievements, he will eventually become a patriarch”!”

“Father, The Dionysians are the enemy! The enemy who occupied our homeland! Everything they say is a lie, just to deceive us not to resist their aggression!—”

“No, they did not deceive! They found Rome All the paper rolls and wooden boards that recorded debts in all the noble houses in the city were destroyed in the square! They imprisoned the noble families together, confiscated their houses and land, and began to distribute them to the Roman commoners who joined Dionia! They also made a Roman commoner who had been enslaved by debts to become a municipal magistrate! I also asked someone specifically to find out that many of the senators of the Dionysian kingdom were of humble origin, so—”

“Father! Whether what the Dionians did is true or false, it will be useless when we take back the city of Rome! On the contrary, these Romans who benefited from the Dionians will definitely be severely punished by the Senate punish!”

“Recapture the city of Rome? You have to do it! Look at these scars on my body. Although I have not been a squadron commander, I have participated in far more battles than you. I know very well that a war requires To win is not to see which side has more soldiers, more bravery, more obedience to orders, better weapons and armor, right! When the Dionysians attacked the city, although I didn’t go to the city to fight, but I fled home with me Our neighbors have learned in detail that the valour of the Dionian soldiers was no worse than that of the Roman citizens, but their armor, weapons and siege equipment far surpassed ours. They conquered the city of Rome, but they could not invade the people in the city, and they were also very disciplined. More than the citizens of Rome—”

“We have 70,000 troops! Our commander is Camillous! We will surely take back the city of Rome! Father, don’t talk about it anymore, go to the station with me to rest, and wait until we get rid of Dai. Oonias, the family can be reunited!”

“Is Camillous stronger than the victorious king of Dionia?! 70,000 people can take down the city of Rome, which is defended by 50,000 people?! Sec Stus,

you are confused, look at your soldiers, they are very clear!”

After his father’s reminder, Sextus found that some of his men were silent and some of them were face-to-face. In embarrassment, he was surrounded by those old people, asking about the situation at home in the city, and his expression was quite excited.

Sextus then remembered that in the squadron he led, there were not many citizens like him who grew up in Rome. Most of them were refugees who only joined Rome in the past ten years. The sense of identity is not strong, and I am afraid I cannot stand such a temptation.

So he loudly reminded the soldiers: “You don’t forget that the Dionians are aliens, they don’t believe in Jupiter, Juno, Vesta! They still have kings! We can’t go to such a person with Rome. A completely different alien country!”

“Rome is a city-state composed of many races, and so is Dionia. It is said that many alien races have become their elders, and their kings have personally worshipped the Temple of Diana, the Temple of Vesta, and even the The gods of our common people, Kellis, Liber, Libera, this shows that Dionia completely allows us to have our own gods! As for they have kings, there is nothing to worry about, don’t forget those When the Roman nobles killed Marcus, they charged him with wanting to be a king, but he is a Roman hero who really cares about our civilians! So, it doesn’t matter whether there is a king or not, what matters is whether he can treat us more fairly Civilians, let us not worry about debts and become slaves, but get land, power?!” Another old man exclaimed.

The last few words made the soldiers’ eyes light up.

“Yeah, it’s as if I now have five acres of land south of the river port and on the banks of the Tiber River, which is far more fertile than my original land west of the city of Phedena, and it’s much easier to farm.” Sextus His father patted his injured leg and said happily: “My family also moved to Palatine Hill, and lived in a large mansion belonging to the Claudius clan, my former creditor, and I once knelt down. At the gate of that mansion, begging them to delay my debt repayment… Hahaha, now I can be the owner of that house!”

“Father, you…you…” Sextus heard this , I only felt that my eyes were black.

“Yes, I have applied to become a citizen of Dioria, and I have shared the property of the former Claudius clan. According to the style of their clan, they will definitely regard our family as a mortal enemy. You are still hesitating. What!” The old man shouted suddenly.

“You’re crazy! You went to provoke someone from the Claudius clan!!” Sextus responded angrily, but his face was full of fear.

“It’s not just your father who provoked the nobles. Many commoners in the city are now stained with the blood of nobles and diners. They used to treat us cruelly. Now it’s our turn to take revenge!” Another old man was by the side. said hatefully.

His words were not only echoed by other old people, but even made many soldiers agree.

Sextus became silent.

At this time, his father persuaded again: “Son, the Roman administrator of Turii, Asistes, announced an order today. In two days, the civilians of the whole city of Rome will gather in the square to jointly elect members. The role of forming the Roman local council is to supervise and assist the Roman administrator to govern the city. Any civilian can participate in the registration. I have decided to run for election.

Also… The administrator of Asistes also announced that the city of Rome will be elected.

It is divided into nine districts. Considering that we don’t have much administrative experience yet, and we don’t know much about the laws and systems of the Kingdom of Dionia, the officers who manage each district are temporarily appointed by the officials of the Kingdom of Dionia. But the adjutants of Demos will be selected among the Roman civilians. While assisting the chiefs in governing the city of Rome, they will also learn the experience of government affairs from them, so that they can take up more important positions in the future…

An important condition for selecting these adjutants of Demos is to Know Greek so that you can communicate better with the Dionian officials. Sextus, you have studied Greek, and I hope you can become the adjutant of Demos in the city of Sileo!”

Sextus Still silent.

Not only the old men were watching him, but the soldiers were watching him too, especially the hesitant soldiers looking to the squadron leader’s decision to help them finally make up their minds.

“We… just entered the city of Rome like this, the Dionians really won’t suspect us and attack us?” When Sextus finally said this, the old people all smiled, and most of them smiled. The soldiers also sighed in relief.

At the same time, some soldiers reminded worriedly

: “Let’s not take weapons and enter the city? If the Dionysians repent, wouldn’t we be like lambs walking into the wolf’s den!”

Am I putting my children in danger! You can distrust the Dionians, but how can you distrust your parents! …”

“Shall we enter Rome now?” stop their complaints.

“How is that possible! Our children haven’t seen it yet!” some old people protested.

“In order for Dionia to finally defeat the Roman aristocracy, we must let more civilians leave the army led by Camillous and return to Rome to join Dionia, so as to weaken the strength of the Roman aristocracy. , UU reading www.sonicmtl.com to defend the interests we have just obtained!” Sextus’ father reminded loudly.

Now that he had decided to defect from Rome, Sextus had made up his mind to consider the way out for his own people, so he thought for a while before saying to the old people: “You should know that the dictator Camillous has always The security requirements of the camp are very strict. You can’t go in. You should go to the civilian camp first. There are also many civilians who are worthy of you to win over. The soldiers and I returned to the camp and quietly told others about the changes in the city of Rome. Your civilian soldiers, including your relatives, of course. After dark, all of us who are willing to leave will break out of the camp to join you and return to Rome together!”

“Okay, that’s it!” Sextus said. Father took the lead in agreeing.

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_ Resting, exhausted by Davos’s strategy, he had a rare good night’s sleep, and even dreamed that he drove away the Dionians and led the army into the city of Rome.

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