Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Yes, Master Dictator! We must arrive in Rome tomorrow night!" Quintus and Lisinius immediately stood up and promised loudly.

"After arriving outside the city of Rome, we must see the battlefield clearly, do not take the offensive, but put pressure on the Dionysian army to prevent them from attacking the city of Rome with all their strength..." Camulus warned his patience, Then he said in a deep voice: "I will do my best to lead the army to arrive the night after tomorrow, to meet with you, and then fight against the Dionysians!"

The generals in the account heard this, and the uneasiness after they heard the news turned into excitement...

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At night, when everything is silent, most of the Roman people in the city and the Dionysian soldiers outside the city have fallen asleep.But outside the northeastern walls of Rome, hundreds of soldiers quietly came out of the camp of the First Army of Dionia.

They wore black linings, black cloth towels on their heads, leather shields and daggers tied tightly to their backs, and a small bag of beef jerky tied around their waists.On this night when they couldn't see their fingers, they marched quietly southwest through the open Mars Square.

Mars Square was originally a wide wetland caused by the long-term flooding of the Bo River in the foreground. The sixth generation of Roman King Servius drained this wetland and finally obtained this vast flat land. The flat was named Mars Square.In the name of the Roman god of war, it can be seen that this flat was originally used for the assembly of the army, but later it was also used as a voting place for the civic assembly. After all, there is no such large empty space in the city of Rome to accommodate all citizens.But after the arrival of the Dionysian army, the Romans retreated into the city, and Mars Square was vacated because it was outside the northern city wall.

When this pedestrian came to the edge of Mars Square, he saw the towering city wall in front, and the black and dark mountain behind the city wall-the hill that occupied an important position in the hearts of the Romans-Capitolin.

After these people fixed their position, they quietly followed the direction of the city wall and turned westward.

Not long after they left, they heard the sound of running water, and the Tiber River was ahead.

These people immediately dispersed, groping along the river bank, and soon someone whispered, "Captain, here!"

It was the captain of the mountain investigation team, Izam, who was called the captain, and he hurried over.

The soldier stood upright with two thick wooden pillars. They were driven deep into the ground, only half the height of the ground, with wooden planks between the wooden pillars, which led to the river, and then broke off halfway. , This is a destroyed wooden bridge.

Ezham cast his sight to the front, blurring the outline of a little land less than 20 meters away from the river bank. He knew that it was the river heart island called the Tiberina by the Romans. Before Rome, the Romans evacuated the residents who lived on the island and destroyed the wooden bridge leading to it on both sides.

If the Romans on the island were not evacuated, we might be able to discover our actions at this moment... Ezham thought only a flash in his mind, and then whispered, "Move the rope and tie it to this wooden post!"

A dozen people carried a large bundle of thick and thin ropes of gun barrels and tied one end of the rope firmly to the wooden post.

"Is Trentus ready?" Izam asked in a low voice.

"Captain, I can't wait!" A strong soldier's voice responded slightly stiffly.

"Okay, it's up to you!" Izam hammered his sturdy chest with his fist and turned back to the other soldiers. "Tie him."

The players wrapped the other end of the rope around his waist. He did not carry a leather shield and dagger, but hung a rope hook, iron saw, and large iron pliers.

When the rope was tied around his waist, the team members tugged and felt very strong.

Izam looked forward to this warrior from Mesapi and encouraged: "Hadis will bless you, go, and become a kingdom hero like Seckrian!"

Terentus solemnly performed a military salute.

Izam and his team members also solemnly saluted him.

Terentus put the back bladder made of inflatable lamb under his arm, and then grasped the rope with both hands, walking backwards step by step toward the river.

The coldness of the river made his skin suddenly tighten, and the slippery bottom made him unable to stand upright. The Tiber River, which seemed to have a gentle flow during the day, felt its impulse when he walked into the river. How old, Terentus rushed downstream involuntarily. Fortunately, the rope around his waist pulled his body. His teammates were pulling the rope out little by little like a tug of war, which made him You can go slowly downstream...

It didn't take long for him to see that the river bank in front of him was no longer flat, but instead became a bank of seven or eight meters high, which stood straight on the side of Terentus.

Terentus, who had observed the terrain in advance, knew that this meant that he had passed the walls of Rome.

Although the man was still by the river, the river became deeper and his feet couldn't be stepped on. He was luckily floated on the river by the buoyancy of the tripe and slowly drifted downstream.And Terentus kept his eyes wide open, watching the front.

Soon after, he saw the Roman vertebral bridge, which was lying on the river in front of him and was emphasized by the captain many times.

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The ropes held by the mountain scouts were originally tightly stretched and suddenly relaxed.

The team members also had a happy heart: it should be here!

Yi Zam always looked dignified, when Shen Sheng asked: "How long has the rope been put?"

The team member next to the counter responded: "Almost 250 meters."

"That should have arrived." The reason why Izam was so sure was that he had learned in detail from several former Roman citizens, such as Valkes.

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At this moment, Terentus was holding the bridge column closest to the embankment and turned his head to look at the embankment. With the thin moonlight of the sky meniscus, he could vaguely see the embankment near the Shijiaqiao, about four meters away from the river. There is a big black hole.

There was another delight in Terentus' heart. He knew that he had found the famous sewer system of the Roman city called Maxima sewer.

So he untied the pickaxe hanging around his waist, untied the slivers of cloth, and the other hand kept pulling the rope with frequency.

Soon, the teammates who got the signal pulled him back again.

He took advantage of the opportunity to stroke hard with his hands and feet and approached the embankment.

After a while, the rope was lowered bit by bit, causing him to be washed by the water below the sewer. It is easy to distinguish here because it has an unpleasant smell, and there are wet water marks on the embankment covered with moss.

Terentus immediately raised the pickaxe and slammed it up.

The pickaxe pointed into the crevice.

He grasped the pickaxe with one hand and pulled the rope hard with the other. This was to tell his teammates to stop the rope and tighten the rope to keep him in this position.

Then he patiently loosened the rope hook on his body, grabbed his head in his hands, estimated the distance, and threw it hard on his head.

Hearing a crisp sound from the top of his head, he screamed badly, hurriedly dodged, the iron hook against his body, and fell into the river.

so close!Terentus did not immediately pull the rope hook that fell to the bottom of the river, but attached it to the embankment, carefully observing the movement on the vertebral bridge, afraid of being heard by the Roman patrol soldiers.

But he obviously underestimated the Tiber River. Although it seemed calm, the water was far less than the violent roar that Sekerian had when he crossed the Krati River. , Enough to absorb any meagre sounds produced near him.

After a while, seeing that there was no movement on the bridge and the shore, Terentus threw the rope hook in his hand again, first heard a small, crisp sound, followed by a low muffled sound.

The rope hook did not fall!Terentus was so happy that he stretched out his hand and pulled the rope tightly. It seemed that the rope hook was tight.

He forcibly pulled the pickaxe out and hung it back around his waist, then grasped the rope hook with both hands and slowly climbed up.This section of embankment is where the sewer sewage is discharged, which is relatively slippery.Terentus slipped on several times and hit his body against the stone wall, but he could not hold back.

Finally, he climbed to the sewer exit and grasped the iron fence that blocked the exit with both hands.

The Maxim sewer was originally a drainage ditch excavated by the Romans to drain the lowland flooded rivers between the hills. This project happened to be ordered by the last Roman king Tarvin, and its original starting position was In the Roman Forum next to the Senate.

With the improvement of the Roman city and the increase of the population, drainage and desilting are no longer necessary, but the discharge of domestic sewage has become a concern of the public, so every family began to dig the drainage ditch in front of their own door, and the original big drainage ditch Connect and discharge all kinds of sewage generated in the house every day through the drainage ditch to the Tiber River.Over time, the drainage ditches became more and more and longer, spreading all over the city of Rome, and its routes were extremely intricate.

The Romans continuously discharged dirty water, sewage, feces, and even various kinds of garbage, which often led to clogged drainage ditches, smelly sky, and occasionally caused outbreaks of epidemics. Later, a senator named Maxim The veteran of the country proposed a proposal: to establish a new department and to send dedicated city-state public officials to manage the gutters in Rome.

The proposal was approved by almost all votes.As a result, the drainage ditch was dug wide and deep, and stone slabs were laid on the ground to regularly dredge it...Since then the drainage ditch became a sewer, and the Romans also created a deity for this complex sewer system-Clo Cloacina.

The outlet of this sewer is a person tall, almost circular, and the iron gate is firmly welded into the stone wall. Every iron rod has the thickness of the adult finger, but the iron grid is obviously old and rusty, especially It is under the iron grid, and the pits and pits that have been corroded by the sewage discharged every day have been uneven.