Chapter 24: Aquila's Head (Part II)
Below, there is a cry to "flee the city of Rome", as if they were no longer the specially chosen fathers who relied on the lintel and the glorious family to govern the republic, but were thieves and robbers who were afraid of the punishment of the inspectors.
"Why do you do this, why bother? Now the situation has not deteriorated to the point where it is beyond control, and I Cicero was able to save everyone under the authority of Antony, and now I can turn the tide again under the command of Li Bida. At this time, Cicero, dressed in a purple-rimmed robe, spoke again with confidence and confidence.
Obviously, Cicero was once again in the limelight, which made him greatly satisfied, and then Cicero threw out the plan, which was "appeased. Tolerance. reconciliation".
First of all, Casca and Spinzer needed to be punished, and the sixteen people who directly participated in the assassination of Caesar (which Cicero himself carefully counted in the Senate), except for those who were dead or fled, the rest were treated the same as Casca and others, and the Senate did its best to inflict "mild capital punishment" on these people within the framework of accessibility, that is, to deprive the government of his reputation and future, and to order him to live in seclusion, and even exile to remote areas such as Crete and Resco, in order to appease the anger of Caesar's party such as Lypida and Octavian, which was called "pacification." ”。
Then, he restored all his honors, gave him the title of chief counsel who had been stripped of Gaius, promised him the prefect of the two provinces of Sardinia and Sicily, allocated him sixteen servants, promised him a candidate for consulship for the coming year, and guaranteed his election, which was called "tolerance" because the co-optation of Tellureas, had been left unused for the time being.
Ultimately. As long as Lybidaeus gave up the march into the city of Rome. The Senate appealed. An indiscriminate amnesty against the entire Caesar's party, a reaffirmation of respect for Caesar's memorandum and the provisions of the established law, a rational redistribution of provinces and legions, and the elimination of any strife, as for Pompey's remnants, temporarily withdrew the amnesty until the situation eased before it was too late, which was what Cicero called "reconciliation".
"It's complete nonsense." Aetius, the lawyer, was the first to lash out. "How clearly Cicero shows his speculator face, that he is a bat from the country, and yet peddles his poisonous feathers everywhere, a strategy that is not beneficial to the country in the long run, should be written in the form of an akuta, and then refuted by anyone, point by point, and posted in front of the main squares and assembly houses. Now that Liberdaus, relying on his authority and army, has committed such a heinous crime against the Republic and its appointed officials, but we still want to appease him? Is this still a republic on which the people have pinned their hopes? Can it still provide a support for all goodness? ”
"So what do you say should be done?" Spinzer asked Aetius in distress.
"In the bloody battle, Li Bida is no different from Caesar back then. It is no different from the Gallic barbarians of 350 years ago, they are about to storm the great city of seven hills. The city built by the great Romulus has ruined its pride and glory, poisoned all its elites, built on its ruins a kingdom ravaged by foreign barbarians, and all of our altars, hearths, and families will be destroyed, and they will be reduced to slavery if they do not choose to die in honor. Therefore, we should now recruit troops throughout Italy, resolutely stop this group of murderers, and if we can't do it, then we will all die honorably - just as Scipio lamented on the ruins of Carthage, the children of the Phoenician queen have perished, so when will it be the turn of the descendants of Aeneas? ”
However, Aetius's impassioned speech did not win any approval at all, and the senators, after exchanging ears, began to vote, and at last four hundred and eleven people were in favor of Cicero's proposal, and one was against—this man was undoubtedly Aetius.
"This kind of voting is a waste of precious time." This was Cicero's comment on this, and then Brutus and Casillo were declared public enemies, and Eurabella was declared public enemies, and the amnesty of Pompey was put on hold without indefinite.
Then, the acting lawyer, Ma Lulas, was once again "ordered to be in danger", because in the eyes of the Senate, it was a good idea to send this foolish man to deal with Li Bida, and as a result, Ma Lulas, with a sad face, sat in a light cart pulled by a mule, and began to march towards Brindiswest, because there were Li Bida's thirteenth and fifteenth legions and the "isthmus" there, and if nothing else, Li Bida would also arrive in a short time, so that when he arrived there, he could meet the other party, and not miss the other side as he did last time.
But Marulas miscalculated, and at the same time as Aquila's body embarked on the journey to Rome, Libida took the modified "Calabia" and led the camp, quickly crossed the Strait of Messina, and then came to the port of Brindisi without stopping.
There, all the generals gathered around him, and in the tower where Pompey once lived, Li Bida convened a joint meeting on the theme of "going north to deal with the affairs of southern Gaul and Rome, and then to conquer the murderers."
"All the officers and men of the regiment who followed me this time not only received a generous wartime allowance and reward, but also doubled the discharge and resettlement money and land property, and as for the proceeds after the extermination of Dehemoth, Brutus, Cassillo, and Eulabella, regardless of what purpose the proceeds were arranged for during Caesar's lifetime, all the proceeds were distributed to the soldiers." Li Bida carried a gilded baton, and the clerk and slave next to him recorded without stopping, but many people noticed that Li Bida did not cover "Marco. The name "Anthony" shows that he still takes into account the friendship of his comrades-in-arms.
"Elect Curia to be the commander of the Isthmus Corps, and now return to Epirus by sea, monitor the movements of Brutus and Cassiillo, and liaise closely with the colonial cities of Lisa and Salona to raise supplies for war."
"Order Sabokemus, who is guarding Fort Lypida, to cooperate with the fleets of the vassal kingdoms of Eubertnia, Garashia, Bosphorus, etc., and ask Thrace to provide servant troops to intercept and kill everyone on the list of public enemies!"
"The three legions of His Excellency Caesar, which remained in Alexandra during his lifetime, are now united to Commander Lufio, sending letters to him and Queen Cleopatra, providing ships to carry two of them to the island of Crete, to which Cassiio is besieging, and one legion to Syria to assist in the defense against the Parthian invasion."
"The Twenty-eighth Army and the Seventh Army then returned to Sardinia to monitor the war in northern Italy and Spain, and our fleet cut off all shipping in the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas."
"The 1st, 3rd, 13th, and 15th legions will immediately follow me north to Lucania, Pisella, Campeña, and go straight to the city of Rome!" (To be continued......)