Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 151: The Roman elders on Capitoline Hill

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Walkers certainly did not understand the preciousness of this administrative adjutant post, but the words "power is greater than the Roman municipal official" made him unable to believe his ears. He was a lowly slave two days ago and blinked. He immediately became a middle-level official envied by Roman civilians. The big pie that suddenly fell from the sky made him a little dizzy, and made him panic: "Your... Your Majesty, I... I... have never served. Public office, I am worried... worried that I can't do it..."

Daves comforted him gently and said: "You don't have to worry, no one is born to do things. I will send someone to assist you. Of course you have to work hard."

Walkers nodded repeatedly.

"Are you literate?" Davers asked.

Valkers shook his head in shame.

“It’s okay.” Daves encouraged him and said, “Before Dionia had a lot of free slaves, they didn’t have the opportunity to learn, but they all seized the time and opportunity to study hard. Assess and become an official of the kingdom, I think you can do it too! When you have enough knowledge and familiarize yourself with the laws of Dionian, you can make more contributions to Dionian, and you can even Was elected to enter the Dionian Senate!"

Become a veteran? ! Valks was short of breath for an instant, something he never dared to dream of before. So when he left, his feet were like stepping on the clouds, and the whole person was erratic.

Seeing the state of Valks, Hernipolis couldn't help but said with concern: "Your Majesty, can he do it well?"

"I don’t expect him to do the post of Roman administrative adjutant, but he will be a role model! His case will tell all Roman civilians that they cannot get the rights from the Roman Senate even if they sacrifice their lives, Dai Onia can give them, that’s enough!"

Davers smiled slightly, and then said with a serious face: "Moreover, Heney, don't underestimate these people from poor and humble backgrounds. Once the shackles are opened to them and their opportunities are given, their determination to change their destiny will burst out. Power you can’t imagine!"

"I will pay attention to his performance and hope that he will not let down your majesty's expectations of him!" Hernipolis said seriously.

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

Henipolis hurriedly asked the servants to prepare dinner.

When Daves sat down at the table, he found that one person was missing: "Where is Cloto?"

"Oh, Your Majesty." Martius hurriedly replied: "The Prince went down to the square and ate with the soldiers of the Second Legion. I let the guards who fought with him accompany him."

Davers was taken aback, and then smiled with relief: "It seems that this kid has already begun to adapt to the battlefield."

As soon as Daves took a bite of the bread and drank a sip of wine mixed with water, the guards hurried in: "Your Majesty, the scout is here to report that there are less than 10,000 Roman troops in the southeast of Rome. He is marching towards Rome in a hurry."

Hearing this news, Daves calmed down and thought for a while. He said: "To the southeast...We have just repelled the reinforcements of the Latin city-states during the day. The army that appears now can only be the Roman dictator Camy. Luce led the army to be the vanguard. The distance from Helniki to here is hundreds of kilometers. It is really not easy for this unit to arrive in more than a day. Inform the commanders of the corps, hold on to the walls, and wait for the enemy. The morale is exhausted, eat it again!"

Davers gave the order and took a bite of crunchy bread.

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Kartolin Hill, one of the seven hills of the city of Rome, the reason why it became a holy place for the Romans is that the temple of Jupiter, the protector of Rome, and the queen of Juno were built on the top of the mountain. The temple, as well as the temple of Janus, another **** of war revered by the Romans. The temple of this **** with two heads has front and back doors. When there is war, the door will always be open. In peacetime It will be closed, but since the second Roman king Numa, the gate of the temple has almost never been closed.

Capitolin Mountain is the highest among the Seven Hills of Rome. Although it is only more than 50 meters high, it has steep cliffs on three sides, and the narrower side is slightly flat, and there are roads to go up the mountain. Because the area of ​​its hilltop is too small, when Rome was built, no one chose it as a place to live. Later, only a few people lived on it, including the Manlius clan. It wasn't until Marcus Manlius Capitolineus was executed on the charge of "vailing dictatorship" that the Roman Senate issued a new resolution "No one is allowed to live on Capitoline Hill". The Manlius clan had to move.

The Celtics invaded more than ten years ago. The Roman elders led some citizens to retreat to Capitoline Hill. They held on for more than half a year, making the entire city of Rome not completely fall, and also inspiring the Roman people who had fallen outside to fight. In the end, Camilos led an army to drive away the Celtics, which made Capitoline more sacred in the hearts of the Romans.

This time the Dionians aggressively attacked Rome. Originally, the Romans were quite confident that they would be able to hold on until Camillos led his army back. However, as the battle reports came, the Dionians were fierce and peculiar. The method of siege made the defenders more strenuous, and the senators felt that the situation was a little unfavorable. These Roman nobles who had survived for a hundred years had their own experience of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil. They made preparations, so when the Senate made a decision to retreat to Capitoline Mountain, they moved quickly and fled to the mountain with their family and supplies.

Capitolin Mountain, which was originally lively except for festivals and ceremonies, suddenly became crowded and noisy. After the high priest Ulysses prayed devoutly to Jupiter and Juno, and asked for forgiveness, the people were allowed to enter Refuge in the temple. As a result, the courtyard of the temple was crowded with frightened people, and even the hall, which was usually forbidden to enter, became a temporary residence and meeting place for the elders.

Ambustus and Scipio quickly walked into the hall, and the elders who were discussing nervously immediately turned their eyes on them.

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

"The total number is 5642." Ambustus replied.

"This is many times the number of people on the mountain!" Old veteran Lucritius sighed.

Everyone knows what he said that time, and many people suddenly looked sad.

Someone hurriedly asked: "Is there enough food?"

"Give us food for about a month." Ambustus said: "I have sent a patrol to collect all the food and send someone to guard it."

The so-called collection is actually forcing the people on the mountain to hand over the food, and then distribute it evenly every day. But the veterans have no objection after hearing this. It has only been ten years since the Celtic invasion. Some of the elders among the elders have personally participated in the battle to defend Capitolin, and they are already familiar with it.

"How many soldiers are there to fight?" Marugineensis asked.

"There are only 650 people. I have already selected them to form six squadrons." Da Scipia replied gloomily.

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

"With the addition of the patrol team, there are more than 800 people. The number of soldiers on Capitoline Mountain has doubled from the last time. We are fully able to hold on until Camilos leads his army back and drives away the enemy. You Don't worry at all!" Portitus relieved everyone.

"Scipio, we have just discussed and decided to let you be responsible for the defense of Mount Capitoline." Marugineensis said.

"Me?" Scipio was a little surprised, knowing that when he fled up the mountain, he was criticized by some elders, 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 used to resist the Celtics tenaciously on this mountain, and stood by with other warriors for more than half a year. You are already very experienced in this. You fought hard with the Dionians before. For a long time, I have already understood them, besides you, who else can take on this important responsibility!"

Speaking of this, Marugineensis glanced at the crowd, emphasized his tone, and said, "You have nothing to do with the responsibility of the fall of Rome. After the battle began, you transferred the command to us...Ah! None of us expected that the Dionians would have such a strong siege ability!"

"The main reason is that the young and middle-aged citizens in Rome are not there!" Plenius said aloud, apparently putting the responsibility for the trapped city on Camilos.

No one spoke out to defend Camilos this time, and even Portitus chose to remain silent. The fall of the city of Rome made the elders more or less dissatisfied with Camillos: If the dictator hadn't proposed to ‘concentrate all efforts and conquer Herniki first,’ how could Rome suffer such a catastrophe? !

But the elders apparently forgot that Camilos’ proposal was once strongly supported by them, and they also thought about getting many benefits from this military operation.

At the moment when the matter was at stake for the city-state, Scipio did not decline and accepted the appointment, but he had just fought head-on with the Dionian army and expressed his concerns about the next battle: "Dear fathers and Shinjin, since I went up the mountain, I have been paying attention to the performance of the Dionian army in Rome. They did not arbitrarily kill the Roman people who stayed at the bottom of the mountain, bully... Roman women, nor did they rob property or burn buildings. There are even conflicts and fights with each other because of property and women.

What are they doing? ! When they drove the Roman people home in the square, they were actually cleaning the streets, setting up tents in the square, patrolling the walls... The performance of the Dionian army in Rome was completely different from the Celtics ten years ago. ! You have great hopes for Camelus, who is about to return with the army, but I hope you will also prepare for the worst... Camelus may not be able to recapture Rome in a short time! "