"I would rather govern a poor country in the open than seek wealth by tyrannical and unjust means." - The Roman Emperor Pertinax, who reigned for less than a year

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At this time, most of the patriarchs and as if they had been instructed in advance all pretended to be panicked and shouted, and some of them almost fainted. And Barsatus and Ebro, who were standing in the corner of the seat, were really about to faint, and they realized that Li Bida had fallen for the trick of his chosen father, especially Ebro, who was going to cry miserably, knowing that he had only just gotten rid of the miserable situation of fleeing and returned to Rome for less than a month!

But Spinzel clearly did not mean to stop, and in the noise he raised his hand high, and several slaves laid out the scaffold, "Ladies and gentlemen, please see clearly, this is the report presented to the Senate by the former cavalry commander and the current governor of Macedonia, Libidaeus, three days ago. On it, everyone saw that there was no mistake, there was no mistake, line by line of text, all of which listed in detail the location of Dacia's soldiers, the location of the fortress, the characteristics of the various tribal states, the preferences of the king and the generals, and the drawn route of the march - yes, Li Bida had already planned this war, and for him, the Dacian War was not an order to be ordered in danger, but a plan from beginning to end, and he needed this war to pave the way for himself, and he would do whatever it took to break out this war. How stupid it is that a naturalized citizen of a foreign country should try to claim the throne in vain, and that does not show exactly what the precarious situation the republic is in now!"

"Warmongers, illegal war crimes!" Many of the patriarchs immediately clamoured. And Barsatus and Helcius also stood up. The slogan "veto the protest" was shouted loudly. Among them, Helcius used a thick Sicilian accent to constantly say the justification of "claiming that the borders of Thrace, Macedonia and southern Gaul were invaded by Dacia, but the senate itself", but no one paid any attention to it, and then Pinzel demanded "the most crucial evidence".

At this time, most of the Caesar's party was protesting, and Anthony was sitting in place, his expression changing. While more of the senators shouted for the crime of Lypidaus, Brutus and Cicero sat opposite each other, also silent, and the whole scene was full of restlessness and strangeness.

The evidence of Spinzer was actually the envoys of Dacia, they did not know when they came to Rome, no one knew at all, and the barbarians put on the robes that the Greeks would wear, and spoke to Spinzel in blunt Greek.

"You mean that Dacia sent messengers of peace a long time ago. But was he intercepted and killed by Caesar first, and then by Li Bida? ”

"Yes. Our king used various methods to probe the fate of the war with Rome, blood sacrifices, divination, and the invitation of Chaldean astrologers, but the result was the same, that is, the war would lead to the fate of ruin, so we withdrew the troops on the border very early and returned the territory we originally occupied, and hoped that the wise Roman consuls would forgive us for our momentary recklessness, and the great Brebista wanted to be a loyal ally of Rome, and the two sides did not deceive each other, and did not fight each other, His Majesty is willing to provide 30,000 servant troops in the military operations of the Republic, but your country should allow me an opportunity to express our grievances and sincerity. ”

The words of the Dacian envoys stirred up even more noise, and Spinzer said to all the senators, "The philosophers once said that friends are always more valuable than enemies, and that no matter how bad a peace is, it is better than the best war, not to mention that our republic is now faltering and difficult, and reckless wars will only give birth to more and more careerists, and there were Marius and Caesar in the past, and they cannot repeat the mistakes of the past in the future." Now we will not talk about the act of Lypida, but only ask all to vote on the question of war and peace with Dacia, yes, yes, I ask all to vote on this matter now, and immediately hand it over to the hundreds, and the priesthood. ”

"No, for today, when the craftsmen were going to bring the new bronze watch to the temple of Jupiter, you said that according to the omen given by the tribune, it is not possible to place the bronze watch today, and in the same way, it is not possible to vote on foreign affairs today." Barsatus and Ebro stood up in protest.

"I think the previous consul, you misunderstood what Marulas meant, saying that according to the direction of the weather and the stars, the placement of the bronze watch would allow the enemies of the republic to succeed, and now it is clear who our enemies are, so our vote is precisely to show God the great respect of the state for his warning." Casca, who was next to him, replied, "But I don't want to see anyone with selfish motives obstructing the normal proceedings of the Senate, and if anyone continues to exercise the veto power indiscriminately, I will drag him out and put him in prison!" ”

Many of the elders of the Caesar faction moved to Antony's side and loudly demanded that he come to calm the situation, because if Li Pida's "illegal war crimes" were convicted, then he would become a public enemy, and his rank, property, and even life would not be guaranteed, "He will be exiled by the Senate to the kingdom of the Dacians, and let the other party do what they do with him!" ”

But Anthony didn't say a word, just crouched in place, hesitantly and painfully biting his nails.

Soon after, the results of the vote came in, with 631 votes in favor, 218 votes against, and the rest abstentions, declaring that the Roman Republic was willing to make peace with Dacia and the two sides signed an alliance.

"I believe that the crime of Li Bida will be revealed in the subsequent fair trial, but now no matter what, that is, the province of Macedonia has become a completely peaceful region, and the six corps originally allocated to Li Bida, namely the two garrison corps of the province, and the 10th corps, as well as the 13th, 16th, and 28th corps, which are preparing to resume service, all of them have withdrawn the marching order, and all the troops have assembled towards the port of Brindisi, and all of them will be taken over by special personnel designated by the Republic." "In addition," said Spinzer, "an ultimatum of the Senate was forthwith, summoning Lybidaeus, who was on his way, to return to Rome for questioning!" ”

"Protest!"

Afterwards, Helcius was dragged out on the spot, and then Bassatus also stood up and spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, we must not be blinded by the immediate interests, and the deposition and hasty conviction of Li Bida is tantamount to a repeat of the tragedy of the assassination of Caesar, which will only plunge the Republic into greater turmoil, and not let the current riots and wars die down, listen to me" But Bassatus could not continue, in the midst of a clamor and a flurry of gestures and sign language, He was also taken away by several servants.

"Malulas, come back with men to hunt down Li Bida, and now you can deprive him of the rights and interests of water and fire." Spinzer coldly announced in public, "If he dares to resist, he will be killed on the spot." ”

The so-called deprivation of the rights of water and fire is tantamount to sentencing Li Bida to death, so that the whole of Italy cannot make a fire for him or provide him with drinking water. (To be continued......)