Chapter 1279: The curtain call after the Five Sage Emperors
The roars in the Roman parliament did not affect the peace of the Central Plains at all, and the fighting in the Roman gladiatorial arena could not change the current confrontation between swords and guns in the Central Plains.
The same invincible empire, the same empire that began to degenerate because it had no opponents, also stepped on the body of another powerful empire to the throne, and it was not the distance that hindered the two sides, but their own invincibility.
As long as the pace of conquest does not stop, the dividends of war can keep the country going, all contradictions can be transferred, and the empire is so confident that as long as it is not defeated, then all problems can be solved by war.
There is not enough land, let's start a war; There are not enough resources, let's start a war; There are too many internal troubles, let's start a war; As long as you win, then everything is not a problem, and victory has never been a problem for these two current super-large empires!
Not afraid that the enemy is too strong, but afraid that there is no enemy, the Han-Hun War lasted for more than a hundred years, and the Han Dynasty was not shattered because of this; The war between Rome and Parthia lasted for more than a hundred years, and Rome did not ruin the country because of this, on the contrary, let them go down to the peak, and those who fell into internal strife were all dead!
"Boom!" Severus slammed his fist on the stone platform, and the dull voice directly stopped all the council elders from speaking.
"What Rome needs is not for you to talk about it here, we need a unified voice in Rome, this is the Senate, not the vegetable market!" Severus swept everyone coldly, Severus's words and deeds had never been so decisive before, and his eyes had never been so sharp.
"The Han Empire is so far away, how can there be a conflict between our two sides?" An old man dressed in silk and nailed with gold buttons asked rhetorically.
"Seven hundred years ago. When we were still on the Roman Peninsula, we never thought of ruling the whole Mediterranean, nor did we think that there would be a Hundred Years War with Parthia. I don't even think about that faraway country, but now! Severus' eyes swept sharply over all the elders.
"If we stop now. So the Han Empire is still moving towards us, and when that day comes, what should we do! Severus looked majestically at all the council elders.
If Severus had been in obscurity before Ganassis came, then after the news of Ganassis arrived, Severus, who had already surpassed everyone, did not hesitate at all, he wanted to be truly crowned emperor, not as constrained as he is now!
"But the scope of our rule is a little too big to rule well." A nobleman asked with a slight awe when he saw Severus's majestic expression.
"Problems always arise. But as long as we keep going, the problem will be solved sooner or later, and if we keep focusing on these aspects, Rome will not even be able to go out of the peninsula, let alone have the whole Mediterranean! Severus replied proudly.
"I don't care what your desires may be, and no matter how dissatisfied you may be with me, but I stand here today, and I am responsible for the future of Rome, where we only owned the Roman Peninsula. Now we have the whole Mediterranean, and the future is up to me Septimius? Severus open! Severus's eyes swept sharply over all the elders, and no one dared to look at him at this moment!
If the era of the Five Wise Emperors was the last glory of Rome, then Septimius? Severus was the curtain call of the Roman Empire. Sweeping away the civil strife caused by Commodus' death pushed Rome's military to the extreme, bringing down the Sabbatarian Empire.
It is important to know that the resting monarch of this period was Vologis V. Although this is considered a half-rebel, he forcibly suppressed the seven nobles of Anxie in his hands. Let the rest struggle out of the pit of betrayal.
Even relying on the imperial heritage of Rest itself, it has recovered some of its vitality in a few years. Then, taking advantage of the Roman civil strife, he conquered Mesopotamia, that is, the valley of the two rivers, and once again regained some of the territory that originally belonged to Anxi.
The national fortune that was about to be destroyed in peace was like once again injecting fuel and burning madly when Vologis V, but unfortunately the magic power was not as good as the days, and after Severus completely consolidated the internal power of Rome, he personally led his troops to snuff out the last trace of the national fortune of rest.
Although the young Vologis V still wanted to struggle at that time, he basically lost the entire valley of the two rivers to Rome with little room for backhand, and Ctesiphon, as the capital of the country, also lost to Severus, and the last trace of national fortune was destroyed in peace.
Although there was still Walgues VI or something, there was only a small part of its actual rule, and even so, the country was in chaos.
Of course, at that time, Severus also died, and Rome was also in a civil strife, and there was no longer a long way to rest, otherwise there would be no need to record this history of coexistence, and then the Sassanid dynasty rose, and rest was completely reduced to history.
Overall, if Walgis V hadn't bumped into Severus, the last vestiges of national fortune would definitely not have died, and even under Walgess's rule, he would have regained the rest of the two river valleys and could have the demeanor of an empire again after a few years of recuperation.
Similarly, for Rome, Severus is not a faux pas for the final curtain call of Rome's glory, no matter how arrogant Severus's character is, no matter how proud he is, at least in his time as Roman emperor, Rome completely cut off the national fortunes of the great enemy!
In this era of the Roman curtain call, no matter how much blood, how many parliamentary patriarchs were beheaded by Severus, but as the Roman emperor, Severus at least ensured the strength of the Roman army, even if it was to death, this emperor, who was the emperor of Rome's strength, also remembered to explain his heirs and ensure the interests of the Roman soldiers!
It can be said that it is not this Severus who swept away the civil strife in Rome, basically destroyed the Resting Empire, and gave the most generous remuneration to the Roman soldiers, although he was not the best emperor in Roman history, but his era was probably the most powerful era in Roman history!
This is an immediate emperor, he has the common disease of all generals, but this common disease may still be a good thing for an empire that is about to split, even if the law is trampled, even if it violates the republic, the frame of the empire must march according to his will!
Even if it is pointed out by Wanfu, even if more than half of the nobles of the Senate do not agree, and even if the popular assembly does not approve his decree, his army will turn his decree into reality!
And this time it was fortunate that half of the nobles did not veto Severus, although Severus's account did not meet the requirements of the Parliament, but he made everything clear, Rome really could not continue civil strife, they needed a unified goal! (To be continued.) )
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