"Palicia, you are defeated, don't struggle anymore, you Parthian traitor."

Orodus walked up to the captured Parisia and looked at him with a very disdainful look. His men knew that the leader of Lucummans in front of him was more hated by King Orodes than the Romans. Not only did he disrupt Orodes' plans against the Romans, but he also overshadowed Sulena's prestige in Parthia. All thanks to the local lord of Lucummans in front of him - Palicia.

"Traitor? I never swore allegiance to you, tyrant. ”

In the face of Orodus's trial, Parisia stubbornly refused, his body was scarred and bloodstained, but he still refused to lower his high head.

"Hmph, do you think that if you don't swear allegiance to me, it's not a betrayal? You have betrayed Parthia, your homeland! Look at the good deeds you have done, others do not know, or dare not say, but the truth of the matter is that you took the money of the Romans, raised an army, and helped the Romans against the Parthian army. If your father had known that you had done such a thing while he was alive, he would have erased your name and cut off your relationship. ”

After defeating the rebels, Orodus sat on the dragon chair and judged the leader of the rebels in front of him with an arrogant face. Everyone present held their breath and did not dare to say anything, for fear that they would annoy Orodes in the next moment and end up like Prince Palicia.

"I colluded with the Romans? What evidence do you have that I am in collusion with the Romans? I lead the army against you to eradicate all inequality, corruption, darkness, and tyranny. People are willing to follow me, and I have this army. It is you who are the traitor of Parthia, a beast in human skin. Others don't know how the great general Sulena was captured by the Romans, but you know it best. ”

Palicia was tied up by two guards, and looked at the Parthian king in front of her with an angry expression, his eyes full of contempt. The words are full of sarcasm.

"How did Sulena die? Don't fool people with this, Parisia, you are struggling before you die. I'll tell you how Sulena died. He died honorably in battle, and he gave his life to defend Ctesiphon and to protect that great city. A hero who deserves to be respected. ”

"I'm afraid it's not so short, Orodus, do you dare to tell you what you did on the eve of the siege of Ctesiphon? You leave the city with the best of the city's troops in the name of destroying the rebels, and then, leaving the old and weak soldiers to Sulena, who is ordered to defend the city. Thousands of soldiers with no combat experience, or who had combat experience, but were physically disabled, were able to fight against the tens of thousands of Roman armies? You went out of the city in the name of exterminating the rebels, but in fact you did not advance in the direction of the so-called rebels at all, but went straight back to the summer capital of Susa......"

"Blood-spewing beast!"

Before Palicia could finish speaking, Orodes was furious.

"Palicia, no matter what you say, in the eyes of the Parthians you are already a traitor. You rose up against their leaders in Parthia at the most critical time, and I lost this war, and made countless Parthians accept the enslavement of the Romans, and you are the sinner of this war, the sinner of history. ”

"Guards, pull this heinous person out and behead him for public display!"

Then, without waiting for Palicia to refute, the angry Orodes shouted and ordered the guards around him to start the execution directly.

…………

"Appis, a very unfortunate piece of news has come from the east."

"I already know that Ctesiphon has fallen, and Orodes has led the Restoration Army to capture it."

The Parthian peace did not last long, and within less than two years, everything was revived. The distance from the capital, cultural differences, and the difficulty of ruling were the reasons for the resurgence of the Parthias. Appis understands why empires that are too large in history are always easy to split, geographically too far away, and the central rule exists in name only, and it is the magistrates who deal with specific affairs, because in ancient times when transportation and communication were inconvenient, it often took weeks or even months for a matter to be conveyed, and when the news reached the capital, the place where the incident occurred was already in chaos, so many things could not wait for the central government to make a decision, and could only be weighed and implemented by the local governor. In this case, the governors of the provinces, far from Rome, were almost unsupervised, and if they did, they were only formal and had no substantive effect. In addition, the people in the border areas have different cultural customs and customs, and rebellions are prone to occur.

"Livius, sometimes I think that it seems unrealistic for Rome to want to expand its territory again, the Persian Gulf is considered the limit, and no matter how far away it is, the Roman side cannot control it at all. When the time comes, allowing a governor to control a large province is tantamount to the existence of a new small state. Over time, the immigrants will also be assimilated by the local population, which is of little significance. In addition to the slaves and wealth plundered in the war, the treasury was expanded. But not every war is so smooth. ”

War broke out again, and the conventional idea was how to control the riot and eliminate the new threat of Parthia, but Apis talked about a more far-reaching idea in front of Livius.

"It is true that there is a hidden danger, but there seems to be no better way to solve it, the area ruled by Rome is mostly the coast of the sea, and the sea connects the whole world, but Parthia, in the inland areas, land transportation is also extremely inconvenient, and this is the difficulty. The fact that even Armenia has not become our province speaks volumes. Our control over the East can only stop at Syria and Silesia. ”

This question Livius wanted to talk to Apis for a long time, but he didn't know what Apis's mentality was, so he didn't open his mouth, and now, Apis took the initiative to admit that Parthia was not easy to manage, and as the head of the cabinet, Levius opened his heart and expressed his opinion to Apis.

"That's what I mean. Brother, the stability of a region is of paramount importance, and if Parthia is unstable for a long time, it is necessary to send a large number of legions to the border, which will cost a lot more than it will cost. Therefore, we must come up with a long-term and effective way to eradicate the Parthian threat. ”

Sitting at the table, Apis stared at the huge map of the Roman Empire on the wall. Parthia is like a cancer on the border, and it will grow savagely after cutting.