Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 169: Persuade

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"Father, Rome is changing now! Civilians like Licinius and Frius...not all served as military and political officers! The dictator Camilos once said, "In the future, the Senate will treat Roman civilians. Open!'"

"Huh, Camillos! It was he who ordered the arrest of our civilian leader Marcus! Don’t believe the words of the nobles, we were always deceived by them, and always gave up fighting at critical times, and finally As a result, nothing has changed in Rome! Son, the Lycinius family was originally the nobles among the common people, and so was Frius. They are closely related to those nobles and are not comparable to us. Don't have any extravagant expectations! But now We don’t have to worry about these anymore, because the nobles in Rome have been completely overthrown!"

"What do you mean?"

"The Dionians announced the cancellation of all our debts! They announced that "As long as there are Roman civilians who are willing to become Dionian citizens, they can be allocated fertile land and comfortable houses"! They also announced that "anyone who becomes a Dai Roman civilians who are citizens of Onia can apply for public office in the kingdom, and through their political achievements, they will eventually become veterans'!..."

"Father, the Dionians are enemies! They are enemies who have invaded our homeland! Anything they say is a lie, just to deceive us not to resist their aggression!--"

"No, they did not deceive! They searched out all the paper rolls and wooden boards with debts recorded in the houses of the nobles in Rome, and destroyed them in the square! They put the families of the nobles together and confiscated their houses. And the land began to be allocated to the Roman civilians who joined Dionian! They also made a Roman commoner who had become a slave because of debts become a municipal official! I also asked someone specifically about the kingdom of Dionian Many veterans are from humble backgrounds, so—"

"Father! It doesn’t matter if the Dionians did it real or fake, it’s all useless when we recapture the city of Rome! On the contrary, these Romans benefited from the Dionians. Will be severely punished by the Senate!"

"Retake the city of Rome? You have to do it! Look at these scars on my body. Although I have never been a squadron leader, I have fought far more battles than you. I know a lot. To win a war, doesn’t it depend on which side has more soldiers, more bravery, more obedience to orders, better weapons and armor, right? When the Dionians attacked the city, although I did not go to the city to fight, but Neighbors who fled home have learned in detail that the bravery of the Dionian soldiers is no worse than that of Roman citizens, but their armor and weapons and siege equipment far surpass ours. Discipline also surpasses Roman citizens—"

"We have an army of 70,000! Our commander is Camillos! We will definitely take back the city of Rome! Father, don't say anything, hurry up to the station to rest with me, and wait for us to drive away the Dionians , The family can be reunited!"

"Camillos is better than the victorious King Dionian?! 70,000 people can conquer the city of Rome, which is defended by 50,000 people?! Sextus, you're confused, voila Look at your soldiers, they know very well!"

After his father’s reminder, Sextus suddenly discovered that some of his men were silent, some were embarrassed, and more were surrounding the old people and asking the people at home in the city. The situation was quite excited.

Sextus just remembered: In the squadron he himself led, there are not many citizens who grew up in Rome like him. Most of them are refugees who have joined Rome in the past ten years. I don't have a strong sense of identity with Rome, and I'm afraid I can't stand the temptation.

So, he reminded the soldiers loudly: "Don’t forget that the Dionians are aliens. They don’t believe in Jupiter, Juno, and Vesta! They have kings! We can’t go to this way. An alien country completely different from Rome!"

"Rome is a city-state composed of many races, and so is Dionia. It is said that many foreign races have become their elders, and their kings personally worshipped the Temple of Diana, the Temple of Vesta, There are even our commoner gods Kellys, Libel, and Libera, which shows that Dionia allows us to have our own gods! As for them to have kings, there is nothing to worry about. Don’t forget. When those Roman nobles killed Marcus, he was accused of wanting to be a king, but he was a Roman hero who really cared about our common people! Therefore, it doesn’t matter whether there is a king or not, what matters is whether it can be fairer or not. Treating us civilians in such a way that we don't have to worry about debts and becoming slaves, but instead can obtain land and power?!" Another old man said loudly.

The last few words made the soldiers' eyes bright.

"Yes, it's like I now have five acres of land south of the river port and on the banks of the Tiber. It is far more fertile than my original land west of the city of Photinia, and it is much easier to cultivate." Stus’s father patted his injured leg and said happily: “My family has also moved to Palatine Hill and lived in a large house belonging to the Claudius clan, my former creditor. I used to kneel at the door of that house, begging them to postpone my debt repayment deadline...Hahaha, now I can become the owner of that house!"

"Father, you...you..." Sextus felt his eyes go dark when he heard this.

"Yes, I have applied to become a citizen of Dioria and shared the property of the former Claudius clan. According to their clan’s style of reporting, I will definitely regard our family as a mortal enemy, you Why are you still hesitating!" The old man suddenly shouted sharply.

"You are crazy! You went to provoke the Claudius clan!!" Sextus responded angrily, but his face was full of fear.

"It's not just your father who provokes the nobles, but many civilians in the city are now mostly infected with the blood of nobles and diners. They used to treat us cruelly, and now it's our turn to retaliate!" The old man said bitterly.

Not only did other old people respond to his words, many soldiers also agreed.

Sixtus became silent.

At this time, his father once again persuaded: "My son, Assistus, the chief administrator of Rome from Turei, announced an order today. In two days, the civilians of the whole city of Rome will gather in the square. Election of members to form the local council of Rome. Its role is to supervise and assist the chief executive of Rome to govern the city. Any civilian can participate in the registration. I have decided to run for the election.

Also... The Chief Executive of Assistus also announced that the city of Rome will be divided into nine districts. Considering that we don’t have much administrative experience yet, we don’t know much about the laws and systems of the Kingdom of Dionian. Therefore, the governor of Dermo who manages each district will be temporarily appointed by officials of the Kingdom of Dionian, but the adjutant Dermo will be selected from among the Roman civilians. While assisting the governor in governing the Roman district, they will also learn from the experience of government affairs for the future. Take on a more important position...

An important requirement for selecting these lieutenants is that they must be able to speak Greek in order to communicate better with Dionian officials. Sextus, you have learned Greek, and I hope you can become the Adjutant of Dharma in Silio City! "

Sixtus is still silent.

Not only the old people are watching him, the soldiers are also watching him, especially the hesitant soldiers are looking forward to the decision of the squadron leader to help them make up their minds.

"We... just entered Rome like this, the Dionians really wouldn't doubt us and attack us?" When Sextus finally said this, the old people smiled. The vast majority of soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, some soldiers reminded worriedly: "Let us enter the city without weapons? If the Dionians repent, wouldn't we walk into the wolf den like a lamb!"

These words immediately aroused the anger of the old people: "Idiot! Will I put my children in danger! You can not believe the Dionians, but how can you not believe your parents!..."

"Shall we enter Rome now?" Sextus interrupted their complaint.

"How is that possible! Our children haven't seen it yet!" Some old people protested.

"In order for Dionia to finally defeat the Roman nobles, we must let more civilians leave the army led by Camillos, return to Rome, and join Dionia, so as to weaken Rome. The strength of the nobles, defend the interests we just obtained!" Sextus' father reminded loudly.

Since he has decided to rebel against Rome, Sextus is completely determined to consider the way out for his own people, so he thought for a while before saying to the old people: "You should know that the dictator Camelu Si always has strict security requirements for the camp. You can’t enter. You should go to the camp of the people first. There are also a lot of civilians worthy of you. And the soldiers and I returned to the camp and quietly moved the city of Rome. Tell the other civilian soldiers of the change, including your relatives. After dark, all of our soldiers who are willing to leave will break out of the camp to join you and return to Rome together!"

"Okay, just do it!" Sextus' father took the lead and agreed.

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During this period of time, I have been worried about the invasion of the Dionian army and the fall of Rome. Coupled with the continuous march of the past few days, Camilos has not had a good rest, and he has been exhausted by Daves’ strategy. He had a rare sleep this night, and even dreamed that he had driven away the Dionians and led the army into Rome.