Augustus Road
Chapter 9 Confrontation (Part 1)
"With our sails, none of our enemies can escape. ☆→," - Antony before the Battle of Actium
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After finishing speaking, Lepidus flipped through the fragments left by the deceased. There were about three books, two of which should be close to completion. He opened the title, which was naturally "The Conspiracy of Catiline" and "The Conspiracy of Catiline". "Jugurtha's War", "These two volumes have reached the stage of being published, aren't they?" Lepidus asked the booksellers standing aside.
The reading industry in the Mediterranean world was very developed at that time. For people like Celeste, books on society, nature or history would be extremely popular before they were published - big booksellers everywhere would treat them as popular at very popular prices. Remuneration, to ask for their handwriting authorization, and then a large amount of money will be drawn as margin after publication.
But now that Celeste is dead, the bookseller's investment will inevitably be at a loss, so when faced with Lepidus' inquiry, they all nodded with tears in their faces.
Lepidus smiled and said it doesn't matter. I will give you another five hundred thousand sesterces and hire more slaves to write these books to complete the two books and make them available to the public. "Gold should not be buried in the gravel. Celeste's language is exquisite and elegant, and the narrative is smooth. It is a rare classic written in Latin. If it is published in addition, your shortcomings can be made up, right?"
These words made the booksellers, who were in desperate situation, overjoyed, "but there are still a few incomplete articles left."
"If you don't mind, I have slaves who specialize in writing and are very good at imitating the rhetoric and writing style of famous writers." Lepidah made his words very clear. "It would be a great honor for me if I could make up the rest. I will offer you another three hundred thousand sesterces."
"Yes, yes, not only are you offered such generous terms, but you are also willing to send people to assist with the manuscript work. I am extremely grateful. How could I reject it so ignorantly?" The fat bookseller in the lead rubbed his hands excitedly. Take a stand.
"However, when everything is completed, you must pay the full royalties to Celeste's widow Lenchart." Lepidus demanded majestically. Then he summoned Matthias, "I have also taken care of the couple's properties in Rome and Italy and kept them in good condition. From my personal assets, I will donate another three hundred thousand to poor Rencia." Special, and ensure that her husband can later enjoy a state funeral and enter the cemetery of the Temple of War.”
After the bookseller left with satisfaction, Lepidus called Matthias over again and spread out the remaining volumes of the manuscript for him to read, "\u003cLepidus' Letters to the People\u003e. "Phillips' Speech in the Senate", " Gnaeus Pompey's letter to the Senate\u003e Wait, Master, there is actually a "Letter from Mithridates"?"
"Yes, it seems that Celeste has really preserved a lot of good things in the past thirty years." After Lepidus looked at them for a while, he lifted them up one by one, "\u003cLepider's Letter to the People\u003e, especially When Julia's grandfather was serving as consul, he published an article criticizing the aristocratic party in the assembly; and "Phillips's Speech in the Senate" was a speech made by Turinus's stepfather in the Senate against Julia's grandfather. Refuting the speech; Pompey's letter is even better. He was beaten badly by the one-eyed general in Spain. This letter is all about him begging the Temple of Concord to give him aid. Matthias, can you imagine the great Pompey in The helpless wording in the letter? Finally, it was a letter from my dead father-in-law, who was miserably expelled by my patron in Xiaoya, three years before I came to this world—— Okay, let’s not talk about this. This is Mithridates’ letter asking for help from Parthia.” Speaking of this, Lepidus became a little excited, “There is also the correspondence between Celeste and Caesar, which talks about a lot. Regarding the issue of national affairs. Yes, Celeste is really a talent. Although his performance in politics and the army is mediocre, he is a true historian who has the entire magnificent history of the Republic in the first thirty years. , there is a fragment at the end, which is a book written by Celeste in three volumes, called "History", and the content seems to have been written by Caesar under his instructions. This book was written from the year of Sulla's death. Beginning to write down—So, Matthias, I have an idea now.”
After hearing this, Matthias immediately took out the writing board and hook pen, and respectfully prepared to record the master's thoughts, "Marcus Varro is very old, so old that I don't know if he can continue to live. Many years ago, when Caesar was still alive, he commissioned him to sort out all the ancient books in Rome. Now you immediately recruit professional people to bundle up all Celeste's manuscripts and letters and send them to his manor in Formia. Go. In addition, I plan to use the previous gains to build a building that is more magnificent than Pompey, Crassus and Caesar to highlight the presence of myself and the Aemilius family in the city of Rome."
"And magnificent buildings - yes, please continue." Mattia's pen never stopped for a moment.
“That is a library that is even more outstanding and huge than the one that was burned down by Alexandria. Pompey left the people a Greek-style theater, and Caesar left a brand new temple of love and beautiful gardens. I will give this thing to the country. It will be filled with Greek and Latin books, including history, philosophy, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, and poetry, from elegant schools to street poets’ graffiti, everything is included. Of course, in order to unify the views, the compilation committee will be established from my hands. The specific tasks will be given to the Roman representatives, and the Greek representatives will be given to Tyranion. In addition, I also want those guys in Athens who don’t know their place, Horace and Virgil, to be alive and well, so that they can Serve as my slave for the rest of your life and carry this cause through to the end. I want to show in a panoramic way how the descendants of Rex Lius traveled from the Seris Empire to the Apennines and how they rose step by step like a myth. I must be inseparable from these thirty years of history. "
After recording, Matthias immediately handed the tablet to a slave, who quickly made a copy, stamped it with the seals of the high priest and King Numa, and then bowed and left the command post tent. Matthias carefully took back the original, wrapped it with silk, and gently opened a "temple model" on the small table. After the "roof" was opened, it was a storage box, and the tablet was placed in it properly.
After nightfall, when the other commanders and generals left, Li Bi Da sat on the armchair, feeling a little tired but in a good mood. Looking at the "small temple" for storage, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He began to understand Caesar more and more. When a person said, "I want the swamp to be drained, I want the isthmus to be opened, and I want the hills to be flattened - to accommodate my temple, my theater and my ship", "I can achieve these things with just a finger", this person is the ancient "god", the omnipotent "god".
And ascending the altar is what every man hopes for the most.
Thinking of this, Li Bi Da couldn't help but slowly stretched out his finger, pointed at the green smoke lingering on the altar, and took a deep breath. (To be continued...)
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