Augustus Road

Chapter 31: Capture of the City (Part 2)

His temple? This is quite new and interesting. It seems to be the rule of the ancient conquerors. It can also be regarded as an exchange that is talked about in history textbooks! Especially the Romans, every time they conquered a place, they would put the gods they believed in as a "brand", but they would also usually transport the gods of the conquered places back to Rome to worship them, including the gods of Asia Minor and Egypt. The most popular and always popular.

After hearing what Apis said at that time, Lepidus had the urge to erect the statue of Rex Lius in the city of Olcrasi, but thinking about it, it seemed that it was not mature yet. After all, the Eastern God of War Rex. Lius was not well-known in Rome. In fact, to put it bluntly, he was not well-known, so the best person to invite into the city to accompany Mercury was the only one who could serve on the altar of King Numa.

This was the unanimous decision of the legion committee, and the temple project was quickly carried out. This was Lepidus' honor - naturally, it was Lepidus who paid for it. Temples and even private residences in ancient Rome have actually reached the level of "template-based". That is, engineers and craftsmen come up with several plans in advance, and the owner just needs to make a decision. The next step is "one-stop" service. Of course, this kind of project For veterans, there will be no obstacles at all. Therefore, Lepidus quickly called in the Thirteenth Legion, now Apis' subordinate Pop, in the name of building the temple altar, "What is the most convenient, beautiful and fast way to build a small temple?"

"Your three requirements cannot be made at the same time. One building cannot have all three characteristics coexisting."

"Then make it smaller and more beautiful."

"Just use a small circular temple with columns, double steps, double doors, twelve columns, and double-layer walls staggered for mosaics, just like the Temple of Castor in Rome."

The construction plan was quickly decided, and Lepidus lowered his voice and said to Pope in the camp: "During the project, you will stay with me, but when talking to other people, don't show that we have known each other before."

"Are you planning to get rid of Papinna?"

"That's right, letting this thing return to the city of Rome will not only create a competitive relationship with me in front of Caesar, but also make you hate me. For reasons and reasons, I have no choice but to get rid of him."

"I absolutely support and support it, but I'm not sure."

"As long as anyone is suspicious of the dark ghost, there will be big flaws. Think about it, Papina is an extremely ambitious person, and he has lived incognito in a remote corner of Spain for so many years, and he has been frightened and jealous. Torture, it won't be too difficult to control the behavior of this kind of person. Soon, he will accept my gift." Li Bida moved the winter timepiece on the table in front of him insidiously. smiled.

That's right, even Pop has noticed this phenomenon, that is, Lepidah's smile is becoming more and more sinister and sinister.

After capturing the city of Orcresi, the three Roman legions first "camped for three days" and then withdrew from the castle and conducted a short summer camp in the countryside to rest and wait for the governor's palace to sort out the aftermath of Lusitania after the war. Clear the way back to the city of Rome and decide whether to stay or stay in the coming year (disband after enjoying the great triumph, or continue to serve the republic and the master after the master takes office as consul).

At this time, the soldiers were very happy when the salt purchased by Lepidus in Cadiz and the Italian city of Cadiz was delivered to the camp. It was definitely painful to be restricted from eating salt due to shortage during the war. Now barbecue and wheat bread Finally the most delicious flavoring. The salt was placed in special clay pots and entered into separate camps according to the ration quota. As a result, when the scale officer of the Papina Military Camp opened the clay pot, he discovered a shocking phenomenon - only for the financial officer In the pottery jars at the camp and under his subordinates, a small statue of antlers dripping with blood was stuffed into each jar!

This would definitely drive Papinna crazy, and he began to panic: There must be remnants of Seth Uris sneaking into this camp, eager to take revenge on him, absolutely.

In order to avoid danger, he began to nervously strengthen the manpower to protect himself, and doubted whether any legion generals were involved in this conspiracy against him. As a result, that night he brought a large number of armed sword fighting slaves to Lepidah at the foot of Villa Mountain. "Pay a visit" to the camp and have a look.

Papinna's initial question was simple. As a financial officer, he did not know about the purchase of salt. Who was in charge of this matter? Lepidus looked very apologetic and said that the two financial officers of the Governor's Palace were also on a rotating basis. It happened that when the commander of the Thirteenth Army, His Excellency Apis, came to discuss this matter with me, it was my turn to be on duty, so I made my own decision. The ground covered the ring and took over the procurement.

Then Lepidus took out a copy of the document, and Papinna hurriedly took it. Sure enough, he saw that Apis's seal was prominently placed first in the center, while Lepidus's seal was humbly at the bottom.

"Dear Lepidus, I just want to know more about my colleague - Commander Apis, who is he? You are both from Rome, so you should know each other." Papina's expression was forced to calm down. Although Lepidus was in a panic, Lepidus naturally understood the situation and introduced it naturally: "This is one of my benefactors. He was the military tribune who released me in Lycodania in Asia Minor. But he I don’t know much about his life. I only know that he was born and supported by the People’s Party. With his outstanding ability, he was favored by His Excellency Julius. You also know that although Julius was born in the oldest aristocracy , but he is indeed on the side of the People’s Democratic Party.”

"Yes, yes!" Papinna nodded repeatedly, and the chain of reasoning in his mind began to form: Sethius was an ally of Marius, and Marius was the leader of the Popular Party and Caesar's uncle, and he was now in his early thirties. Apis also supports the People's Democratic Party. Could he have been a subordinate of the One-Eyed Dragon back then? I have never seen this person, but maybe I forgot - you know, ignoring an Avenger who is always hiding in the shadows is a very common mistake. I am also a mortal, and I am not born with this kind of mistake. immunity.

"How can I help you?" Lepida asked gently, interrupting Papinna's random thoughts.

The other party immediately stood up and said that he was sorry for bothering him. He just wanted to confirm the purchase of salt so that he could organize the account books of the Governor's Palace. Lepidus smiled and said it didn't matter. Then he took out a letter in front of Papina, "This is what I did in Rome." "My friend and adopted son Claudius, no, there is a letter sent by the civilian tribune named Prilis Carabis f. It also talks about something about you. Please read it."

Papinna suspiciously began to read the letter. The content actually stated that Claudius expressed his willingness to accept Lepidus' commission and proposed a motion at the citizens' meeting to remove him from Papinna's status as a public enemy. In return, Lepidus must be elected consul in Caesar and break through. Due to the resistance of the Senate, another commoner family accepted him as an adopted son - because Lepidus had inherited the title of noble and could no longer be his adoptive father. (To be continued.)

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