Chapter 12: Jingulum (Part II)
In April, Caesar's plan for the division of troops began to be implemented, but Caesar still had the time to return to Rome for two market days, because it was necessary, and he was about to occupy the entire traditional territory of the Republic, and he needed to rule the whole world.
Dictio, yes, there are two dictators in the Roman Republic at this moment, one in Port Brindisi and one in the city of Rome, and both are at war. So then, the battlefield shifted to the front of public opinion, and both sides had a group of senators, and Pompey claimed that he had two legitimate consuls and the support of the entire senate. Caesar, on the other hand, stated that he had been granted the collective powers of the ten tribunes and the council, and that the tribune decree was to declare that Pompey and his fugitive senate were illegal and to suspend the right of Pompey to recruit troops.
But Caesar's appointment of Dicktius was still unjustifiable, because he could not get the joint election of the consuls, and Marcellas and Dumijus were being chased by his cavalry, so he could only instruct his cronies Ebro and Calidius to hastily complete the ceremony for himself, fortunately, Caesar himself did not care too much about such things as "fame", otherwise this kind of sloppiness and irregularity would not even be able to bear it himself. Pompey ridiculed him for "taking the village troupe into the amphitheater of Athens to perform", and as a result, Caesar only stayed in his seat for less than ten days after becoming dictator, and after announcing all the appointments, when he left the city of Rome, he voluntarily resigned from this position, and sure enough, as it was rumored after the capture of Rome by Lypida, Caesar and Banks were once again urgently appointed as consuls and second consuls.
At this moment, four more consuls appeared in the republic in an instant. A qiē is as dramatic as it is changing and ridiculous.
A small seaport in Naples at the middle waist of Italy. Six three-row rowing boats from Cyrene. Twelve double-column raiding ships, plus the punts for the transport of a large number of them, had been urgently repaired, and the camps of the fifteenth and sixteenth legions were densely packed along the coast and the trestle, and the present governor of Sardinia, Libida, was in full swing when six regular attendants, with four priests carrying masks and the seal of the governor, entered the camp of the commander with the banner of the skull of Amun. An order was issued for the whole army to board ships and cross the sea and march.
The knights and elders of Laconia and Cagliari, who had always been connected with Libida, took action when they heard the news, because in their minds, this large island originally belonged to the Libida family, and Sulpitius, sent by Pompey, escaped from the city of Cagliari at night under the protection of his followers, and the group wandered on the plain of Oristano for several days without purpose or inaction. Half-starved to death, he was confronted by volunteers who had come from Laconia New Town to join Lypida's troops. As a result, Sulpitius was tied up in a daze, and sent back to the city of Cagliari, where by this time Lipida's legion had already ascended.6
"The previous honorable sub-consul had been in the city of Rome for so long that he had probably forgotten that there were tigers, leopards, and jackals in the outside world." In the city hall of Cagliari, Libida sat on a circle chair, tied in a row, and said in a mocking tone to Sulpitius, who had been loosened and full of shame.
"Your Caesar side is doomed to fail, Macedonia and the Peloponnese are in full swing to build a large number of brand new ships for Pompey, and will soon transport a large number of elite historical legions to Brindisi, how can you fight against the third-rate legions composed of Caesar's newly recruited few ally cities?" Sulpitius began to cross-examine.
"Oh, I forgot about it, you are still the senior specially chosen father of the Senate, and you are running for Ombudsman, and you are about to reach the top of the Republic's 'promotion official system'. So, I don't dare to take this attitude, but I still ask you to sit down on this circle chair. Li Bida had an acting face, hurriedly got up from the chair, and stretched out his hands.
Sulpitius was not humble, anyway, in his heart, this was also a grass-headed governor, just like when Sulla invaded the capital, after killing almost all the senators, he directly let his veterans put on their robes and join the senate directly.
"But now that Sardinia and Cyrene are in my hands, it is equivalent to choking the throats of the two seas, and I need not be shy about it, and I will immediately take these two legions and cross the sea to attack Masseria in the north. As long as the city was captured, the Spanish legions of Pompey would become self-defended thieves and would be useless. What do you think? Li Bida seemed intent on talking to Sulpitius about the current situation, and he sat down on the circle chair next to him and recounted lightly.
"Nonsense! Even if the Spanish legion cannot return to Italy for the time being, the Macedonian "
"My fleet in Cyrene will cut off the sea on the other side."
"But don't forget that Crete and Cyprus were formerly the jurisdictions of Gabinus."
"Your problem is the same as Pompey's, that is, you are overconfident and optimistic, to the point of ignoring practical difficulties." Li Bida put a piece of Akuta on the small table, pushed it to Sulpitius, and the other party held it up and looked: it turned out to be Cyprus and Crete, a knight named Hitius, suddenly raised a flag and announced his rebellion against Pompey, and Macmillan, a great pirate from the Yukchen Sea (Black Sea), with a purple sail fleet, also joined in to help, cutting off the surrounding shipping.
Seeing this, Sulpitius's forehead began to dripble a little beads of sweat, but he was still generally optimistic, "These scabies, our side also has Silesia and Syria, and there are many vassal states in the east that can provide a large number of cavalry and archers. ”
Before the words fell, Li Bida pushed another piece of Akuta.
"What! Eubertnia, Garashia, and Armenia jointly announced their support for Caesar's side, and Gerashia also provided 2,000 cavalry to Queen Eubertya, and had begun to break into Silesia like lightning, and the situation of Cicero was precarious. Sulpitius couldn't believe it was all true.
But Li Bida sneered and laughed again, and pushed a piece of Akuta again, and the other party was even silent, not daring to look at the content of the last piece again, "I'm tired of you, Sabo Kemus." Li Bida pointed to the young lieutenant behind him and asked.
"The military governor of Syria, Dehemoth, officially announced that he was willing to side with Caesar and crusade against the thieves to seek justice. Now in the province of Syria, the Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Legions, plus the Fifteenth Legion, which had belonged to His Excellency Caesar, all expressed their support for the decision of Dehemoth. And in the spirit of mercy, Pompey's Apis, Brutus, Kasillo, etc., as well as the First Syrian Army, were all sent out of the country. Saab read it very clearly. (To be continued......)
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