Augustus Road
Chapter 14 Layout (Part 2)
The cemetery was the final destination of the Romans. The nobles had their own family cemeteries, while the slaves and the poor were likely to be thrown directly into a large pit outside the city after death. The Roman soldiers who were born as commoners or who only gained citizenship after serving for half their lives naturally ended up in the public cemetery. .In addition, the Romans believed that public cemeteries should be located near the city gates and lined up on both sides of the road, so that everyone who came and went in the city and wandered in the long river of time in this world, whether they were his relatives, friends, children, or strangers, could see the epitaph on his tomb, which briefly introduced the deceased's character and achievements during his lifetime, and humorously left the words "Now you have read my life, I wish you a pleasant journey" at the end. Visitors to the tombstone could also smile knowingly and leave a message on it with charcoal ink saying "Take care in the other world."
The dead in later generations were busy communicating with the mysterious "God" when they were alive, and the Romans never forgot it after they died. They always liked to be close to living people. This is the simple and proud naturalism of ancient Rome.
Li Bi Da certainly understood the veterans' mentality, so he asked the stonemasons to arrange the graves and tombstones in the cemetery according to their service sequence during their lifetime, and leave the inscriptions blank, waiting for the veterans to engrave them according to their requirements when they were dying. The densely packed tombstones looked like a hundred-man team, and I believe no one would feel lonely after death. At the entrance of the cemetery, there stands a merit monument, which is engraved with simple and clear words, recording the veterans' achievements during their lifetime, or the places where they died, etc.
After bypassing the cemetery, Lepidus and his followers came to the riverside sidewalk with a sunshade, where they watched the sparkling water in silence for a while. It won't be long before this place becomes prosperous. The goods and luxury goods that Rome has will also be available here. In addition, these veterans have houses, land and cemeteries, and they are contracted from birth to death, just like he did to Hebrida. In a few years, Crassus will use considerable money to pull these 3,000 veterans away from their wives and children in Stradi alone to accompany him to the vast Mesopotamian Desert to fight Parthia.
I can't go to Parthia. By then, the swords will be blind, and the arrows in the hands of the Parthians will not recognize who I am.
The best situation is to follow Caesar to Gaul and gain more capital. Otherwise, if I stay in Rome all the time, I will be taken away by Crassula as cannon fodder sooner or later. However, before this, I have not forgotten my grudge against Cicero. Now I will use Caesar's hand to ask him to get out.
When Lepidus arrived at Caesar's residence on Via Giuca, he was cursing angrily. When Lepidus asked Caesar the source of his anger, it turned out that when Caesar proposed a plan to the Senate through his trusted assistant, Basatus, who served as the tribune, saying that the consuls who had resigned could freely choose the province to go to, the senators, under the secret instructions of Cato the Younger and Cicero, actually made a preliminary decision to let Julius Caesar become the "Proconsul of Forest Street" after resigning!
This is also the most special type of executive officer in the Republic. This type of governor does not manage any actual province, but is in charge of the great cause of street maintenance and afforestation throughout Rome. When Caesar was young, he worked as a low-level road administrator and managed the Appian Way. This is obviously a special alliance of fathers to let him return to his old career and cut off his raging ambitions - yes, this group of special fathers wanted to send Caesar to the desert of Africa to plant trees and cover the entire Mediterranean with green.
"Are you kidding me? Dear Lepidus, you came at the right time, help me to return them with ten times the joke! Cato, Cicero, and definitely the one who is hiding at home, Byblos!" This is Caesar's request.
Seeing that the time was ripe for the rotten medicine, Lepidus took out the letters between Curio and Cicero that Curio had handed over in advance and gave them to Caesar.
This is the reward for his help to Curio and Antony. After coming and going, the unlucky one is Cicero who was repeatedly betrayed.
Caesar read Cicero's letters carefully. Although Cicero had not yet opened his heart to Curio, he still complained about the current situation in every letter, that is, how bad the "year of Julius and Caesar's joint rule" was. Of course, he also pointed directly at the three monsters, believing that these three were destroying the political and legal foundation of the Republic. He also tried his best to persuade the "kind and upright" Curio not to be tempted by ambition and power and betray his friends and citizens.
After reading this, Caesar actually laughed again and said that Cicero was like this, but it made me embarrassed. Do you understand, Lepidus?
"Your Excellency's dilemma is that if you deal with Cicero directly, he will become famous for his resistance; but if you let him do what he wants, Cicero will help Cato beat the drums and continue to embarrass you in the Senate like now. Killing this kind of person is like dirtying the knife, and not killing him is like a dirty bug falling into the dish." Lepidus' words really touched Caesar's heart, and he nodded frequently, saying that this is why I asked for your advice.
"Literati are most afraid of hooligans, so let the street hooligans deal with him. What I mean is that your Excellency should understand that last time you let Claudius pass the adoption procedure through the Curia Assembly, and now he is preparing to be re-elected as a tribune. And your Excellency should now do your best to eliminate Cicero and Cato the Younger and send them away, so that you can sleep peacefully."
"I already understand your measures against Cicero. How should we drive out Cato the Younger?" Caesar continued to ask.
"As long as Claudius can drive out Cicero, are you still afraid that he can't drive out Cato the Younger? Since we are all using the power of the people's assembly to drive people out, who cares about the method of expulsion." Lepidus calmly combined this plan with his plan to support Ptolemy XII. "The best way to pursue personal gain is to combine it with justice." This sentence seemed to be what Caesar had taught everyone before. He remembered it very clearly, so he continued to speak eloquently, "Ptolemy, the King of Cyprus, is the cousin of Ptolemy the flute player who is now living in Rome. He used to assist Mithridates. , and also instigated the people to kill the tax-farming knights of the Republic. We can launch a small volunteer war. The mercenary group with Pompey's retired veterans as the main force can not only seize Cyprus, but also help the Pied Piper to restore. Your Excellency will not only enjoy the spoils of war, but I will also transfer part of the debt to your name. Even after your term as governor ends, you can still use the wine and wheat of the two places to please the people and strive for greater power. Please do not hesitate. Even if the expedition plan can only be determined next year or the year after, the road should be paved from your current year of administration. "(To be continued.)
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