At this moment Caesar stood up again and went so far as to quote the Roman law, which states that "no one has the right to execute or flog a Roman citizen," and exclaimed on Catiline's behalf: "I repeat once again that the Senate is not a place of justice and execution, and that these five men should be brought before a town assembly or a grand court for trial, and that a verdict should be made after the guilt has been convicted—and, I personally argue, that neither the five nor Catiline shall be guilty of death, but that their property should be confiscated and scattered to the local Free City prison." ”

There is no doubt that Caesar's second renunciation continued to boil the atmosphere in the venue, and a group of people scolded Caesar, saying that he was suspected of fornicating with Catiline, and some people even tried to tear Caesar's robe off, but Caesar was extremely nimble to avoid it, and as a result, Caesar continued to shout his own ideas while being chased by the panting senators.

"Julius. Caesar! Descendants of Venus, I have really never heard of such a punishment, treason and attempted destruction of the Roman city-state, but it is only confiscation of property and house arrest, which is also called punishment? Don't exonerate a few scoundrels and bring ruin to all the citizens of Rome. Cato the Younger took the lead, arousing the emotions of all present, until at last Caesar was held down, and one of the fellows found a note in his bosom, and exclaimed, "This is Caesar's letter to Catiline!"

"Bring it to me!" Little Cato drank, and then the people passed one by one, and handed the note into his hands, he opened it and looked, almost lost his green eyes, it was nothing else, it was precisely his own sister's adulterous love letter with Caesar, which was full of obscene and sensual words that made him tremble with anger, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only step out of his seat, stuff the note back into Caesar's arms, and whisper "Take your things, the most famous drunkard in Rome!" ”

"Alright, don't continue the farce, let's form a resolution as soon as possible." In the corner, Crassus's majestic voice suddenly sounded, and the boiling scene gradually quieted down - no one dared not to give Crassus, the "mysterious king", three points of face here.

The resolution was swiftly formed, and the five men were immediately sentenced to death, including Lianturus and Siddigus, and elevated to the power of the consuls, that is, the power to decide and veto wars.

At this time, Lianturus suddenly struggled and cried out, "The virgins of the temple of the Vesta have deceived me, they say that according to the prophecy of the witch Sybil, there will be three kings named Gonerius in Rome, and the first two have been fulfilled, Sulla and Chenna, what about this one!" What about this one! Shouldn't it be me? But no one gave the death row inmate a chance to continue his madness, and he was dragged out by the guards.

"Before personally executing the five culprits, the despicable man shall read to the people a letter from Etrunia, sent by the rebel general Mannius." Cicero then read aloud the contents of the letter, which was nothing more than the fact that Manius still claimed to be a loyal citizen of Rome, and that the veterans he had instigated were only deceived into hoping for reconciliation with the Senate. After reading it, Cicero argued: "It is my wish to minimize the damage done to Rome by the criminal plot of Catiline." Ladies and gentlemen, the chief evildoer has been exiled, the accomplices have been arrested, and the city of Rome is safe and sound, and I propose that the rebels of Manius be taken in a form of grace and power—when the Gallic legions of General Metra and the Eastern legions of General Pompey have returned to their divisions, the rebels should be subdued, disarmed en masse, and returned to the old soldiers' settlements. Don't let the war and destruction spread throughout Italy, the lessons of the past are in front of you. ”

"Dear Cicero, what a peculiar act of yours! Just now, the judge did not give the lawyer the slightest chance to plead his case, stirred up the emotions of the people, and did not hesitate to violate the custom, and sentenced five people to death; Now that we are talking about mercy, as if Manius and Catiline were innocent, can you give me a reasonable explanation? Perhaps, you are waiting for your good friend Pompey to return? I vaguely remember that when Pompey went out on an expedition to clear the pirates, your speech was really full of praise and flattery for him, and it really made others jealous of the friendship between the two of you. "It's still the Crassus in the corner, with a gloomy voice, and suddenly attacked.

"I just hope that the citizens will not fight with the citizens, and there will not be a large-scale war, which would be a great tragedy." Cicero pleaded his ways.

"But aren't the five of them citizens like Tulus and Sidligus?" At this time, Caesar also had a tacit understanding to shoot back, "As we all know, Catiline and Manius have openly used fascist rods and eagle banners in the Etrunian military camp, and they have set themselves up as consuls, and the current problem is no longer solved by pardon." ”

"Most of the followers of Catiline were Roman citizens, and there were many nobles, and they should be influenced and dismantled by the idea of a republic." Cicero remained stubborn.

Caesar's voice suddenly became stern: "Since Catiline's crime is treason, can those who follow him still be considered citizens of the Republic?" Honorable Consul, I hope that you will stand in order and not let the elite of the republic doubt you, what we have seen so far is that not a single slave or freeman has betrayed Catiline's whereabouts under the bounty of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand Cestrins, and all his followers have been entrenched in the camp, wiping their weapons, except for the courtesan who came out of Toulus, and the size has reached twenty thousand men, of whom five thousand have received weapons and armor from the workshops of the Po River, and this is a war, a war in the truest sense of the word! And you hesitate in front of it, I understand a little, now that you have been promoted to special consul, and Pompey, whom you have been waiting for, has replaced Tegrenice in the east as the new king of kings, and once the consul and the king of kings join forces, I am afraid that there will be no room for the existence of a republic. ”

These words were so powerful that they couldn't help but cause a huge commotion in the temple.

Cicero is now actually riding a tiger is difficult, it is he who is excited, agitates the atmosphere, and sentences Liantulus and other five people to death, eager to put a final conclusion on the "Catiline's treasonous conspiracy" and cover himself with a halo of justice, but now he is being used by Caesar and Crassus, forcing him to immediately organize an army to crusade against the Catiline rebels, at this moment he turned his eyes to little Cato for help, but the other party just stared at him coldly, expressing strong dissatisfaction with his hesitation.

The most famous orator of the city of Rome was speechless, but Crassus slowly made a resolution for him: "I first issue a motion in the capacity of Inspector of the Senate--all those who participated in the Catiline conspiracy shall be disqualified from citizenship, and the civil register shall be reorganized with immediate effect--In the coming counterinsurgency war, all those who sacrifice their financial resources and manpower for the Republic to raise troops, whether from the city of Rome, the Latin Confederation city-states, or the Gallic tribes, shall be freed as freemen, and the freedmen shall be granted citizenship, Originally a citizen or chieftain, the title of knight was uniformly given, and above. ”

"War has broken out, give up illusions!" Caesar raised his arms and exclaimed, stirring up a wave of applause from the Senate, and the columns and roof tiles trembled.