Augustus Road

"Don't go back to Europe in a hurry. Asia is much better for you. \u003c∷∞, □c♦o" - the divine fortune-tuck obtained by Antigonus, the founder of the Seleucid dynasty, in the Temple of Titima

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Faced with the suppression of the Skylark Legion, the people organized by Amatius showed fearlessness. They built a structure with stones and wood collected from the houses and roads along Caesar's pyre. He built barricades with five exits and made a large number of homemade stick throwers to fight to the death with the surging skylarks. Anthony first rode a horse, and under the scoldings of many people and the throwing of many debris, he showed off in a majestic manner. After reviewing the cavalry of the Fifth Legion - about two large groups of Talaco cavalry recruited from the Spaniards - they were then asked to "first attack the crowd outside the mob barricade and drive them all in like rats and hares." , and then the Skylark Legion used weapons to kill them all!"

The Tarraco cavalry shouted, shaking the Spanish daggers in their hands, and formed a horizontal line fifty Roman feet apart. They took turns charging and trampling on the mob, trampling on everyone who stood in front of them, whether they were men, women, or children. Stabbed to death, the whole street was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. Many indignant people stood on their arcades and chimneys, cursing Anthony in the name of various gods for his ruthlessness, but Anthony ignored him. In the middle, wearing a bright cloak and eye-catching helmet, making various gestures, dispatching and commanding the formation of infantry, cavalry and crossbowmen, as if they were fighting the strongest enemy.

After everything is in order. He entrusted frontline command to his brother Gaius. And said: "I will listen to the news of your victory at the Bergalondi Manor." Then. Under the guidance and escort of five hundred centurions, they headed back toward the "Emperor Bergalon Headquarters" while blowing the trumpet with dignity.

Gaius had no choice but to bite the bullet and shouted, "As long as we can capture the mob's lair before nightfall, we will reward each centurion with one hundred dinars and each soldier with ten dinars." Er! "At this time. On another street, there was a lot of smoke and smoke. Gaius and Vendittis took a closer look - it was the unruly city legions coming. Most of them had disheveled armor and inferior weapons. There were also some people in the queue. There are many sword fighting slaves, some are "Thracian gladiators" (specifically referring to lightly armored gladiators with only shoulder armor and short spears), and some are "Samonite gladiators" (heavily armored sword fighting slaves wearing pig-nosed boat-shaped helmets and holding sharp blades) , roaring like a herd of frightened pigs.

"Where did these people come from?" Gaius asked loudly.

The attendant next to him said. The city legions may have been sent by the senators to assist in the battle, and those sword-fighting slaves were all the personal bodyguards of Diximos' manor. His family is extremely wealthy and powerful.

So Gaius and Ventis lamented almost at the same time, "It seems that we have all boarded the senator's pirate ship. How should we explain to Caesar's relatives, soldiers and staff now!"

Just as they were sighing, the soldiers over there shouted in unison, and their hooks were slanted on the walls and wooden fences of the barricade like spiders' tentacles. Many mobs bravely climbed on the barricade, and many people They were beaten down by the soldiers with hunting spears and slings, but the brave men still held up their simple daggers and looked at the very thick rope. Then under the order of the centurion of the fifth legion, everyone pulled the rope and headed towards After dragging, the wall was quickly brought down, and then at the sound of orders, the "Celtic Slingers" auxiliary soldiers unique to the Fifth Legion rushed out. Unlike the Rhode Island and Balearic Slingers, they used a special The sling can hit heavier and larger stones to high places like rain, which is especially suitable for attacking fortresses.

Stones successively hit the mob members who were still clinging to the walls and towers. When these people fell under the walls, they were killed alive by the soldiers of the Fifth Legion who lined up like a wall and used daggers, heavy javelins and even boots. Killing or trampling to death, the soldiers then used heavy javelins to overthrow the half-man-high wooden palisade and breastworks, rushed into the camp of Amatius, and launched a merciless massacre.

Amatius and several leaders bravely resisted attacks from all directions. His comrades fell one by one, but Amatius refused to retreat and even showed great power and stabbed to death a member of the fifth legion. Centurion, frightened the two centurions of the city legion to flee, and then he saw his son was killed by the soldiers of the Skylark Legion. The cloak in the son's hand when Caesar was killed - they had previously transformed it into When he took the battle flag away from him, he opened his eyes angrily, roared, and rushed up to fight with the soldier. The soldier was so frightened that he threw his cloak and battle flag on the wall on the side, then stabbed him diagonally and used his fighting sword. It pierced the side of Amatius who rushed over. Amatius shouted, grabbed the opponent's wrist, and pierced his throat with his right hand. The soldier sprayed wildly. The blood fell down, and then four or five legionnaires rushed up and pierced the heavy javelins in their hands into Amatius' back one by one. He trembled sharply, then turned around and raised Caesar's cloak and flag. , shouted "Long live Julius and the people!" Then his throat was cut and his head was chopped off.

Thousands of people were killed by the mob in the street barracks. Most fled, but hundreds persisted in fighting until they were captured.

In the evening, the soldiers of the Fifth Legion and the City Legion escorted the captives in chains on the streets strewn with corpses, and the people's curses filled their ears. "Antony is in cahoots with the murderer!" All the captives were escorted to the Bergalongdi Manor.

"First, select fifty people. Slaves will be crucified, and freemen or citizens will be sent to the Capitoline Hill to be dealt with by Brutus and others." Antony was discussing the election, and without much consideration, he issued such an order.

The next morning, a row of crosses were erected in front of the ruins of the barricade, all of which were the bodies of the slaves who resisted. The remaining dozen people were sent to the Holy Mountain. About a quarter of a day later, people could clearly see that they were all tied up and thrown to death from the high rocks by the executioners.

On the same day, thousands of rioters and veterans gathered in front of the Villa Prima, crying and asking another cavalry commander, Lepidus, to speak for them and denounce the crimes of the traitor Antony and the murderer.

Two days after the petition was sent in, Lepidus sent Kelly and Sabo as messengers to appease the people. "The cavalry commander was extremely horrified by the bloody war that took place yesterday. He condemned your reckless use of violent confrontation, which led to the death of Amadeus. He sent money in advance to persuade you to temporarily disband, so he will not stand up for you."

After hearing this, the people and veterans burst into tears. Many women even took off their jewelry, tore their clothes, exposed their chests, screamed and cursed. They all asked Lepidus in unison, "Even if the murderer is not punished, the hundreds of captured people must be rescued, otherwise they will all be executed." To be continued. . )