1.18 The danger of national annihilation
Slaves trafficked to the Western Regions. In particular, Prince Rogis V personally transported more than 200,000 high-priced slaves. Although nominally from Kushan, more than half of them were actually born in Rome. Even among them were many Roman nobles who had fallen.
It is because of the Roman queen Rukira that she once walked with slaves, eating and living together all the way. Therefore, he knew the composition of the slaves. In addition to the Roman civilians, the defeated soldiers of the First Roman Legion and their descendants were also engulfed in large numbers. After the war, he did not receive the ransom paid by the Roman Empire, so he became a slave of the Sabbatarians. It wasn't until more than twenty years later that Octavian became the head of Rome. The government and the opposition have unanimously demanded that it be a shame for Shakale to start a war with Anxie. But Octavian knew the merits of the Roman army. Knowing and resting in battle, the odds of victory are too small. Therefore, he resisted the pressure of all parties and insisted on diplomatic mediation, and finally the Roman prisoners of war in the Battle of Calais were released, and the captured eagle charms of the Roman legions were returned.
However, most of the people who were released were army generals, or small and medium-sized nobles who could pay a sufficient ransom. A large number of ordinary soldiers and their descendants have not been able to return to their homeland.
Time flies, a hundred years in a hurry.
Although the fathers had long since buried their bones in a foreign land, the later generations continued to hate the Roman Empire. Along the way, the Roman queen Rucira felt the same way.
If these resentful people were rearmed and marched west to Rome with the Han coalition army. Roma have lost half of their game before they have even played each other.
The descendants of these Roman soldiers were well aware of the Roman people, familiar with the Roman terrain, and had a good understanding of the Roman army's combat methods and equipment level.
Although, the two wars between Rome and Anxi, for control of Armenia, have long passed. However, for 100 years, there have been constant border conflicts. Sporadic battles happen from time to time. It can be as big as a battle for a certain stronghold or city, or as small as a battle of mercenaries between two caravans. On the eastern frontier of Rome and Sabbath, on the narrow plains of the warm and humid Mediterranean coast, the war never went out.
Other words. A large number of Roman mercenaries, also wrapped up in more than 200,000 slaves, were trafficked to distant oases.
All of them are potential "leading the way".
In all fairness. These disadvantages alone are not enough to determine the outcome of a battle.
Just like Achilla and Rucira, they both keenly discovered the biggest difference between the Han and the Romans: there were no slaves.
Slaves were the cornerstone of Rome. Almost contracted all the life needs of a Roman from life to death. The cornerstone of the Han Dynasty is the tens of millions of yeoman farmers who own land and property.
Imagine. If we know from the mouths of Roman slaves and their descendants, all the slaves who were sold to distant oases were generously freed by the owners of the oases and regained their freedom. Every household has a hectare of fertile land and a mansion. They may marry and have children, and they may have freedom of entry and exit, and enjoy all the rights that only free men can enjoy, and they shall only have the corresponding obligations.
What would the slaves of Rome think?
Before the allied forces could attack the city, the slaves rebelled and opened the gates of the city on their own. Eat pot pulp and welcome the king into the city.
When Liu Bei announced on the spot, the slave was free and would never be a slave again. The news is out. Cities along the way will be like wildfires, slaves will riot, and the city will surrender.
Imagine again, Liu Bei gave slaves land and farms in the attitude of a conqueror. Appointed as an officer, as a general, and then recruited on the spot. The team snowballed. There was a coalition siege outside, and a slave rebellion inside.
The Roman Empire was devastated.
This is the superiority of the feudal system.
So to speak. Rome and the Han Dynasty, completely incomparable*** affiliated with the cornerstone of Rome's prosperity. It is also the biggest hidden danger of Rome.
It is said that the Spartacus revolt mentioned by Achilla, the priestess of the Holy Fire, greatly shook the foundations of Roman slavery.
Slave owners were forced to make certain changes to the way slaves were exploited and farmed. For example, improving the methods of controlling slaves and correcting attitudes towards slaves. Buy slaves of different races as much as possible, avoid the concentration of slaves of the same race, and beware of slave unions. Large tracts of land were divided into small plots and given to slaves to cultivate, and the slaves could even share a portion of the harvest. As a result, slaves gradually evolved from "talking tools" to "subordinate peasants". Whether the slave owner was willing or not. However, this did contribute to the stability of Roman society.
And after the uprising of Spartacus. There have been a number of slave revolts in the name of Spartacus in Europe, and the devastation and impact they have brought are not even limited to Europe.
However, even if it is an improved "subordinate farmer". In the face of the oasis owner's "thirty taxes and one" field rent, there is no advantage at all. It's a complete failure.
Man dies for money, and birds die for food.
If you can get "thirty taxes and one", Rome is a farmer, and is willing to take risks?
The answer is self-explanatory.
To put it bluntly, as long as the Han coalition army arrives, it will be a "slave liberation war" that will shine in the annals of history. The slaves, who were the cornerstones, were lost in large numbers due to flight and riots, and the entire superstructure of Rome collapsed with a bang. Fly ashes annihilated and become history.
If the two armies are on the border, there is still the possibility of a war.
Just let Liu Bei break through the blockade and attack the territory. It was a great emancipation of slaves in full swing and the collapse of Rome.
In a word: Rome and the Han Dynasty, there is no comparison.
It is precisely because of his keen insight into the superiority of the Han feudal system. It was only then that Queen Rukira completely dispelled the idea of returning to Rome. This move is not only to lure the wolf into the house and set himself on fire. It is clearly the danger of destroying the country.
Or someone asks: Roman slaves, aren't they Romans? When the national disaster is at the head, I don't know the same enemy?
Roman slaves were not Romans yet.
Roman slaves, most of whom came from provinces or conquered regions, and a small number of them were debtors and criminals.
Foreign slaves accounted for the vast majority of them. Since Rome entered the "republican era", it began to invade and expand with foreign countries, and the number and types of foreign slaves increased rapidly. By the first century B.C., the city of Rome had a population of 1.5 million, of which 900,000 were slaves.
It was precisely because of the huge dividends brought by slavery that Rome's ambition to invade foreign countries and plunder foreign slaves was constantly nourished. In the third century B.C., 36,000 prisoners of war were sold into slavery during the conquest of the mountains of southern Italy. The Third Punic War ended, and all the 50,000 remaining 50,000 men in Carthage were enslaved. During a campaign in northern Greece, the Roman army captured 150,000 local inhabitants and sold them into slavery. The Roman commander Caesar conquered Gaul and sold 400,000 people into slavery.
The city of Rome had a population of 1.5 million, of which 900,000 were slaves. Imagine the horrific number of slaves in the country.
The wind is gentle, and the breeze is cool.
Achilla, the priestess of the Holy Fire, and Rucira, the Roman queen, overlook the lights of thousands of homes, each thinking about their own thoughts, and relatively silent.
After a long time, Achilla suddenly whispered, "Rome, whose Rome is it?" ”
The voice was deep and low, almost murmuring.
But the Roman queen Rucira still knows every word. I tried to open my mouth, but there was a hint of bitterness.
The Roman Empire was built on a lot of bones.
The Romans were also at peace for a long time.