The wedding of Octavia and Séctus took place as scheduled in the spring of that year, and the flowers, applause, the magnificent motorcade and the countless riches did not move the beautiful Roman girl, on the contrary, Octavia said goodbye to her mother, to Octavian, to the villa where she had lived for nineteen years, and at the same time, to her past, to a helpless cry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info that Aduneus, the gladiator in the arena, his sweetheart, his first love, maybe just like that, buried forever in his heart, buried in the sand of the Colosseum.

"Come here, girl, from this day forward you will be Sextus's wife, and I will treat you as if you were my own daughter."

At the wedding of the Roman aristocracy, Gnaeus Pompeo pulled Octavia, who was about to step into his house, and read it affectionately.

However, Octavia only barely squeezed out a smile, and then, with Pompey's hand, she walked in front of her future, or Sextus Pompey, who was about to become her husband.

As the son of Gnaeus Pompey, Sextus had the innate arrogance of the Roman aristocracy, his brown eyes revealed coldness, a thick strand of curly hair covering the top of his head like his father, there was an unnatural sense of pampered posture, his physique was quite strong, although he was born into an aristocratic family, but under the strict control of his father, Sextus still maintained the tradition of doing military training every day, although after that, this playboy often lingered in the land of various fireworks in Rome.

The wedding to Octavia was apparently very satisfying to the Roman nobleman, because Octavia was young, beautiful, and full of aristocratic atmosphere, and her elegance was reflected not only in appearance, but also in temperament, words and deeds. For a moment, Sextus even felt that the woman he had touched before was the difference between a swan and a crow compared to his fiancée in front of him.

"My wife."

Sextus, under the auspices of his father, took Octavia's slender hand. Their union seems so justified, and the most pompous wedding in Rome attracted all the powerful and wealthy merchants of Rome to witness the birth of another "beautiful" marriage. At the same time, the banquet at night will also become another good platform for them to get to know each other and communicate. The nobles and wealthy merchants did not miss such an opportunity, yes, they did not miss it...... The network of people means the network of wealth, and this kind of interest is found all over the world, not only in the Celestial Empire.

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"Look, Councillor Batinius, the 'strongest' you support still has to compromise and give away his relatives to others one by one in order to achieve his ulterior evil purposes. But even if he didn't say anything about his purpose, it was clear to all the people of Rome, and he wanted to contaminate Pompey, because his wings were not yet full, and his intrigues and tricks were too fragile to be worth mentioning compared to the power of the Republic. ”

At the lavish wedding dinner, the senator of the Senate, Secrius, whispered to the councillor next to him, Batinus.

They are old rivals, since the establishment of the Triumvirate, Bartinius has become a loyal follower of Caesar, although on the surface he has been doing things for Pompey, but in private, he has passed information for Caesar, and Secrius is his good old friend, although he knows the secret behind this, but he is unwilling to go to Pompey and pierce this layer of tissue paper. More often than not, Secrius hoped that his friend, Batinius, would turn back and answer in favor of the republic and the Senate, rather than taking sides with either Caesar or Pompey.

But Bartinius seemed to have seen the future of Rome clearly, and he did not hesitate to continue to side with Caesar......

"Secrius, my old friend, you don't need to persuade me anymore, although Caesar's purpose is obvious, but Pompey may not think so, maybe the greatest general of this republic still regards Caesar as his friend, although there are some feuds between them, Crassus's death is just an accident, but it is by no means the key to Caesar's and Pompey's break, their relationship is actually very complicated, they are also friends and enemies, at least, as long as the Senate is still there, Pompey will not be able to completely break with Caesar."

Secrius was prickly and-for-tat, but Battinius also argued with an unchanging face. The Senate, Caesar, Pompey, the relationship between the three is both directed and united. Although the Triumvirate is no longer there, the domestic forces are still divided into three factions, of which the Senate is even in the weakest position. Because Caesar and Pompey both had ten legions, equivalent to three-quarters of the entire Roman army. Under the pressure, the Senate could only bow its head and be silent. Secrius had a chance to convince Batinhos, but now it was impossible.

Secrius was silent, and throughout the banquet, he could not see a stiff expression on Pompey's face, or a trace of unpleasantness. Obviously, Pompey was still very satisfied with Caesar's marriage arrangement, at least for now, the Senate really had no chance to stir up relations between them.

The reason why emperors became emperors is because they are ruthless, and they can abandon all friendship and family affection, even love, for the consolidation of power. Pompey may still care about his previous friendship with Caesar, he is a contradiction. Caesar, however, was not, he was a cold assassin, and all the enemies that stood in his way, the Gauls, the Britons, the Roman Senate, and even Pompey, were his targets for conquest.

History is always a bit bleak. Attia saw all this, and even taught Octavian all this, because Octavian had secretly become Caesar's adopted son and heir. It's just that only Caesar and Atia know about this now.

Atia is wise, she knows that her son is involved in this boundless battle, and it is impossible to get out of it all. It is better to teach his young son all intrigues and politics before the enemy knows it, because one day, he will be at the peak of the power struggle like his uncle. It is better to accept the cruel reality now than to be fooled by someone who is trampled under his feet.

The welcome banquet lasted until the early hours of the morning, and from beginning to end, no one noticed a trace of displeasure on Pompey's face, and the cunning politicians concluded that Pompey's ambitions might have been exhausted in his luxurious and comfortable old age, and that the great general of the republic might never have dealt with war and legions again for the rest of his life if Caesar had not made a substantial threat to him.

However, was Caesar like that? The wiser aristocrats, the senators, knew that one day the republic would once again suffer a stormy baptism......