The death of the great chieftain Burda and the massive destruction of the Suebi deprived the entire Germanic region of the mainstay of the Roman legions. The remnants of the www.biquge.info tribes were divided, fleeing and in danger. Apis took advantage of the situation to lead a large army to sweep the entire area south of the Elbe, and the weak Germanic tribes surrendered one after another, offering hostages and weapons, and the tribes that did not submit did not dare to confront the Roman legions head-on, but fled into the forest, living a primitive life without food. Appis extended the empire's borders to the Elbe River. The wish that the Roman emperors in history did not achieve became a reality at this moment.

But Appis knew that there was a special reason why he had come to this point. Italy in the south and the Spanish provinces near and far were controlled by Octavian, and the only thing he could do was the barren and cold land of the north. And he is not Caesar, Octavian is not the unprepared Pompey of the year, history will not repeat itself, so the Germanic region was forcibly conquered by the Roman legions under such special circumstances......

It's just that the land after the war needs to be developed, and how easy is it to develop a brilliant civilization on a barren land?

Next, Apis stationed his winter camp in the newly conquered region of Upper Germania. In order to prevent the Germanic rebellion, Appis himself had to stay in the barracks and spend a long winter in this desolate north. At the same time, the news of the smooth production of Teltila also reached the front. After learning the news, Apis felt like an overturned five-flavor bottle in his heart, all kinds of tastes. I am glad that I and my wife finally have a daughter after going through hardships. I blame myself and feel guilty that I can't even be by my wife's side when she is in labor.

Fortunately, Tertira didn't mean to complain, she only cared about herself if she was safe. In modern times, this is the image of a good wife and mother, Apis was suddenly moved to tears, in the absurd and lascivious ancient Roman aristocratic society, it is his great luck to find such a reasonable and loyal woman.

At the end of winter, Apis returned to Marseille with the Black Hawk Legion and triumphantly played. I can't wait to see my wife and newborn daughter. The crowd greeted Appis with a revelry of the return of a hero. A grand triumphal ceremony, a jubilant crowd packed both sides of the Debes Avenue. Immediately behind Apis was the proud Black Hawk Legion of the Sixth Legion. The soldiers received the glory they had longed for. You must know that after the legion enters the city, these veterans who have fought on the front line will be worshiped as heroes by the civilians in the city. Man's vanity will be greatly satisfied at this moment. This is also the reason why some children of wealthy knight families are also willing to take up arms and participate in foreign wars. In addition, 300 Germanic prisoners of war symbolically followed the rear of the legion and paraded through the streets...... They were stripped of their clothes, their hands were buckled to the prison car, and their expressions were sluggish and desperate, like dying wolves.

Those rotting vegetables and foul-smelling droppings smashed into the face of these poor Germanic people.

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After the grand triumphal ceremony, Apis put aside all the complicated affairs and shared a belated but rare leisure time with Tertila in his villa by the sea. Every day, apart from very important events, Appis no longer bothered, and walked with his wife on the seaside, sitting in an elegant white ivory chair, eating the high-quality grapes that are abundant in Gaul, and living a happy and happy pastoral life. Appis knew that he owed Tertila too much, and at this moment, this rare time of peace was a kind of compensation for his wife.

Thinking about it, Appis sighed that everything he had experienced over the years, the power, status and wealth that ordinary people wanted to get but could not get, but the ordinary and comfortable life of ordinary nobles and knights could not be obtained by himself. The siege theory holds up everywhere, which seems to be a weakness of humanity. What you can't get is longing for it, and what you get is yearning for another life. Appis recalled what Sabinus had said at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel even more empathetic. Politics in Rome is the sands of the arena, and once you step inside, you can't get out. Here, there will be fights every day, even if you don't kill others, others will kill you, you can only keep fighting, because in the end, only one person can live to the end......

At the end of the spring of three months, Apis had to reluctantly leave Marseille. Head to Lugdunum, the capital of Gaul, after all, the day of peace has not yet really arrived. After two years of obscurity, the three heads have all sharpened their knives, and there is an undercurrent surging in the appearance of peace. Antony was undoubtedly the most powerful of the three forces, but for two years, the most powerful man in the Roman world stood still, sitting on the rich cities and lands on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, and living a life like a fairy with the queen of Egypt in his arms. Appis speculated that Antony was not really corrupted by the bewitching queen and fine wine, but wanted to wait until Octavian sent troops to the north before taking the opportunity to invade the southern part of Italy, so that Octavian would not be able to deal with it. After all, Gaul's geographical proximity to Rome meant that the war had to and could only be provoked between Apis and Octavian.

Before the war broke out, Apis wanted to build a new Roman city on the land of Lugdunum. Years of Germanic wars brought slaves and booty into this rich city, and now, with the planning and size of the old town, it is no longer able to meet the needs of the thriving trade and the influx of residents.

Appis did not want to take the highlands, and the real development of a city was the influx of foreign populations and the increase in productivity, trade, and finance. Within three years, in order to encourage immigration, Appis gave preferential immigration conditions to various craftsmen, scholars, and merchants. Roman and Greek doctors who specialized in medicine were exempt from rent and taxes for the first year when they opened clinics in Gallic towns. Teachers receive a monthly allowance of 300 dinars. Funds for education are allocated by the local Ministry of Finance. A few years of accumulation have made it feasible and necessary for the city to expand.

Now, Apis is planning the bustling city like an architect.

"The extension of the old Coriti street outside the city, the old gate remains, and the part that extends beyond the old gate is ordered to be the Boulevard Rabiu, the main road of the new town must have a width of eight carriageways, with this avenue as the main artery, radiating the various functional areas. All markets, bazaars, theaters, and arenas are located on both sides of Avenue Rabiu. New settlements were placed on both sides of the main road in Titulas, which continued along the Saône. No individual can undertake the construction of bathhouses and brothels, and the construction of the new city of Lugdunum was approved by me and Livius, and no one has the privilege of interfering in these works...... In addition, the statue of Labinus was built in the central square of Boulevard Rabius in honor of the greatest Roman heroes of the Germanic wars. ”

At dusk, Apis sat in his official residence in Lugdunum, planning the new Roman city. Lyon, the second largest city in France in the future......