Glasses filled with red wine were brought to Portilla's lips, and in such a dignified occasion, the noble ladies of Rome still had to tidy up their clothes and pay attention to their image. www.biquge.info This time, this grand opening ceremony was attended not only by the Graeus family, but also by other Roman aristocratic families, including many famous nobles in the traditional sense like the Julius family, as well as rising stars like the Batinius family.

In short, today, everyone gathers here, not only to watch a gladiatorial performance, but also to chat with each other, while entertaining and chatting, to enhance their understanding of each other, the gladiatorial arena is not only a place for entertainment, but also a platform for socializing.

"Graeus, I heard that you sent your most elite gladiators for today's gladiatorial match?"

Batinius was a man of great auspices, and like Gray, he didn't come here to watch such a grand gladiator tournament for mere pleasure. Sitting together with two people who are also thinking about it often leads to a lot of topics that can be communicated.

"Not the most elite, but not the worst."

Graeus was in the Senate, and the relationship with Batinius was still good, the two sat together, and the conversation between the nobles and the nobles was full of politics, economy, and people's livelihood, while the conversation between the commoners and the commoners was mostly focused on daily life and ordinary gossip, which was one of the differences between the aristocratic class and the commoner class. Gray simply returned to Batinus's words, and everyone knew that there must be more than that's what they were talking about today.

The audience belonged to the gladiators, and it was the place where they were glorified and even freed. The stage belonged to the Roman nobility and commoners.

In the Colosseum, the appearance of gladiators caused the excited shouts of 20,000 Roman civilians on the stage, and in the audience at the bottom, the Roman nobles were half-lying on their rocking chairs, watching the game "gracefully", and from time to time they exchanged ears, but more often they were talking about political matters than the content of the game.

In the first game, the gladiators of the Batinius family took on two ferocious beasts. When there are large-scale competitive events, the person who hosts and arranges the show often moves the show of beast and human fighting to the first one, for the simple reason that the roar, roar, strength, and bloody battle of the beast are the easiest to cause the audience's blood to boil.

"Roar."

The lion roared and rushed towards the Roman gladiators on the sidelines. Four gladiators against two lions, this face to face is not here for the gladiators to challenge, but to slaughter these poor criminals.

As the first roar of the lion came, the civilians in the audience got up one after another, watching the scene that was about to take place in the audience, the most savage and tragic bite attracted the attention of all the audience at this moment, and even some Roman nobles who were half-lying and maintained the image of nobles could not help but stretch their necks to watch what was happening in the center of the venue.

"Roar."

Another roar came from the lion's mouth, and only five or six seconds had passed since the beast had been released into the arena, and there were two more gladiator corpses on the field.

The remaining two gladiators of the House of Batinius stood on the sidelines, their legs trembling. The strength of the male lion is too terrifying, and humans stand in front of the beast with a natural sense of fear. And the two lions instantly threw the two human gladiators to the ground and tore them, which made the already fearful gladiators even more mentally broken.

The beast bloodily tore at the dead gladiator, dragging the bloody entrails out of their bodies.

Apparently, the lion had been hungry for many days, and after knocking down the two gladiators, he first gulped down the dead gladiator's internal organs, not paying any attention to the other humans on the sidelines.

Seeing such a terrifying picture, a gladiator sent by the Batinius family had even broken down emotionally and collapsed directly to the ground.

And the audience instantly erupted into a burst of inverted colors. Obviously, the gladiator's retreat without a fight caused strong dissatisfaction among the audience, and even the crowd shouted for the lion to end the lives of the two cowards as soon as possible.

"Bartinius, my partner, what do you think of the current change in the situation in Rome?"

Off the stage is the bloody fight of gladiators, and on the stage, it is a platform for nobles to socialize. Graeus was the first to hold back and threw out the most sensitive topic of the moment.

"My good friend, Graeus. I've been worrying about it for a long time, you know? Since the Republic of Rome, there has never been such a frequent struggle for power in that era, and it has been above board and justifiable. After Marius's death, Sulla had ruled Rome as a dictatorship for a long time, and now that the Triumvirate had arrived, I feared that sooner or later the system of the Senate would face collapse. ”

The city of Batinhos was deep and thoughtful. And the triumvirate he spoke of was actually a special product of Rome in this era - the triumvirate led by Caesar, Pompeii, and Crassus had firmly grasped the power of Rome. And Graeus didn't know that before Batinius said these words, this Roman nobleman, who had always been regarded as a good friend and good partner, was actually on the side of the three heads early. It's just that the situation is turbulent, and everyone is cautious. Reluctance to disclose one's position.

"You mean that in this struggle, the Senate will eventually lose?"

Graeus didn't have the city of Batinhos, so he had something to say.

Batinius took a sip of the wine in his hand, and then responded thoughtfully: "At least in the current situation, this is indeed the case, as for whether the Senate will fight back, and when the Senate will sit on the Senate again, I think this situation will wait for at least several years." ”

The members of the Senate divided a complete Senate into a pro-Senate faction and a triumvirate faction, which has to be said to be a special phenomenon of the power struggle in this era, with a bit of historical sadness and helplessness.

After Batinius finished speaking, Gray knew the position of his colleague thoroughly. Friends who have known each other for more than ten years, still dare not fully trust in the struggle for power, wearing the white and noble robe all day long, but their hearts are as cunning as poisonous snakes, which is also the reaction of the Roman nobles at this moment. After Gray learned the news, his heart was much more relieved.

At least, as a member of the Senate of the Triumvirate, he is not the only one like him.