Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 162: Religious Issues in Rome

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"Camillos is finally here!" After entering the city of Rome, after a night's rest, the pressure of previous life history on Daves has gone. At this moment, his expression is calm, and he is not hurried to Tormid. He issued an order: "Notify the commanders of the corps to prepare for defense." After saying this, he continued to eat breakfast quietly.

Just after eating breakfast, another guard came to report: "Priest Cardias, please see me."

"Cardias...let him in." Daves touched his chin and said. He was very interested in the Hades priest who was strongly recommended by Plycinus who came to Rome with the army, because His experience is quite legendary.

According to the Greek tradition, the identity of temple priests is usually inborn, either born into a priest's family, or recognized by a dying priest. Other people should not expect to take up this sacred profession at all. Of course, in the Kingdom of Dionia, the situation is different. Because Daves wants to vigorously promote the development of the Temple of Hades in the territory, he selected many servants from the ordinary people who are willing to serve the temple, but in the end To become priests, they must pass a sacred ceremony personally presided over by Daves in order to take effect, not only because Daves is also the high priest of the kingdom, but also because he is a descendant of Hades. Given personally, the priests of Hades naturally possessed the spirituality to communicate with God.

Cardias is a Silitian, but he is not from a traditional Greek sacrificial family, but an ordinary citizen. However, because of the favor of the Temple of Hades, he made up his mind to come to Turri as a **** Temple attendant. After the Syracuse people’s attention to Siriting’s massacre at the temple, he doubled his time to study in the temple. Within a few years, he was promoted to the post because of his proficiency in the scriptures, good communication, and the trust of the believers. priest.

Afterwards, he volunteered to go to Katana to host the Temple of Hades. During his tenure, the Hades believers in Katane increased greatly, and even passed the Hades faith to Syracuse. Of course he was also accused, ‘that he used the money donated by believers to buy slaves from Siracusa in Syracuse, and then set them free’. So a few years later, he was transferred back to Turri, but he was promoted to the priest in charge because of his outstanding performance.

This time before the army set off, Plessinas selected the priests of Hades who came to Latham to build the temple. Despite the risks, there were many applicants, because those who could be promoted to the priesthood were all faithful. , Believers who want to preach for the temple. The reason Cardias was selected is because more than a year ago, Daves presided over the annual gathering of the priests of Hades as high priest, and he consciously or unconsciously talked about the Latin area in central Italy. And Rome will likely be the next expansion target of the Kingdom of Dionian. After this, Cardias actually went to great lengths to buy a Latin slave. The main job given to this slave was to teach him to speak Latin, so he became the only one of the priests of Hades who was proficient in Latin and was eventually selected. Relying on translation to develop Hades believers among aliens will undoubtedly make it more difficult.

After Cardias came to Rome, he refused to listen to the persuasion of others and insisted on reaching out to the Roman people to communicate. Daves was worried about his safety, but he did not expect to find himself so soon. .

Davos turned to his treatment of officials and generals the day before, so he immediately stood up and strode out.

Cardias, who is nearly 50 years old, has hurried into the Roman Senate, bent over and bowed, raised his hands flat, palms up, and respectfully saluted Daves: "Good morning, high priest! (Since the establishment of the kingdom, when the priests of the Temple of Hades called Daves, they did not use the administrative title of "Your Majesty the King", but used him as the highest priest in the kingdom’s religious rituals. The strict regulations of the Diss Temple were later implemented in other temples in the kingdom)."

"Good morning, Priest Cardias." Daves also solemnly gave a priestly salute, and said with a smile: "You came to see me so early, did you find anything?"

"High priest, I'm here to advise you." Cardias said directly.

"What advice?" Davers asked curiously.

"You gave a speech on the square yesterday on "Hope Roman civilians become Dionian citizens", but I found in my conversation with them yesterday that they are doing things for us to destroy their temples and sacrifices. And feel uneasy."

"Oh?!" Cardias reminded Daves that he did only announce some benefits to Roman civilians after they became Dionian citizens. He was planning to tell them after they became citizens. The religious tolerance of the Kingdom of Dionia was done in the process of conquering Mesapi, Puchetti, and Dauni in Apulia, so this practice continued in Rome. But it is clear that the situation in Rome is much more tense and dangerous than that in April, which adds to the anxiety of the Roman civilians.

So Daves hurriedly asked: "Cardias, what is your proposal?"

"The high priest, in my contact with the Roman civilians, I found that they believed very much in the Roman goddess of hunting, Diana, the goddess of the stove, Vesta, and the gods Calles, Libel, and Lie, who belonged to the Roman civilians. Bella—"

"Roman civilians also have their own gods?!" Daves was a little surprised. It was the first time he heard about this.

"Yes, although the Romans also believe in multiple gods, they believe in more gods than ours in Greece, and the Roman nobles and commoners each have their own dedicated gods, these gods are just their most Honorable." Cardias said seriously: "And the five Roman gods, Diana, Vesta, Keres, Liber, and Libera, all have temples on Mount Aventine in the city. Especially the Temple of Diana, I heard that it is also worshiped by civilians in the entire Latham area..."

Aventine...there is the main residential area of ​​Roman civilians...Daves is pondering: For Rome, he used to pay more attention to the collection of political, economic, military and other information, and not so much to religion. It is also because there are too many and too many gods in Rome. Every river, every road, every forest, every crossroad, every door, every house has its own god, and even the priests of Rome can’t do it. How many gods did Qing Rome have? Moreover, the Romans’ worship of gods was far less pious than the Greeks, they were more practical and utilitarian, so he ignored the in-depth study of this area, unexpectedly did not know that the Roman common people had their own gods!

But this seems to be a good thing! As the ruler of the kingdom, Daves immediately understood the importance of this matter. He asked: "You mean to let me worship these gods, to show Dionia's respect for the Roman common people's beliefs? "

"Yes, high priest." Cardias replied affirmatively. As the chief priest of Hades, he actually hoped that his high priest would go to offer sacrifices to foreign gods, which seemed absurd.

But in fact, in the Kingdom of Dionia, King Davos was not just the high priest of Hades, but in charge of the sacrifices of all temples in the kingdom. And Daves established the dominance of the Temple of Hades in the kingdom’s religion in the "Law of Dionia" and gave them the power to supervise other temples in the kingdom, and in the Hades of Turri every year The main temple will hold a rally of kingdom priests, presided over by the high priest Daves, and the scepter priests of all temples across the country will attend to negotiate and resolve some problems encountered.

If Rome is conquered, these gods in Rome may be included in the faith of the people of the kingdom. As the priest of Hades, who is the leader of the kingdom’s religion, Cardias, of course, must understand them clearly and will be here in the future While developing Hades believers, we must try our best to ensure that these temples are supervised and get along more harmoniously.

"Then I will go to the temples on the Aventine Mountain where the Roman deities worshipped by the Roman common people are worshipped, and I will go today!" Daves made a decisive decision and asked: "You are right about these Do you understand the sacrificial rituals of the temple?"

"Already understood clearly." Cardias replied.

The preparation is quite sufficient! Daves gave him an approving look, then turned around and said: "Heni, immediately send people to Aventine Hill to inform the priests of these temples, and arrange for people to announce to the whole city,'I'm going to worship the Roman gods.' One thing."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hernipolis stood up knowingly.

Davers remembered something again, and continued: "Also... go and call Amy Lius for me immediately."

Daves suddenly realized that going deep into the city of Rome to worship this time might be a good opportunity to lead the snake out of the cave.

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The Roman civilians who had just joined Dionia and became the patrol team were holding shields and spears. Under the leadership of the legionaries, they walked the streets and alleys of Rome while shouting loudly.

On the gentle **** of Mt. Silio, in a house that looks larger than the surrounding buildings and has more ornate exterior walls, a young Roman man is lying in the bedroom of the main building. His young wife is removing the bandage from the wound, and there is a long, freshly healed scar on his left thigh.

He vaguely heard shouts outside, and he listened carefully, but he didn't hear clearly, so he said, "Konia, you go and see what happened outside?"

His wife immediately went out of the bedroom and returned soon, with a strange expression on her face, and said, "Those untouchables who have taken refuge in the enemy said,'That **** King Dionia is going to worship their **** Only'."