Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

However, it seems that the Roman people have long been accustomed to this kind of living environment. Pedestrians coming and going are crowded on the narrow streets, and all are busy with their lives, but the expression on their faces seems a little calm, and neither hates this. The terrible environment did not worry about the two wars in Rome. This open-minded state of mind is somewhat similar to the Turiris of the Kingdom of Dionysia.

Minusius led them around a street, and the field of vision in front of them was much wider. A low hill was lying in front of them, and houses were also densely covered on it. Between the hills.

"That was Mount Laventine, one of the seven hills in Rome." Minusius saw Tapirus looking at it carefully, and was busy doing the introduction: "It is said that we are the brothers of Romeroth, one of the two city builders in Rome. Remus once took his tribe to live on this mountain. Now in the middle of the mountain is a temple of Diana built by our former king Servius, Diana is the goddess of hunting among our Latins, is The patron saint of the nomads. At that time King Servius had made a rule,'As long as the goddess is awesome, whether it is a Roman citizen or not, you can come here to worship.' If it was not for the war in this period, you will Seeing the Latin tribes in the surrounding areas of Rome come to worship every day, Mount Laventine will become very lively but noisy..."

Sepia said complacently, his face filled with pride that "Rome is the center of Latins".

Tapirus nodded politely and said nothing.

A group of people followed the road and turned north.

The streets here were originally spacious, but the roads were full of paved Romans. The noisy bargains and bargains made the crowded Tapirus feel a little irritated, but during the war, in Rome There is still a strong sense of life, which also makes them very surprised.

"Is there an arena?" an entourage asked in front of his left finger.

Through the gap of the crowd, you can see a huge circular building standing on the left front of the messenger group. The shape of this building makes the messenger group too familiar.

"Yes, this is our grand arena in Rome!" Minusius said aloud: "We Romans often hold sports competitions here, as well as the most popular gladiator games!"

Hearing this, Tapirus' face was a little disgusting, because he had previously learned from the materials in the library of Turriy that Minusius said the gladiator game, that was to make Roman prisoners of war Or the slaves held bloody fights in the arena with crude weapons, and exchanged their blood and screams for the joy of the Roman people watching the game...

Tapirus, a slave, believes: This is not a game, but a bloody game behind the barbarians!

When passing the arena, the messenger also heard the shouts from inside.

An entourage asked, pretending to be curious, "Is there a gladiator competition in the arena?"

Minusius shook his head and said intentionally or unintentionally: "It’s military training for underage Roman citizens. Although most of the young and middle-aged citizens in Rome are out for war, we can still summon many of them around once the enemy strikes. The Roman citizens of the colony came to rescue without worrying about the safety of the Roman city. But the Romans were accustomed to holding shields and spears when they were young, and when they grow up, they can face the enemy bravely and have the ability to kill the enemy. Familiar with the formation and tactics of Rome, when the city-states need them to fight, they can quickly integrate into the army...so we Romans are not afraid of any strong enemy!"

Hearing this, Tapirus was shocked: This approach is very similar to Dionysia’s practice of letting children conduct military training from an early age.

His eyes touched an entourage behind him, who was an official sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and he believed he had a deeper feeling.

But what the Dionysian Mission Group did not know is that it has always been a Roman tradition to allow Roman children to receive military training from an early age, but it was only in the past ten years that they were allowed to practice Roman combat methods and tactics from an early age.

Ten years ago, Rome was defeated by the Gauls on the banks of the Aria, and was eventually occupied by the Gauls.This painful lesson made the Romans aware of the inadequacy of their fighting methods. After some investigation and thought, the dictator Camillus carried out military reforms to the Roman army.

He learned Celtic tactics. First, he changed the former Greek-like large square formation of the Roman army into multiple small square formations (that is, squadrons). A corps has 50 squadrons, which can carry out split head assaults, making the previous bloated and clumsy The Roman legion had more flexibility and maneuverability.

Secondly, the principle of the deployment of soldiers in the legion was changed.In the past, the military tradition was that wealthy and well-equipped citizens were at the forefront, while poorer citizens were at the forefront, and now they are ranked according to age and degree of training.The first column is young people, the second column is strong soldiers, and the third column is veterans with rich combat experience.

Third, improved the soldiers' offensive and defensive weapons.Iron helmets replaced leather helmets, leather long shields replaced wooden shields, iron spearheads replaced bronze spearheads, and leather breastplates were often replaced by chain armor... of course, Carthage’s assistance It has played a very important role, allowing many poor soldiers to use the standard equipment distributed by the Senate, thereby expanding the source of troops, and of course returning it after the war.

Fourth, it emphasized the need to build a solid and comfortable camp when going out to fight...

Although Rome’s traditional military tactics have been practiced for hundreds of years, the Romans who have been growing up in battle once soon found that such military reforms are beneficial to their combat, they soon began to implement, from adult citizens to children almost all the spare time Time for training to familiarize with new equipment and tactics as early as possible, and it has already begun to produce obvious effects.In recent years, Rome has maintained almost complete victory in its battle with surrounding forces.

Due to the importance of Daphes, the Dionysia Military Department also understood the current military situation in Rome. They were surprised to find that these military reforms of the Romans were very similar to the military tactics of Dionysia’s heavy infantry. They It is believed that the Romans must have secretly learned Dionysia's tactics. This time, sending officials into the messenger group, one of the purposes is to want to witness the Roman army.

After passing the big arena and heading north, the situation in the block has changed again. Not only is the road really wide, but there is less garbage.Even the residence has become luxurious.Although there are still simple houses interspersed among them, the arrangement of the houses is still a little disordered, but the red brick and white walls of the big house are obviously increased, especially the two not too high, seemingly large areas on the north and south sides of the road There are more such dwellings on a rather large hill.

An embassy officer from the Dionysian Household Registration Department pretended to be curious and asked, "Is this a rich area?"

Minusius heard what he said: Before, it was a ghetto with a terrible garbage environment. Here is a rich area with a good environment and a good house. Is the gap between the poor and the rich in the urban area of ​​Rome so obvious?!

He wisely replied: "Every city-state has the poor and the rich. There is always inevitable conflict between the poor and the rich. This is inevitable, as is Rome. But the difference is that the Roman people quarreled and quarreled. Once citizens The General Assembly passed a resolution, and we will work together to complete..."

Speaking of which, he looked at the hills on both sides of the road and said seriously: "Not all the rich people live on these two hills, but most of them are the earliest city builders and early Citizen clan, they once contributed more to the city-state, and now they are also willing to sacrifice more people for the city-state!"

Minusius pointed to the hill on the left: "This is Partini. The founder of the Roman city, our original king Romulus, lived on this hill with the people who followed him from the beginning."

Then he pointed to the hill on the right: "This is Mount Silio. 200 years ago it was the center of our Latins-Alba Longa was defeated by us in Rome. Its inhabitants did not become captives but were invited. , Moved to this mountain and became a Roman citizen!"

Tapirus was keenly aware of the pride that Minusius had revealed in his bones. He subconsciously asked, "Where does your family live?"

Minusius pointed at random to the Palatine Hill on the left. In fact, he did not tell the Dionysians his full name: Minusius Cornelius. Sibia .Cornelius is the name of the Roman clan, but this is the nobility of the Roman aristocracy, the nobility of the nobility.

Tapirus clearly felt this too. The smiling young man who spoke fluent Greek and was elegantly inadvertently exuded a noble breath.

In the Kingdom of Dionysia, there are of course nobles, all of whom were enshrined when Dionysia conquered neighboring city-states, and some even retained part of their land wealth and entered the senate.But under the strict control of the laws of King Daphes and Dioria, they do not have much power, and the kingdom can basically treat the nobles or civilians, old citizens or new citizens equally, so it is like Tapie People with slaves like Rus can also gain wealth and power through their own efforts.

It is also because of the short time of the establishment of the Kingdom of Dionysia and the fairness that Daveus strongly promoted, making Tapirus hardly feel the difference in class in the country, but just when he first sent a foreign country Today, he felt it, so a sudden discomfort in his heart did not want to talk to this young man.