Ancient Rome: Beginning With The Legionnaire

Pompidius was the leader of the Marcians in Italy.

As the leader of the tribe, he has more or less obtained some rights.

But the vast majority of other Italians were not granted citizenship.

They were nothing more than Roman commoners.

The people of Rome can be divided from top to bottom:

roman nobility

roman citizen

roman commoners

Free man

slave

Among them, the Roman nobles had the highest status, while the slaves had the lowest status.

Although there is a strict boundary between Roman citizens and nobles, citizens can be promoted to Roman nobles through certain military exploits

The Roman commoners had no such power.

As for the freedom from "143", you can become a free person after you work hard to endorse the sound.

As long as free people pay certain taxes, they can become Roman civilians.

But there is an insurmountable gap from Roman commoners to Roman citizens.

Ordinary civilians are enslaved for a lifetime and cannot become Roman citizens.

If you want to become a Roman citizen, you need at least 20 years of military service and particularly significant military exploits.

Normally a roman commoner was in the army until he retired and remained a roman commoner

In my entire Italian peninsula, only a small number of people in Rome have full citizenship, while the vast majority of Italians do not have Roman citizenship.

One of the largest tribes is the Marsi.

In the past 200 years, countless Marcis have entered the Roman Legion to fight for Rome, but most of them have not obtained citizenship.

With the further improvement of social development.

The treatment gap between Roman citizens and Roman civilians is getting bigger and bigger.

Many tribesmen have already attempted to rebel, and Pompidius forcibly suppressed those people, but this matter must be resolved.

So he contacted Drusus, the Roman tribune.

"Well! After so many years, the Senate should give you the rights of Roman citizens!"

After listening to Pompidius' statement, Drusus also believed that the Roman Senate should give Italians corresponding citizenship rights.

As mentioned before, Drusus is a very upright person.

There is something scary about honesty.

Even Brian had to dodge him.

"Lord Tribune! To tell you the truth, I will soon be overwhelmed! There are also many people who have raised resistance!"

Pompidius is also helpless, as the leader of the tribe.

He also wanted to obtain Roman citizenship, but Roman citizenship is not what he said he wanted.

"Yes, I have heard a lot of such voices in northern Italy these days!"

Drusus nodded and replied that the treatment between Roman citizens and commoners was growing.

Of course, the Roman Republic can also guarantee that all Italians get citizenship.

But then the Senate would have to pay more.

This group of Grandet never even paid the full military expenditure! How could it be possible to give all Italians civil rights in vain.

Civil rights mean great welfare, so the fiscal expenditure of the Republic is now several times that of expenditure.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the Senate to support all Italians to obtain Roman citizenship.

Just like when Gaius Mario applied for enough military expenses many times, the Senate also rejected it.

no way!

All legion chiefs and deputy legion chiefs can only pay out of their own pockets.

And they can't fight long distances, because they can't afford it because of the consumption of long-term wars.

This is also an important reason why Rome's territory has not expanded and is relatively peaceful in recent years.

At the same time, the Senate ordered that the Roman Legion cannot attack without authorization, especially the elite heavy armored legion in the direction of Gaul...

After all, the strength of the Gauls has been taught by the Senate.

If there hadn't been a generation of great Marius who turned out.

I am afraid that Rome would have been extinct if the Gauls went south decades ago.

So from the beginning to the end, Brian respected Gaius Malu very much.

"Don't worry, I will report your current situation to the elders this time when I return to Rome!"

Drusus was an upstanding Roman official, and once he thought it was the right thing to do, he would keep doing it.

And the Roman tribunes were very powerful.

They have a veto.

It can even veto the issue of the consul.

As long as the tribunes are willing, they can even close the market in Rome.

Paralyze the finances in Rome.

Moreover, the tribunes do not necessarily have to be served by nobles, they must be elected by the whole people.

Therefore, when the Roman people have problems, they are more inclined to find the tribunes to respond to, rather than the corrupt and immortal senate.

"Then there will be the Labor Protection Officer!"

Pompidius bowed and said. 4.7

certainly!

It never occurred to Pompidius that this was the last time he would see Drusus.

Drusus returned to Rome this time and was assassinated shortly thereafter.

And what followed was a massive Allied war.

***

Brian leaves the Marius home with his father Lucius.

"That little girl is nice!"

Lucius said disrespectfully for the old man, although he is nearly 70 years old, it is said that he still has several mistresses outside.

"Ok!"

And Brian nodded subconsciously.

Phil gave people a fresh and refined feeling, which was different from those noble ladies. .