Rome Must Fall

Maximus gave the answer: The Roman civil war has just begun. If we launch an attack early, Pompey and Caesar may reconcile and fight against us together. We must wait until both sides have consumed a lot of strength through continuous fighting and become mortal enemies, and wait for the best time when the main forces of both armies are far away from Italy and Gaul to launch an attack, so as to increase the success of our raid and reduce the casualties of our men.

Although Vercingetorix was a little unwilling, he had to admit that Maximus was right.

Since they have endured for such a long time, and the Gaul tribes have paid a considerable price, then in order to successfully seek revenge on the Romans in the end, it doesn’t matter if they wait for a while... Vercingetorix had to suppress his excitement. Of course, the successful fulfillment of the "Oracle of the Goddess Danu" made him trust Maximus a little more.

Compared with Vercingetorix, Burebista performed much more steadily.

After the outbreak of the Roman Civil War, he admired Maximus's accurate judgment of the Roman situation, and even went to the capital of Nyx, Eilipolis, despite his subordinates' dissuasion, to meet Maximus and discuss the progress of the Roman Civil War and the response strategy that the Dani coalition should adopt.

He also proposed that "we should wait until Caesar and Pompey are almost exhausted, and then choose the right time to declare war on Rome."

He also implicitly expressed that he hoped that Pompey would be defeated in the end.

This surprised Maximus, because he vaguely remembered that in the previous life, when Pompey and Caesar fought in Greece, Burebista wrote to Pompey to express his support, and even wanted to send reinforcements to participate in the war... But in this life, Burebista showed a completely opposite attitude.

However, after a little thought, Maximus understood why the Dacian king had different attitudes in different time and space.

Because in his previous life, Burebista did not have the confidence to lead Dacia to challenge the powerful Rome alone. Compared with the aggressive Caesar, he would rather choose Pompey, who likes to be the boss and can make his younger brothers live easily. As long as Pompey is in power and Dacia is law-abiding, the safety of the entire race will be guaranteed.

But with the help of Nix in this life, Burebista has the ambition to occupy more territory and create a more glorious Dacian Kingdom. As the de facto leader of the Eastern forces, Pompey will unite the Eastern forces to encircle and suppress him once Dacia marches to Thrace or attacks other city-states and kingdoms.

If Caesar is the final winner of the Roman Civil War, it will take time for him to accept Pompey's legacy and be recognized by the Eastern forces. Burebista can use this chaotic time to launch an attack and strengthen his own strength.

In addition, Caesar's roots are in Gaul and Italy, and Nix and the Gaul tribes will deal with them. Caesar cannot devote more energy to Dacia.

Anyway, after this meeting, the two sides discussed more detailed military cooperation for the Roman civil war and the upcoming attacks by both sides, and swore to their respective gods again, reaching a new agreement: when one side attacks the Romans, the other side must also attack as soon as possible in accordance with the agreement; the two sides must work together in the war against the Romans, and when one side encounters difficulties and seeks help from the other side, the other side must do its best to support it; after winning the Romans, the Adriatic Sea and Libya will be the boundary, with the east belonging to Dacia and the west to the Knicks...

In the eyes of some high-level Knicks officials, this agreement is a disadvantage for the kingdom, because the eastern part of the Mediterranean is densely populated, prosperous in trade, advanced in technology, and richer; while in the west, except for Italy and Sicily, other areas are relatively backward.

Maximus convinced them that the main enemy of the Kingdom of the Nyx was Rome at present. In order to encourage Dacia to fight the eastern provinces of Rome with all its strength and relieve the pressure on the Nyx, it was understandable to give up some interests at this time. It could also avoid conflicts of interest between the two sides during the war, which would lead to accidents that would make the relatives sad and the enemies happy.

Moreover, although the eastern regions were richer and more developed, this also meant that they were more powerful and less likely to be conquered, especially Parthia, which had defeated Rome; in comparison, the western regions were weaker and easier to be conquered. The earlier they were conquered, the earlier they would be managed and transformed by the officials of the Nyx... In this situation, it is easy to imagine who would be the winner in the end.

It was based on such considerations that in the last item of the agreement, Burebista proposed that Dacia and the Nyx should establish a permanent peace.

Maximus tactfully reminded: This proposal is not very practical. Since we both know each other well, there is no problem in maintaining peace between the two countries while we are alive. However, we cannot see how our next generation, the next leaders of the two countries, will think about the relationship between the two countries, and we cannot stop them from tearing up this peace agreement for some reason...

Burebista was silent for a while and expressed his agreement.

So the last item of the agreement was changed to: During the reign of Maximus and Burebista, Knicks and Dacia will always be military allies.

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Caesar easily captured Brindisi, but since Pompey's army had gathered most of the merchant ships in the area and taken them away, it would take longer to collect and mobilize enough ships from other areas to carry his army. .

Caesar always likes to take the initiative and is unwilling to waste time sitting around waiting.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was spring, which was a good season for fighting, he decided to leave part of his troops here to raise ships, and at the same time, he was alerting Pompey on the other side of the sea. He led part of his army to Spain to attack Pompey's best elites who stayed there. troops, weakening his power.

He joked to his men: He would first clean up an army without a general, and then go to Greece to fight against Pompey and eliminate a general without an army.

At the same time, he sent Curio the Younger to defend Sicily with the army of Amityus, who had surrendered to him, to ensure Italy's food supply, and sent another force to capture Sardinia.

Caesar now controlled all of Italy militarily, but before heading to Spain he also decided to clear his identity as a rebel politically, to demonstrate his country to his enemies, to all Roman citizens, and to the other Roman provinces. The machine still operated in Rome, and Rome under his control was still the center of the entire Roman world.

So, he rushed to Rome first and decided to hold a Senate meeting on March 1st, and hoped that as many senators as possible would participate.

Caesar also wrote to Cicero, hoping that he could also attend the meeting.

Cicero's life during this period was relatively difficult.

After Cicero returned from exile, his relationship with Caesar quickly heated up. His younger brother Quintus became Caesar's legion commander. He was invited to participate in Caesar's construction projects, and Caesar even lent him a large sum of money. Both parties Maintained friendly correspondence for a long time.

So when the conflict between the Senate and Caesar became more and more intense, he was on pins and needles. He didn't want others to think that he had been bribed by Caesar to support his rebellion, but he also didn't want others to think that he wanted to take advantage of Caesar's debt. It was against him.

When Caesar led his army across the Rubicon, he thought it was a shocking and mortal sin. Later, he heard that Caesar was lenient to the captured Amitius army, and his attitude softened somewhat, and he wrote a letter Praise Caesar for his mercy.

On the other hand, although he did not agree with the attitudes and behaviors of Pompey, Cato and other senators, he did not oppose them, and even accepted the task of conscription given by the Senate.

However, when he learned that Pompey, whom he had always trusted, had abandoned Rome and headed south, he severed contact with him. Later, I learned that he had evacuated Italy again, and I was even more disgusted. So I stayed alone in my country villa and watched the situation develop.

Cicero did not want to be taken advantage of by Caesar's invitation and refused to go to Rome.

Even without Cicero, the Senate convened on the appointed day, but with very few attendees and no prominent figures present.

The meeting was held outside the official boundaries of the city of Rome because Caesar, as governor of the province, was not allowed to enter the city.

Caesar tried to make the process of this meeting conform to legal procedures, thus showing that he was not a rebel but a defender of Roman order.

During the meeting, Caesar publicly reiterated his grievances and proposed that the Senate send envoys to Pompeii to negotiate and reconcile.

The irony is that his proposal passed, but no one was willing to be the messenger.

Then Caesar asked the tribune Antony to convene a popular meeting, at which he once again explained his behavior to the Roman people, blaming his political opponents for provoking the war.

Despite his assurances that there would be no problems with the city's food supply and his generous gift of three hundred seas to every Roman citizen, most of the people behaved cautiously.

After all, the civil war has just begun. Before it is certain who will win in the end, no one dares to take sides in a hurry to avoid retaliation in the future.

Caesar also did an important thing in Rome, which was to use the treasury.

After all, he had 10 legions and some independent brigades and auxiliary troops. After entering Italy, he formed several new legions. These troops all needed military pay, equipment and supplies. Although Caesar was now very wealthy, maintaining such a large army was unsustainable on his own, and he didn't care much about winning the war.

The treasury provided him with 15,000 gold bars, 30,000 silver bars and 30 million sese.