Rome Must Fall Chapter 15: Maximus’ new position

"As for the captain of the cavalry..." Spartacus thought for a moment and looked at Altonix: "I went to investigate with you before, and I was the first to notice that the Capua army was dispatched, and rushed back to notify him in time. Our gladiator's name is..."

"Oh...Omakor." Altonix said: "He is quite clever and has good riding skills."

"I suggest that he command the cavalry." Spartacus said.

Cross hesitated for a moment. Although Omakur was a Gaul, he was one of the very few people who didn't quite listen to his words. However, he didn't want to appear jealous, so he reluctantly said: "I... have no objection."

Spartacus continued: "We already have a lot of things now, and there will be more trophies in the future. In order to prevent everyone from robbing each other and causing chaos, we must manage the trophies well. Also There are more and more people among us now. It is not an easy task to ensure that everyone has enough to eat. We need to set up a baggage team to be responsible for managing supplies and providing everyone with sufficient food. I suggest that the baggage captain Hamilcar will be in charge, with Maximus as his assistant, and he will temporarily manage twenty people. What do you think?"

Everyone agreed on this. Gladiators were keen on fighting and killing people, and knew almost nothing about logistics. They wished someone would do this complicated thing. So Cross just glanced at Maximus and said nothing. Then he humiliated him, but said seriously: "Spartacus, our biggest problem now is that we don't have enough weapons and armor. Hamilka also said just now that after occupying this manor, in addition to those who were killed The guards received ten sets of city guard equipment, and no other weapons were found. At least half of the slaves who joined were not given weapons. Are they allowed to fight the Romans with bare hands?"

Spartacus was about to speak when Maximus coughed: "Can I say a few words?"

"If you have any idea, just tell me." Spartacus looked at Maximus with interest. This young man's understanding of Italy was something other gladiators did not have, which is why he tolerated and valued it. Of course, the half Thracian blood in his body also played a role.

"I have no choice, I just want to tell you-" Maximus said seriously, combining some of the knowledge about ancient Rome he knew in his previous life and the personal experience of the original owner: "Decades ago, Citizens of all Italian city-states with some property would have one or two sets of weapons and equipment at home, ready to be recruited by their city-state to fight alongside the Roman army. But since Rome began to use money to recruit unemployed people and directly provide weapons to form an army, these The Italian people no longer need to prepare their own weapons, so people in the Campania region may not have any weapons in their homes or farms. Only various towns have to set up city guards in accordance with the requirements of Rome, so they have armories. Provide weapons for the city guards."

"You mean... let us attack the towns and seize their armories..." Altonix frowned.

"No, I'm just introducing you to the distribution of weapons in the Campania region so that you can have a clear idea." Maximus quickly explained.

"Although the Campanians are not good at fighting, we are not good at attacking cities either. In order to avoid too many casualties, we will not consider attacking the city for the time being." Spartacus said thoughtfully: " We can only collect as many weapons as possible after attacking these farms. For slaves who do not have weapons for the time being, we can let them fight with sharpened wooden sticks and wooden swords just like we did in training before. Those things can also stab people to death. ”

Everyone nodded and felt very touched by this.

"However, Maximus, what you just said reminds me that the citizens of the entire Italian city-state have not been equipped with weapons for decades, so they must rarely train how to fight anymore, and they must also If you don't have the ability to fight us, as long as we can defeat the Roman army, we don't have to worry about anything anymore!" Spartacus said passionately.

Everyone was affected by it and very excited.

Cross said loudly: "No wonder those Capuas fought like pussies. That's what happened. Although the Romans were hateful, they did a pretty good job."

Everyone laughed.

Maximus also laughed, but in his mind he thought of the ending in history of Spartacus and others.

Spartacus said with a smile: "Today we have found a place to stay, and so many new brothers have joined us. We should celebrate well! Hamilcar, Maximus, you guys from the baggage team The first task is to cook us a sumptuous dinner, and then carry dozens of bottles of good wine from the wine cellar so that the brothers can drink enough!"

"I agree with my hands raised!" everyone shouted excitedly.

Maximus was also very happy because he had been recognized by Spartacus and others through his hard work and was given a little power, although he only served as an assistant to Hamilka in the baggage team. , that is also a big improvement.

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Gaias Claudius Grabo was born in the Claudius family, a prominent family in Rome, and was also the youngest among the eight legal officers of the Roman Senate. Although he was a legal officer for a short period of time, he did not lack war experience. When he was young, he followed the Roman legion to Asia Minor to fight against the king of Pontus. Later, he followed Sulla into Rome. Although he was not like Lucullus and Pon Pei was also relied on by Sulla as a Gancheng, but he still received more attention, so his development in Roman politics in recent years was relatively smooth.

After becoming a legal officer, he also wants to go one step further - to become a consul, but there are many competitors. He has neither dazzling military exploits nor strong support. It may be difficult for him to even get the chance to be nominated. This is also helpless. But these days he found an opportunity.

A group of low-status gladiators launched a riot at the Capua Gladiator School, and then fled to the Mount Vesuvius area. They occupied the mountains, robbed farms, killed people, and kidnapped slaves... The noise became louder and louder, causing confusion. The entire Vesuvius area was unrest ~IndoMTL.com~ and even threatened the safety of nearby towns and Roman roads, but more importantly, it harmed the interests of the Roman senators and nobles in the area. Therefore, the senators have proposed demands in the past two days. Troops were sent to exterminate the rebels, and a resolution was quickly passed.

Although according to the news, these thieves have grown to several thousand people, the elders only allowed half of the legion to be dispatched. This shows that the elders do not take these thieves seriously, but if they can defeat them as soon as possible , restoring peace to the Vesuvius area will definitely win some favor from most of the elders and recognition of his abilities.

It was precisely because of seeing this that Grabo moved around and actively applied to lead troops on expeditions.

According to regulations, legal officers have the right to lead troops, but other legal officers simply don't bother to get the small credit of annihilating a small group of rebels, so Grabo accepted this task relatively easily. However, the city of Rome did not have a ready-made army, so he had to issue a recruitment notice in the square first. The news quickly spread throughout the city, and a large number of unemployed poor people flocked to the Champ de Mars.

Grabo, who was the head coach for the first time, was cautious. According to the information he collected, although most of the rebels were slaves, the leading group was gladiators, and gladiators were not used to it. Military strategy, but their personal combat prowess is amazing. When the Germanic Cimbri invaded and the Roman army suffered a series of disastrous defeats, the Senate urgently recruited Marius. Marius felt that the soldiers he recruited were too immature and unable to resist the fierce barbarians, so he asked his colleague Rutitius Rufus Si studied and found some gladiators to train his soldiers using the method of training gladiators. The process was extremely harsh, and soldiers were constantly injured. However, after a few months, the personal combat capabilities of the recruits were greatly improved, and they laid the foundation for the final defeat. The Cimbri laid a solid foundation.