Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Varques certainly would not understand the preciousness of the position of administrative adjutant, but the phrase "power is greater than the Roman municipal officer" made him unable to believe his ears, and he was a lowly slave two days ago. With the mid-level officials envied by the Roman civilians, this big pie suddenly fell from the sky and made him a little dazed, and made him panic: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... I... I have never held a public office, I Worried... Worried I can’t do it..."

Daphes gently comforted him: "You don't have to worry, no one will do things from birth, I will send someone to assist you, of course, you have to work hard."

Valx nodded again and again.

"Are you literate?" Daveus asked.

Varkes shook his head in shame.

"It doesn't matter." Daveus encouraged him to say: "Before there were many slaves in Dionysia, there was no chance to read, but they all seized the time and opportunity to study hard. Not only did they understand the text, but also passed the assessment and became Officials of the Kingdom, I think you can do it! When you have enough knowledge and knowledge of Dionysia’s laws, you can make more contributions to Dionysia, and you can even be elected to enter Dionysian House!"

Become a veteran?!Varkes breathed quickly, something he had never dared to dream about in the past.So when he left, his feet seemed to step on the clouds, and the whole person fluttered suddenly.

Seeing the state of Valks, Genipris said worriedly: "Your Majesty, can he do well?"

"I don’t expect him to do the position of Roman administrative lieutenant, but he will be an example! His case will tell all Roman civilians that they will not get the rights from the Roman Senate even at the expense of their lives, Dionia It can be given to them, that’s enough!”

Davies smiled slightly, and then said righteously: "And, you don’t underestimate these people who are born and poor. Once you open the shackles to them and give them a chance, their determination to change their destiny will burst out as you imagined. Unreachable power!"

"I will pay attention to his performance, and hope that he will not live up to your majesty's expectations of him!" Henipolis said seriously.

At this time, Davers rubbed his stomach: "It's time for dinner, I'm a little hungry."

Henripolis was busy asking the slave to prepare dinner.

When Daveus sat at the dining table, he found that there was one less person: "What about Croto?"

"Oh, Your Majesty." Martius responded quickly: "The Prince's Hall went down to the square and had dinner with the soldiers of the Second Army. I let the guards who fought with him before him accompany him."

Daveus froze for a moment, then smiled comfortably: "It seems that this child has begun to adapt to the battlefield."

After Davis took a bite of bread and took a sip of watered wine, the guard came in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the Scouting Report, found that less than 10,000 Roman troops were heading towards Rome in the southeast of Rome. The city rushed to march."

Hearing this news, Daveus looked calm and thought for a while, he said: "Southeast direction... We have just repulsed the reinforcements of the Latin city-state during the day, and the army that appears now can only be the office of the Roman dictator Camulus. Leading the vanguard of the army, a distance of hundreds of kilometers from Helniki, this unit can arrive in more than a day, it is really not easy. Inform the heads of the legions, stick to the city walls, and wait for the morale of the enemy Eat it, eat it again!"

Daveus finished his order and took a big bite of crunchy bread.

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Mount Kartorin, one of the seven hills of the Roman city, the reason it became a holy place for the Romans is because the temple of Jupiter, the protector of the Roman city, and the temple of Juno And the temple of Janus, another god of war esteemed by the Romans, this temple with two heads and two heads, has two front and back doors, the door will always be open during war, and it will be closed in peacetime However, since the second Roman king, Numa, the temple door has almost never been closed.

Capitoline Mountain is the highest altitude among the seven hills of Rome, although it is only more than 50 meters high, but its three sides are steep cliffs, the narrower side is slightly smooth, and there is a road up the mountain.Because the area on the top of the mountain was too small, no one chose it as a place to live when Rome was built. Later, only a very small number of people lived there, including the Manlius clan.It was not until Marcus Manlius Capitolinus was executed on the charge of "abusive dictatorship" that the Roman Senate issued a new resolution "No one is allowed to live on Mount Capitoline". This Manlius clan had to be relocated.

The Celts invaded more than ten years ago, and the Roman veterans took some of their citizens to retreat to the Capitolin Mountain. They stayed there for more than half a year, so that the entire Roman city did not fall completely. It also inspired the Roman people who fell outside to fight, and finally Cami Luce led the army to drive off the Celtics, which made Capitolin's position in the hearts of the Romans more sacred.

This time, the Dionysians attacked Rome in a big way. Originally, the Romans were quite confident that they could stick to Camulus and return. However, with the reports of the battles, the Dionysians were fierce and strange. The garrison felt that the situation was a little bit difficult for the defenders. The centuries-old Roman nobles had their own experience of optimizing and avoiding evil. In private, they quietly began to prepare the clan, relatives and friends, So when the senate made a decision and retreated to Capitoline Mountain, they quickly fled to the mountain with their family and supplies.

The Capitoline Mountain, which was originally lively except for festivals and ceremonies, suddenly became crowded and noisy. After the high priest Ulysses prayed to Jupiter and Juno for forgiveness, the people were allowed to enter the temple to take refuge .As a result, the courtyard of the temple was filled with terrified people, and even the main hall, which was usually forbidden to enter, became a temporary residence and meeting place for the elders.

Ambustus and Great Siberia stepped into the hall, and the veterans who were intensively discussing immediately turned their eyes on them.

Portitus asked, "Is the number of people going up the mountain counted?"

"A total of 5642 people." Ambustus answered.

"This is several times more than the number of people on the mountain that time!" the old veteran Lucritius sighed.

Everyone knew what he said that time, and many people looked dull.

Someone is busy asking: "Is the food enough?"

"It's about a month for us to eat." Ambustus said: "I have sent a patrol to collect all the food and sent someone to guard it."

The so-called collection is actually forcing the people in the mountains to hand over the food in their hands and then distribute it evenly every day.But the elders had no objection after hearing this. The Celtics had invaded the past ten years. Some of the elders also participated in the battle to hold Capitolin in person. It was already easy to understand.

"How many soldiers can fight?" Maruginenes asked.

"There are only 650 people. I have transferred them out to form six squadrons." Da Xipia replied with a somber expression.

"Only 650 people!" someone exclaimed, then realized that he was too loud and disturbed the gods in the temple, and quickly shut his mouth.

"In addition to the patrol, there are more than 800 people. The number of soldiers on the Capitoline Mountain has doubled from the last time. We are fully able to stand firm until Camillus leads the army back and drives the enemy away. You don’t have to worry about it at all. "Portitos comforted everyone.

"Sipia, we have just discussed and decided to let you take charge of the defense of Mount Capitolin." Maruginenes said

"I?" Big Sipiah was a little surprised, knowing that he was accused by some elders when he fled up the mountain, thinking that it was his greed and fear of death that caused the city of Rome to be broken so quickly.

"Ten years ago, you once resisted the Celtics on this mountain tenaciously, and stood with other warriors for more than half a year. You have been very experienced in this. Before you fought so hard with the Dionysians for so long, right They already know that, besides you, who else can take on this important responsibility!"

Speaking of which, Maru Guinnesse glanced at the crowd and increased his tone, saying: "The responsibility for Rome's fall has nothing to do with you. After the battle started, you handed over the command to us... Egypt! None of us! I thought that the Dionysian siege ability would be so strong!"

"It's mainly because the young and middle-aged citizens in the city of Rome are not there!" Plenius said aloud, apparently to put the responsibility of trapping the city on Camillus.

This time no one spoke out to defend Camillus, even Portitus chose to be silent.The fall of the city of Rome made the veterans more or less dissatisfied with Camillus: if it was not for the dictator to propose'concentrate and conquer Helniki' first, how could Rome suffer so much?!

But the veterans apparently forgot that Camillus’s proposal was once supported by them, and they also thought of many benefits from this military operation.

At this moment when the city-state was in peril, Great Sipiah did not refrain from accepting his appointment, but he had just confronted the Dionysian army and expressed his concerns about the following battle situation: "Fathers and newcomers, Since I climbed the mountain, I have been paying attention to observe the performance of the Dionysian army in the city of Rome. They did not randomly kill the Roman people who stayed under the mountain, humiliated...The women in Rome did not rob the property, burn the building, even because the property Conflict and struggle with women.

What are they doing?!They drove the Roman people in the square home, actually cleaning the streets, setting up tents on the square, patrolling the city walls...The performance of the Dionysian army in the city of Rome is completely different from the Celtics ten years ago. !You have great hopes for Camulus, who is about to lead the army back, but I hope that you will also be prepared for the worst... Camulus may not be able to retake Rome in a short time!"