However, it seems that the Roman people have long been accustomed to such an environment, and the pedestrians who come and go are crowded in the narrow streets, all busy with their own lives, but the expressions on their faces are somewhat calm, neither disgusted by this bad environment, nor worried about the two wars that are going on in Rome, this open-minded state of mind is somewhat similar to that of the Turiians of the Dionian Kingdom.

As Minusius led them around a street, the view in front of them was much wider, and a small hill was seen lying in front of them, also densely covered with houses, and many Romans dressed in ordinary clothes walked from one hill to another with solemn expressions.

"That's the hill of Raventine, one of the seven hills of Rome." Minusius saw Tapirus looking at it carefully, and hurriedly made an introduction: "It is said that Remus, the younger brother of Rommulus, one of the two founders of our Rome, once lived on this hill with his tribe. In the middle of the hill there is now a temple to Diana, built by our former king Servius, the goddess of the hunt among our Latins and the patron saint of the herdsmen. King Servius once made a rule, 'Anyone who fears this goddess, whether Roman citizens or not, can come here to worship.' 'If it weren't for the wars during this time, you would have seen the Latin tribesmen from the surrounding area of Rome come here every day to pay their respects, and the hill would have been very lively, but very noisy and ......."

Scipio said smugly, his face full of pride that "Rome was the center of the Latins."

Tapyrus nodded politely and did not speak.

The group followed the road and turned north.

The streets here were quite spacious, but the streets were full of Roman people with stalls, and the noisy shouts and bargains made the crowded Tapyrus feel a little irritated, but they were also surprised that there was still a strong atmosphere of life in Rome during the war.

"There's an arena?" One of the entourage asked, pointing to the left front.

Through the gap in the crowd, you can see a huge circular building standing in front of the left side of the envoy group, the shape of this building is too familiar to the envoy group.

"Yes, this is our Colosseum in Rome!" Minusius exclaimed: "We Romans often held athletic competitions here, as well as gladiator competitions, which were most popular among the people!" ……”

Hearing this, Tapirus's face showed a little disgust, because he had already learned from the materials in the Turiyi Library that Minusius was talking about gladiator games, which were bloody battles in the arena for Roman prisoners of war or slaves armed with rudimentary weapons, exchanging their blood and screams for the pleasure of the Roman people watching the games......

Tapirus, who was born as a slave, believed: this is not a game, but a bloody game of savage backwardness!

As they passed through the arena, the messengers heard shouts coming from inside.

One of the entourage pretended to be curious and asked, "Could it be that there is a gladiator competition going on in the arena?" ”

Minusius shook his head and said, intentionally or unintentionally, "Military training for underage Roman citizens is taking place inside. Although most of the young and middle-aged citizens in the city of Rome are now out to fight, once the enemy attacks, we can still call the Roman citizens of the many surrounding colonies to come to the rescue, and there is no need to worry about the safety of the city of Rome. But let the Romans get used to holding a shield and spear from an early age, so that they can face the enemy bravely and have the ability to kill the enemy when they grow up, and they also need to be familiar with the Roman formation and tactics from an early age, and when the city-state needs them to fight, they can quickly integrate into the army...... So we Romans are not afraid of any strong enemy! ”

Hearing this, Tapyrus was shocked: this practice was very similar to Dionia's practice of allowing children to be trained in military affairs from an early age.

His gaze met that of an entourage behind him, who was an official sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and he believed that he had a deeper feeling.

But what the Dionian envoys did not know was that it had always been a Roman tradition for Roman children to receive military training from an early age, but it was only in the last ten years that they had been allowed to practice Roman warfare and tactics from an early age.

Ten years earlier, Rome had suffered a crushing defeat to the Gauls on the banks of the Aria River and had finally been taken over by the Gauls. This painful lesson made the Romans realize the inadequacy of their own methods of warfare, and the dictator Camillus, after some investigation and reflection, carried out military reforms of the Roman army.

He learned the tactics of the Celts, first changing the Roman army's previous large Greek-like phalanx formation into multiple small phalanxes (i.e., squadrons), with a legion of 50 squadrons, which could carry out separate assaults, giving the previously bloated and clumsy Roman legions more flexibility and mobility.

Secondly, the principle of the configuration of fighters in the corps was changed. In the past, there was a military tradition in which wealthy, well-armed citizens were at the forefront, with poorer citizens at the rear, but now they are lined up according to age and training. The first column is for young people, the second for soldiers in the prime of life, and the third column for reserves are veterans with rich combat experience.

Thirdly, the weapons of the soldier's offensive and defensive were improved. Iron helmets replaced leather helmets, long leather shields replaced wooden shields, iron spear heads replaced bronze spear heads, and leather cuirasses were mostly replaced by chain mail...... Of course, Carthage's aid played a big role in this, so that many poor soldiers could also use the standard equipment allocated by the Senate, thus expanding the source of soldiers, and of course they had to be returned after the war.

Fourth, it emphasized the need to build strong and comfortable camps when going out to fight......

Although the traditional Roman military tactics had been practiced for hundreds of years, the Romans, who had been growing up in battle, soon began to implement this military reform as soon as they found it beneficial for them to fight, and almost all the citizens and children from the adult citizens to the children seized all the spare time to train in order to familiarize themselves with the new equipment and tactics as soon as possible, and it had already begun to produce noticeable results. Over the years, Rome has won almost all battles against its neighbors.

Because of Davers's attention, the Dionian military department also had some understanding of the current military system of Rome, and they were surprised to find that these military reforms of the Romans were very similar to the military tactics of the Dionian heavy infantry, and they all thought that the Romans must have secretly learned the tactics of Dionia, and this time they sent officials into the envoy corps, one of the purposes was to witness the Roman army.

After the Colosseum and further north, the situation of the neighborhood has changed again, not only the road is really wider, but there is less garbage. Even the residences have become luxurious. Although there are still simple houses in between, and the arrangement of the houses is still somewhat disorderly, the number of large houses with red bricks and white walls has increased significantly, especially on the two hills that are not too tall and seem to be quite large on the north and south sides of the road.

An official of the Emissary Corps from the Ministry of the Registry of Dionya pretended to be curious and asked, "This is the rich area?" ”

Minusius understood the meaning of his words: it used to be a slum full of garbage and a bad environment, but this is a rich area with a good environment and good housing, and the gap between the poor and the rich in Rome is so obvious?!

He wittily replied: "There are rich and poor people in every city-state, and conflicts between the poor and the rich are inevitable. It's unavoidable, and Rome is no different. But the difference is that the people of Rome quarrel and quarrel, and once the citizens' assembly passes the resolution, we will work together to complete the ......"

Speaking of this, he looked at the hills on both sides of the road and said with a serious expression: "Not all the rich people live on these two hills, but most of them are the earliest founders of the city of Rome and the early citizen clans, they used to contribute more to the city-state, and now they are also a group of people who are willing to sacrifice more for the city-state!" ”

Minuccius pointed to the hill on the left: "This is the Partini hill. Romulus, the founder of the city of Rome and our original king, and his followers inhabited this hill from the beginning. ”

Then he pointed to the hill on the right: "This is Mount Sirio." 200 years ago, it used to be the center of our Latins - Alba. Longa was defeated by our Romans, and its inhabitants did not become captives, but were invited, moved to this mountain, and became Roman citizens! ”

Tapirus keenly felt the pride in Minusius' bones when he spoke, and subconsciously asked, "Where does your family live?" ”

Minuccius pointed to the Palatine Hill on the left seemingly casually, but in fact he did not tell the Dionians his full name: Minusius. Cornelius. Scipio. Cornelius is the name of a Roman clan, which is the nobility of the Roman nobility and the wealthy of the riches.

Tapirus clearly sensed this, too, and the smiling, fluent Greek, elegant young man had an air of nobility in him.

In the Dionian kingdom, of course, there were some nobles, who were attached to Dionya when they conquered the neighboring city-states, and some even retained some of their land wealth and entered the Senate. However, under the tight control of King Davers and the laws of Theoria, they did not have much power, and the kingdom treated nobles and commoners, old citizens and new citizens equally, so that a man of slave origin like Tapirus could gain wealth and power through his own efforts.

It was precisely because of the short time that the Kingdom of Dioonia had been established, and the fairness that Davers had strongly promoted, that Tapyrus could hardly feel the class difference in the country, but on the day of his first foreign mission, he felt it, so a feeling of discomfort suddenly rose in his heart that he did not want to talk to this young man.