Augustus Road

"This man, by virtue of his vigilance, single-handedly managed to get things done for us." - Augustus' evaluation of Tiberius

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"You just gave up on how we fought in Gaul before? Have you forgotten how we fought side by side in Little Tree Mountain against two hundred thousand Helvetic people?" Lepidus played the emotional card, but in his heart, he was I don't have much hope of persuading Rabinus, because this fat and young chief lieutenant general, although he is usually in charge of the stay, logistics and independent front, is a very easy-going person, but once the essential principles are touched, He is definitely much more stubborn than Coolio.

Hearing Lepidus' question, Labienus laughed and said, "Don't say that. My friendship with Caesar was much earlier than yours. Even if you and Caesar have a friendship in some transcendental aspects (now this rumor has reached Are you in the military camp?), when I was serving as the tribune, during the rebellion against Catiline, I risked my life with Caesar to fight against the Senate's "ultimatum". If I remember correctly at that time, it seems that you just came here Not long after arriving in Rome.”

"I'm very curious. Did you choose to betray Caesar because of political ideas? This is ridiculous. In the past ten years, you and Caesar have never had any conflict of views. You are his shadow and his right arm, Labienus. !”

"Yes, yes, but now the shadow is about to fly away. Besides, if Caesar loses me, he loses his right wrist. What he loses with his right wrist is his soul, life, and even the honor of being a Roman. Lepidus , I was born in a poor village on the seaside called Jingulum, which has always been the property of the Pompey family. Now do you understand? Republicans, populists, dictatorship, and democracy have nothing to do with me, just because of my father’s era. Even if Pompey does not send an emissary to persuade me to surrender, in line with this traditional responsibility, I will surrender to Pompey's camp - you will disobey him while Tuna is alive. Do you dare not to fight alongside him?" Rabinus pulled the reins of the horse and explained his position excitedly.

"But tuna is not a patron like Pompeii."

"This question is no longer important." Rabinus interrupted Lepidus. Then he looked up to the sky and sighed, "How confused I was. I should have done nothing wrong - I chose to serve Pompey and then left Caesar. However, I still received Pompey's order and came to instigate Caesar's legions. , let down his friends and superiors." After saying that, Rabinus slowly took off his helmet, took off his cloak and armor, and then wrapped himself in ordinary civilian clothes. He jumped off the horse and said to Lepidus with a wry smile, "Now I have completely given up inciting rebellion. Besides, it is difficult to succeed against those three legions, because their commanders are Caesar and you! I am leaving now. Go back to Arimilon, it’s not good to be sneaky, you have to give an explanation to Caesar.”

"Did Caesar never ask you anything in the past few months?" Lepidus was curious.

Rabinus shook his head and just said, "The drama between two real men is often a mime without words." After that. He stepped forward, hugged each other with Lepidus, and without saying anything, he got on the mule cart brought by Lepidus, while Lepidus mounted Labienus' horse without saying a word. They separated from each other again at the fork in the road.

"Kingrum is my hometown, don't forget it!" This was the last word Rabinus shouted to Lepidus' back.

Lepidus completely understood the meaning.

In the chilling winter wind, Cedelius, who was standing in front of the camp gate, thought Lepidus was coming to call everyone to go to Rome. The triumphal ceremony of the Saturnalia was coming, but Lepidus, who entered the camp, quickly summoned all the senior centurions, tribunes and generals of the three legions, and then said bluntly, "The Senate is about to I will issue an ultimatum to His Excellency the Governor, let alone a triumphal ceremony. We will all become traitors immediately, the soldiers will be forcibly deported, and the generals will lose their future. "

The centurions and others who made a sudden noise drew their swords one after another, and became furious, claiming that what kind of shameless person was controlling the sacred hall.

"Pompey murdered the tribune Claudius and deceived most of the people. His ambition was to become a dictator and kill the republic and democracy in Rome. Now his crony Marcellus has represented Dictator. The sword was taught to Pompey, and we are now the biggest obstacle to Pompey's dictatorship. The Senate has become his private property to do whatever he wants. Cato the Younger was also manipulated by him - ten tribunes united to protect the governor Your Excellency, but they were still rejected and even persecuted by Pompey's party members. Three of them still stayed in the city and persisted in the struggle. Seven of them had disguised themselves as slaves and, with the help of Hersius and Ebro, headed towards Alimiron in advance. Escaped. Now that the tribunes are no longer able to stop Pompey's ambition, we are the only ones left, brothers and comrades!" Lepidus said this in one breath. He knew very well that the soldiers, The centurion was not interested in what color the flag was, as long as there was a reasonable reason. Anyway, these people didn't understand it. The real highlight was next, "Pompeo's current goal is to recruit people in Italy." The new armies are often vulnerable to us, but after I left Rome, I heard that Pompey was thinking of ways to not only seize the treasury of the Temple of Saturn as his own military expenditure, but also Coveting Holy Curry’s money.”

"Asshole, the money in the Holy Treasury is used to deal with the invaders from Germany and Gaul!" Secedius shouted.

This Holy Treasury seems to have hit the nail on the head for his subordinates, and Lepidus was very satisfied. The so-called Holy Treasury, the full name of which is ius, is said to have been established by the ancient Roman consul Manlius three hundred years ago. It is a smaller independent treasury than the treasury of the Temple of Saturn, but it is also in the Temple of Saturn, with a separate room. Unlike the treasury used to pay for daily operating expenses, the Holy Treasury has a unique function: it is an emergency treasury that is urgently activated when the Gallic barbarians attack, and it is said to be full of gold.

"Why use the gold in the Holy Treasury to kill us, damn Pompey." Many centurions clamored loudly, asking Lepidus for the reason.

As a result, Lepidus pointed his finger at a senior centurion named Pupius, a minor nobleman from Gaul with golden hair. He later served in Caesar's camp and was allowed to obtain citizenship after retirement. Lepidus shouted, "Pupius, your country is Rome, but where is your hometown? You see, Pompey and Cato the Younger said that there are Gauls and Germanic barbarians in our army. With this despicable excuse, they equated us with the foreign enemies who invaded and looted Rome three hundred years ago by Brennus. Now everyone knows why Pompey had reason to take the property of the Holy Treasury for himself!"