Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 170: Sextus

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"My lord! Wake up! Something has happened!! My lord..."

Camillos was awakened by the adjutant, and his heart suddenly became tight: "What happened?!"

"A riot broke out in the camp! Some soldiers attacked the guards of the camp and occupied the camp gate..."

"What?!!!......"

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Daves sent some Roman civilians out of the city, purely out of the mentality of "if you have dates and no dates, and make trouble for the Roman army of Camillos", he didn't have much expectations. , Because he stood on the top of the city and carefully observed the camp built by the Roman army. It seems that its defenses are pretty good, and Camillos also ruthlessly refused to accept his family...

Daves lamented that the Roman dictator deserved to be called the "Father of Rome" in his previous life, and he did not think that the hard-hearted and cool-headed Roman dictator would let these people enter the camp and disturb Military spirit.

However, all kinds of coincidences made the result of this incident beyond Davers's expectations.

When he was awakened by Martius in his sleep and learned of the chaos in the Roman camp, he couldn’t believe it was caused by the group of old people who were released in the afternoon, until the first regiment responsible for the defense of the northeastern city wall. Legion commander Amintas sent soldiers to select a few Roman soldiers and people who fled into the city through the east gate, and took them to the Senate. After inquiring, Daves knew that the chaos in the Roman camp was caused by thousands of people. Caused by Roman civilian soldiers who fled the camp.

"Is this true? Or Camelus's trick to lure the enemy?" Daves looked at the sinking night outside the window, not sure.

While he ordered the corps to assemble their troops, he asked the intelligence department to immediately interrogate the soldiers and people who entered the city separately.

Finally, when he made up his mind to take action, the riots in the Roman camp were a little bit quieter than at the beginning, but he still sent the Second and Fifth Army to the south gate to try to attack the Roman camp, and again The First Corps was sent out to the east gate to meet the Roman civilian soldiers and people who fled afterwards, and repelled the chasing troops.

Due to the sudden incident, on this night, Camilos and the generals devoted their main energy to stabilizing the army and quelling the turmoil in the camp, and there was no spare capacity to resist the attack of the Dionians. , Let alone send more troops to counter the Dionian army.

Daves did not make careful preparations in advance. It was a risk to attack the Roman camp in the dark, and he was worried that the Roman civilian soldiers who fled into the city of Rome would be unstable and cause chaos, so this night The battle did not last long before it ended.

But for the leaders of both parties, there are many thorny issues that need to be resolved urgently.

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A dozen candles illuminate the Roman Senate, Daves paced back and forth in the center of the venue, lowered his head to think, and Henipolis and Cloto Catacs accompanied him behind him.

At this moment, Assistus, the chief executive of Rome, strode into the venue.

"What happened to the Romans who fled into the city?" Daves asked immediately when he saw him.

Asistes immediately said: "Your Majesty, as a result of our emergency statistics, a total of 1,275 Roman soldiers and 213 Roman citizens have fled into the city. Administrative Adjutant Tonics has organized 100 people who have applied for Dai The Romans of Onia citizens screened them and found out two nobles and seven noble diners. The other Romans have been determined to be civilians, and they are temporarily controlled in the barracks of the First Army. , Waiting for your majesty's next instructions."

Daves is delighted that the newly established city hall can have such efficiency, he asked in a calm tone: "What do you think should be done with them?"

"When I came, I asked the household registration officer Polotax to preach to them your majesty's special bill for Roman civilians, and persuaded them to apply for Dionian citizenship immediately. Anyone who applies for Dionian Citizen Roman soldiers can immediately allocate land and housing to them, and then let them go home. For those Roman soldiers who are still unwilling to join our kingdom, they will temporarily let them serve in the barracks for a period of time on the grounds of'shortage of manpower'. Handyman, easy to take care of..." Asistes talked freely, apparently planning for this a long time ago.

"Yasi, you are very thoughtful!" Daves first praised, and then confidently said: "These Roman soldiers ventured out of the camp late at night and returned to Rome. It can be seen that most of them are willing to become Dionian citizens, even if there are a few who haven’t figured it out for the time being, don’t be too cautious, just let them all go home, usually let the inspection team pay more attention to it, even if someone has other ideas, in Rome now They can't make any waves in the city!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Assistus responded immediately.

Davers looked at him and suddenly smiled: "I see, are you planning to put them all home long ago?"

"Your Majesty can't hide anything from your eyes." Asistes replied politely.

"You, you!" Daves nodded him with his hand. He wanted to criticize a few words, but he swallowed when the words reached his lips. He stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder hard, and said with a serious face: "I appoint As the chief executive of Rome, you believe that only you can turn the city of Rome into our Dionian city, so you can govern without worrying about it and give orders boldly to implement your governance of this city. Me!"

"Yes...!" The same answer, but this time Asistes's tone was a little excited. He took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, there is a Roman soldier who is strong Asking to see you, he said that he has an important thing to report to you... and this person is the only Roman squadron leader among all the Romans who fled into the city. According to other people’s reports, this time Roman civilian soldiers were able to escape. The camp is mainly planned and led by him."

"Oh?!" Davers asked with interest: "What's his name?"

"Lucius Sextus, I have brought him here, and he is waiting outside the door."

"Then let him in." Davers said with interest.

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As a Roman citizen, Sextus entered the Roman Senate for the first time. Of course, he had heard many stories from others about the layout of the Senate and many stories that happened in the venue since childhood. I have imagined many times that I would one day sit in this sacred place in a white robe with red trim, discussing the future of Rome.

However, at this time, it was not the Roman soldiers in red helmets and red armors guarding the entrance and exit of the venue, but the Dionian guards in black helmets and black armors. The ring-shaped venue that was supposed to be quarrelsome is now empty, but there should be enough space for the veterans to give speeches. There is a long table and many wooden chairs in the center of the venue. Under the candlelight, three people sat in the center of the venue.

It seems that the Dionians transformed the holy Roman Senate into an ordinary meeting place! Sextus felt that he should have been angry, but he couldn't find the power of anger in his heart. On the contrary, there was an unspeakable taste that made him feel a little uncomfortable.

He walked to the center of the meeting place under the guidance of the court guardian Martius, and the middle-aged headed man who had been watching him said kindly: "Please sit down, Sextus."

Sextus sat down unceremoniously and asked bluntly in Greek: "Are you the King of Dionia?"

"I am." Daves smiled slightly.

"We Romans finally abolished the king's government a hundred years ago because of the cruelty of the king. We adopted a republican government and made all citizens swear that no one will ever be king. As far as I know, you Greece Many city-states in China have also changed from the former royal government to a democratic system, but Dionia is a royal government. Do you think we Romans will accept the rule of a king?"

Davers smiled faintly and said: "If you Roman civilians are satisfied with the Roman system, why do you often fight against the nobles, and even refuse to vote for the consul at the citizens' assembly?"

Sixtus obviously thought about this, and he quickly answered: "The Roman Republican system has problems, but it is better than the previous royal system."

"In my opinion, whether a city-state’s government is good or not depends not on what kind of government it is, but on how many citizens it can benefit!" Daves emphasized: "The Roman system allowed the total population to be occupied. About half of the Roman civilians felt strong dissatisfaction and continued to fight; and although the kingdom of Dionian implemented a royal government, every citizen in the kingdom owns land and can use the kingdom’s public land fairly. Every citizen Both debts can also be paid off smoothly. Every citizen has the opportunity to serve as a minister and veteran of the kingdom. Every citizen must abide by the law. Whether it is a civilian or a nobleman, he will be punished if he violates the law...

Even if I am a king, I also have to abide by the laws of the kingdom established by the Senate, so I won’t see a citizen whose wife is beautiful and will outrageously claim it for himself (the reason why the last king of Rome was The expulsion was finally triggered because the wife of a citizen was humiliated by the royal family), because it would be punished by the law, the most serious death sentence; I would not see a citizen rich, so I would forcibly plunder his property, then I I committed the crime of theft; I’m even less likely to order someone to be arrested or even killed if I see someone not pleasing to my eyes, because the judges will refuse to execute, and the Senate will also protest..."

When Sextus heard this, he couldn't believe it and said: "You have said too well about Dionia's kingship, is it really this way?"