Augustus Road

Because even if Caesar comes in, publicly defeating him in the election is not a big problem, but we need to support someone to compete with him. Besides, even if Caesar is elected, we only need to support someone to compete with him, so that he can do nothing. But, isn’t this the purpose of setting up dual consuls in Rome? In fact, the key point is that the senators were extremely guilty when faced with the people who wanted to restore the honor of Marius and the law of Julius. You must know that most of them were the senators after Sulla's massacre and purge. The beneficiaries of the "expansion" of the Senate (when Sulla expanded the Senate from 300 to 600 people, many senators turned around and joined Sulla's camp out of selfish motives, because a large part of the extra 300 people were He was the youngest son of the senators at that time. In other words, Sulla's prestige was their prestige, and Sulla's correctness was their correctness. Naturally, he did not want his foundation of governing credibility to be shaken.

Faced with this timid compromise, Cato continued to be angry. He stubbornly believed that once the republic he loved showed signs of trouble, the best way to deal with it was to suppress it as soon as possible instead of waiting for it to grow fat. After transforming, he still wanted to cut off a piece of flesh and blood from it to satisfy his appetite, because people like Caesar were not pigs and sheep raised in pens. He was a ferocious and cunning crocodile that could be seen everywhere in the rivers of Egypt. He was confident that he could deal with the huge crocodile. Pei, but sincerely feared Caesar.

But the senators really began to compromise. In any case, in order to quell the huge chaos in the streets of Rome, they took the initiative to put on their robes on the days specified by Claudius, walked across the bridge over the Tiber River, and gathered in the open air. In the Temple of War Square, little Cato could only join the team, and was forced to issue a resolution on restoring citizenship rights in the Etrunia region under the cheers and "surveillance" of thousands of people.

Finally, the senators and the people reached an agreement that the naturalized citizens of Etrunia, Samnaea, Rocagna, and Sardinia, who had lost their power during Sulla's reign, would resume the enjoyment of Iulius from now on. Sfa's treatment and reputation; but the people must also agree to the Senate to immediately dissolve the protests and demonstrations, and voluntarily remove the statue of Marius forcibly erected in the main square, where now three to four thousand people gather every day, claiming to Protect the statue of the old general. The orator who was beaten to death for inciting the people in the main square should no longer be held responsible or the murderer. Instead, the Republic will pay 100,000 dinars from the national treasury in the Temple of Saturn as compensation (Lepider) Secretly, through Claudius, the unfortunate guy's family was given 50,000 drachmas of silver as a token of comfort), and the matter was over and could not be mentioned again.

"Let Caesar, the nephew of General Marius and the hero of Lusitania, come to this city. Since this descendant of the god is willing to give up the great triumph and fight for greater rights for our people, he must be allowed to participate. Under Lepidus' secret instructions, a group of "core people" took the opportunity to continue asking for prices with dissatisfaction. Naturally, everything fell into place. The people started making noise again, and they threatened the elders who were smiling awkwardly. The vote on this additional option will continue before sunset.

"I want to exercise my right to speak! I want to exercise my right to speak!" Among the crowd of elders, just as Lepidus, who was "supervising the battle" in a five-story apartment next to the bridge, expected, little Cato jumped up and down with his thin body covered in sweat. Raising his hands in sweat and shouting, he struggled to tear open the sleeves of his robe, revealing a large letter "a" printed and dyed on the inside, which probably means antiquo and expresses the attitude of "I oppose". Lepidus patted the shoulder of the attendant next to him. The attendant immediately used a bronze mirror to face the alley on the other side of the bridge to reflect the setting sun. Soon, Claudius, wearing a brown cloak, was full of murderous intent. Followed by the stick retinue, they stepped out of the alleyway where they had been ambushed in advance. They loudly commanded the angry people, surrounded the Temple of War Square, and lit bonfires along the river, saying, "I will use the power of convening indefinitely. Until the people's proposal is voted on, if the sun sets, let the bonfire and the stars illuminate the bronze vote."

Unfortunately, hundreds of senators had not eaten dinner (even though dinner in Rome was served at one or two o'clock in the afternoon). They came on foot and were already hungry. Now they were surrounded by angry people holding sticks. They took the initiative to control them. Cato was furious, and then asked the chief senator on duty to quickly pass the vote on the additional motion.

Little Cato was really helpless. Lepidus' explanation for this was "Only the nobles are afraid of the nobles. The people only care about the relief bread from the Tiber River, and they don't care about who is at the Baye Ball tonight." Protagonist." Little Cato, who had nothing to do, could only watch the motion being voted on, and the result was self-evident - the absolute advantage was on Caesar's side. In the end, amid the deafening cheers of the people, Julius... By giving up the price of a triumph, Caesar could win the qualification to go to the Capitol and register as a candidate for consulship, and no one had the right to obstruct it on any occasion!

On the auspicious day chosen by the soothsayer of the Temple of Jupiter, the sea breeze blew slowly in the port of Ostia, and Caesar, wearing the golden civic crown, was greeted by the hoarse cheers of the legionary tribunes, centurions, friends and staff. Here, he waved his left hand gracefully again, mounted his mount, and prepared to go to the Capitol Hill in Rome. He had been planning for this moment for a year, and once again confirmed to the world, "Choose me especially." Lius Caesar, you will never regret it." On the side of the street, Lepidus held his pure white mount "Owl" and stopped in front of Caesar.

"Get on the horse and go to Capitoline Hill with me." Caesar said to Lepidus with a relaxed whip.

"Sir, let's exchange mounts." Lepidus pulled up the snow-white owl, "This white horse is just compensation for today."

Caesar laughed knowingly. He knew that this was the agreement between Lepidus and him on the Douro River: he would run for consul with Lepidus' full assistance, and correspondingly he had to give up the glory of the triumphal ceremony. Any triumphant general would ride a white horse in this ceremony. Perhaps Lepidus thought that he still had some regrets and nostalgia for the triumphal ceremony in his heart, so he let himself ride a white horse and enter the streets of Rome!

Of course, Caesar accepted his kindness, and then everyone rode on horses, and passed through the Sanctuary of the Furrows in Rome amid the cheers of the people along the way and the petals thrown, dismounted and walked to the archives next to the Temple of Jupiter, and then Caesar went in.

In this way, he, Luculas and Byblos were registered as candidates for the consulship next year. (To be continued.)