Ancient Rome: Start with the legionnaire

Pompidius was the leader of the Italian Marcis.

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

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

They were nothing more than Roman civilians.

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

Roman nobility

Roman citizens

Roman civilians

Free man

slave

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

Although there was a strict boundary between Roman citizens and nobles, citizens could be promoted to Roman nobility through certain battle merits

Roman commoners, on the other hand, did not have such power.

As for free people, they can become free people after trying to endorse them.

Free men, on the other hand, could become Roman commoners as long as they paid a certain amount of taxes.

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

Ordinary commoners who were enslaved for a lifetime could not have become Roman citizens.

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

Under normal circumstances, Roman civilians remained in the army until he retired

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

One of the largest of these tribes, the Marsi people.

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

With the further improvement of social development.

The gap in treatment between Roman citizens and Roman civilians was growing.

Many of the tribesmen had attempted to rebel, and Pompidius forcibly crushed them, but the matter had to be resolved.

So he contacted the Roman tribune Drusus.

“Hmm! It’s been so many years, the Senate should give you the rights of Roman citizens! ”

Drusus listened to Pompidius’s statement! It was also believed that the Roman Senate should give the Italians the corresponding citizenship.

As mentioned earlier, Drusus is a very human being.

There is something scary about integrity.

Even Brian had to hide when he met him.

“Lord Tribune! To tell you the truth, I’m going to be overwhelmed soon! There are also many people who have resisted! ”

Pompidius was also helpless, as the head of the tribe.

He also wanted Roman citizenship, but Roman citizenship was not what he wanted.

“Yes, I have heard a lot of these voices in northern Italy these days!”

Drusus nodded and replied, the treatment between Roman citizens and commoners was increasing.

Of course, the Roman Republic also guaranteed citizenship to all Italians.

But then the Senate would have to pay more.

This gang has never even given all the military expenses to Grandet! How is it possible to give civil rights to all Italians for nothing.

Civil rights mean huge welfare, then the financial expenditures of the republics are now several times over.

Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for the senators to support all Italians for Roman citizenship.

Just as Gaiusmalio applied for sufficient military expenses many times, the Senate also refused.

No way!

All the corps commanders and deputy corps commanders had to pay out of their own pockets.

And it is impossible to fight at long distances, because of the attrition of a long war, they cannot afford to fight.

This is also an important reason why the Roman territory has not expanded in recent years and is relatively peaceful.

At the same time, the Senate ordered that the Roman legions could not attack without authorization, especially the elite hoplite legions in the direction of Gaul.

After all, the Gauls were tough, but the Senate had been taught.

If there is no generation of great people born in the sky.

I am afraid that a few decades ago, the Gauls went south, and Rome would have been extinct long ago.

So throughout, Brian had great respect for Gaiusmalio.

“Don’t worry, this time when I return to Rome City, I will definitely explain your current situation to the elders!”

Drusus was an honest Roman official who would keep doing it once he thought it was right.

Moreover, the Roman tribune was a high-ranking existence.

They have a veto.

It is even possible to veto the issue of the consul.

If the tribune wishes, he can even close the market in the city of Rome.

Paralyze the finances of Rome.

Moreover, tribunes do not necessarily have aristocratic responsibilities, but must be elected by the whole people.

Therefore, when the Roman people had problems, they were more inclined to respond to the tribune than to the corrupt and immortal senate.

“Then there is the Lord Labor Protection Officer!”

Pompidius said with a bow.

Of course!

Pompidius would never have imagined that this was the last time he would see Drusus.

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

And what followed was a huge war of Confederates.

…

Brian left the Malleus house with his father, Lucius.

“That little girl is very good!”

Lucius said disrespectfully, don’t look at him nearly 70 years old, it is said that there are still several mistresses outside.

“Hmm!”

Brian, on the other hand, nodded subconsciously.

Phil gave people a fresh and vulgar feeling, and compared with those noble ladies, it was a different taste. _

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