"Nightingales grow poisonous tongues." —Semenides

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"My Queen Eubert, Adiana, Calabia Gui'an.

It seems that there is no winter in Egypt, I still have to stay in a villa with a cool water source and thick brick walls, which was specially given to me by the piper, I live here with a small number of slaves, the environment is very good, the most gratifying thing is to see the evergreen plants, covering the whole courtyard of the view, how beautiful they are in the golden sun, the distance is inky black, the near is the kind of pale green that will melt, let my eyes enjoy great blessings, since Italy came to Egypt, I have been accustomed to that boundless golden yellow, And the gray, the plateau of Minor over there, it should have snowed by now, right? Then you will unfold my letter in the Winter Palace, and I must tell you that the information is very accurate, and my support is in place, and the Hashhitis have launched a revolt on time in the country of Herod the Great and the distant city of Cyrene, and now the situation on the side of Herod the Great is more ambiguous, but the Roman garrisons in Asia Minor and Syria seem to be in action, and even I have heard that the garrisons of the Macedonian province have come aboard. The state of Cyrenaica is clear, the Christians have successfully captured four of the five cities of Cyrene (also known as the Land of the Five Cities in ancient times), and the city-state is about to fall, and they are still holding on to the last remaining city of Barka, relying on mercenaries from Greece and Egypt to survive.

But the Romans seem to have ignored the difficulties of their vassals, and everyone was busy with the election of consuls, and Crassus and Pompey were determined to win, and it was not until March of this year that the whole situation could be effectively controlled. But I can't wait. Determined not to wait for any orders. Lead the Thirteenth Legion and the Servant Army to the battle. For the richness of Cyrene beckons to me, and the history of Herodotus depicts the black fertile soils of the Chinops Valley, the wheat production of the Peritay Plains, and the magical Cullene Plateau, where the fields are said to be divided into three zones according to the slopes of the hills, with the natives harvesting the lowest zone first, then the middle, and the highest at the peak. There are eight months of the year when the harvest is carried out. And the gold and silver mines there, which I am ready to conquer, will be handed over to Joseph to take care of, and minted into fine coins, and quietly transported to the kingdom of Eubertenia in ships made of fine timber from the periphery of Lake Toritonis (a giant lake in northern Libya, which now seems to be gone), and you can do more magnificent things with these gold and silver coins, and as for how to do it, sorry Calabia. I have to keep it a secret for now.

With Cyrenaica, I will no longer fear any enemies. Because Egypt is also under my control, the Piper's new guard, in fact, is the Purple Sail Pirate Macmillan's subordinates, and the people of Bidita, who change the soup but not the medicine, and I know your hard work and wisdom well. Then pray that I will be victorious, in front of the holy lake in your native land, and keep an eye on the situation in the East, especially in Parthia and Armenia, and if nothing else, Crassus, when elected consul, will lead a large army to the other side, and I will be part of his expedition to the East.

Your Calabis, respectfully. ”

After writing this volume, he gently placed the mint tea on the small table, and then walked through the long corridor, where the damp and fresh sea breeze blew his hair and robe, revealing the scar of his left ear, which had now healed under the treatment of the Scythian doctor Timosius, but the scar was still a little, and under the semicircular terrace, Libida's oarsmen were practicing hard, and on the beachhead, they sat in rows on the benches, rhythmically paddling the paddles in their hands at the sound of whistles, It's like you're in the ocean. To the west, the men in charge of the battle on the deck are holding up an elongated scythe (the blade of the scythe is attached to a long pole) and slashing and cutting at the rope hanging from the outside for a long distance, in fact, it is not easy to do this well than simply controlling the spear, but this technique is very important in naval warfare, once the two ships meet each other in the javelin and stone throwing, the most advantageous thing is to use this long scythe or axe to cut the sail rope or rudder of the other party, so that it is equivalent to victory. All you need is your hoplites to board the opposing ship for harvesting.

"In the winter camp of Idauyi, there is no problem with the training of infantry and cavalry, right?" Li Bida asked Sabo next to him, and the other party nodded and said, with Tagus here, there will be no mistakes at all.

"After the four agora, assemble on time, wait for news from the Roman consul, and march into Cyrenaica." After Li Bida said this, he patted the railing.

Triari's letters arrived almost at the same time as Claudius's letters, and Crassus and Pompey were elected at the same time, because they had a secret meeting with Caesar who was heading south in the village of Lussell before the winter, and continued to divide the sphere of power under the auspices of the centrist Appis, who then released some of the peripheries of the meeting, which stirred up a new topic in the city of Rome, which Claudius described as follows: When the three-headed monster met, the magnates of the whole city of Rome went to meet and pat the horses, trying to get a piece of the pie as much as a chief thousand-man brigade, The bailiffs and treasurers were nothing, and their bundles of rods filled the whole village, because there were six bundles of rods at the rank of magistrates, and it is conceivable that the rods that symbolized Roman power were piled up like firewood piles in the village of Lussel.

Triari, who is struggling to run for tribune for the coming year, additionally reveals the new power of the three-headed monster: Caesar's governorship in Gaul continues to be extended, and all legions are allowed to be retained; Pompey became chief consul, and his cronies controlled all of Spain, near and far, as well as several provinces in the East; Crassus became second consul and tacitly assumed governor of Syria the following year.

But what is embarrassing is that the election of the consuls in the city of Rome is still continuing, but these three have been decided, for those who are upright, it is undoubtedly a disaster and shame, Cato Jr. is still fully supporting the election of his brother-in-law Dumijus, but he refuses to spend money to bribe the votes of the people, so everyone votes for the wealthy Crassus and Pompey, and Cato Jr. spent a lot of money to win the support of the nobles, but the nobles went to slap Caesar in a blink of an eye, and the most unbearable little Cato was as a lawyer, Filing a motion with the Senate to punish those who openly bought and sold votes during the election campaign, his brother-in-law and his supporters rallied in front of the Concorde to protest, only to have a violent clash with the supporters of the Three-Headed Monster, and Claudius's hooligan thugs took the opportunity to violently drive Dumijus and Cato the Younger out of the venue.

Later, Triari said in a gloating tone that Maximus, another lieutenant of Cassillo, also made a speech attacking Pompey at the popular meeting because of his sympathy for Cato and the republican system, and Pompey said "Maximus seems to have forgotten who the owner of the food he has eaten for so many years!" "As a result, Maximus, like you, was exiled. (To be continued......)