"Where you live, obey the law." -- Jewish aphorisms

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As the various squares passed through the stands one by one, not only the announcers, but also all the enthusiastic spectators began to make friendly comments and encouragement to the players they were aiming for.

When the Miletus team entered, the Gallic soldiers of Lieida's legion roared en masse, "What a small city-state, they have always claimed to be the most powerful place in all of Asia, but each of the beds there is only five Roman feet long. Yes, you heard it right, it's only five Roman feet, every time my brother and I go to have fun, my brother's words are put on the bed, and Sister Yao has no place to lie. ”

And when the Virginia team entered, many spectators shouted, "Look at the iconic amphorae they wear, I can bet five small silver coins on the Ompo and bet that this country will win the heavy infantry race walking competition, because they are running, and there is nothing to throw around in annoyance, because the most prolific thing in this country is the eunuchs, hahaha!" "It is also true that Virginia, a minor Asian state, has always exported eunuchs to the East and the Egyptian Empire.

After the Gaeraxia team entered, the spectators and soldiers shouted the slogan "Pay back, pay back", because the kingdom owed a lot of foreign debts, because the old king Theotarus had many children, and the royal family was extravagant.

When the Yubertenian team entered, the onlookers began to sing together, "We are on horseback, and the cavalry commander is on horseback." His horses are the most beautiful horses in the world."

Then there was a lively competition. I started at each venue. At the foot of Mount Asimanaus. Parasols of all colors were pouring everywhere, slaves with hats and badges "flew around" like flocks of birds, the discus rose and fell in a perfect parabola to the exclamations of the ladies, the crowds of wrestling and boxing rings were the largest, and people were arguing fiercely about whether the Thracian or the Nubian player was the strongest.

The most spectacular is the heavy infantry race walking event of various states, this competition is not grouped, so hundreds of "light pigs" with only a simple bronze helmet are played. Some have pale yellow skin, some have red skin, some have white skin, and some have black skin, and when they run and walk, they form a torrent of violent shaking of their buttocks and lower bodies, causing the women who come to watch scream.

Throughout the day, Li Bida respectfully guided Adina's sedan chair and watched the competition around, "When the celebration is over, the players from various countries will gather on the campus field again." Rich sacrifices were offered to the Father and Queen of Heaven, the gods of Apollo, Venus, and the gods of war. Li Bida pointed to a row of obelisk tablets in the middle of the school grounds.

It just so happened that the two of them immediately saw under the obelisk. A group of dark-skinned athletic representatives, dressed in pure white linen shorts and skirts, were sweating profusely, each holding a narrow bare wooden board in their hands, playing small white balls filled with feathers and kapok wool, and they also set up narrow wooden doors composed of three pillars and two beams at both ends, it seemed that the ball was won by hitting the ball into the opponent's door, but these competition representatives seemed to come from the same race. So Li Bida asked the announcer beside him which state this was from, and the announcer shrugged his shoulders and said, "This state is not from Asia Minor, but from the Red Sea and Bactria, and the Tianzhu merchants who came here to do myrrh business, also voluntarily gathered to participate in this athletic meeting this time." ”

Adiana looked around and continued curiously, "Doesn't seem like they're involved in other athletic sports?" ”

"Yes, they only played in this quirky small board ball event, or did they ask us to set it up improvisation before the game. Ha, in fact, they only participated in this project, and this project was only attended by their own group. The announcer's explanation was kindly sarcastic.

When they saw the honorable cavalry commander and the beautiful Queen of Eubertenia come to the arena, this group of Tianzhu players immediately surrounded them enthusiastically, and spoke loudly in fluent but not at all in Latin in praise of the gods of all nations, and then the leader also held a gorgeous water bottle, and shouted loudly, "The water in the sacred river of our state, transported from a far, far away, now please allow it to be offered to the cavalry commander and the queen's Excellency to drink", Li Bida suddenly thought of something, but felt dizzy, He hurriedly took the water bottle and the water, and replied politely, "Can I sacrifice this water to the gods after the event?" ”

The answer was yes, and that was our pleasure.

Li Bida finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then he also saw Adiana throwing strange eyes at him, so he said in his heart, "Fortunately, I have already seen it, otherwise you would have suffered if you really drank the water of this sacred river." ”

At this time, the token official from Ephesus arrived in the dust and handed over the latest Caesar instructions, and Li Bida avoided the noisy crowd and checked under a parasol, and sure enough, the information on it was not much different from what he had collected during this time.

"Caesar was waiting for the piper to die, and Ptolemy the piper was really going to die." Li Bida slowly put the instruction board away and said.

"I have heard that Ptolemy of Egypt, while he was alive, made a will to give the entire kingdom of Egypt to Rome." Adiana took the board and recalled.

"Well, the Piper had written to me in his private capacity, in which I was quite sure that he had the common disease of the Pharaohs of Egypt, namely scurvy, which was determined by the circumstances of the Nile, and that the Piper had swollen gums, enlarged body, and frequent pus in his ears and bleeding from his nose, all of which he complained. His days were numbered now, and Caesar, who was stationed in Ephesus, and so many legions he had, was eyeing Egypt right next to him, ready to wait for the death of the piper, and then formally annex the rich granary of Egypt according to this will. ”

"This is not good, you must know that Calabis you have spent so much energy before to help the Piper Restoration, and monopolize the right to take a cut of the materials that Egypt exports to the world, and can provide you with hundreds of Talrants every year, is it possible to hand it over to Caesar now?" Adiana said hurriedly.

"Of course I won't give it up, what I'm thinking about now is how to protect my own rights and interests without Caesar paying too much attention to it, so you have to understand that Adiana, Caesar's bald man is very smart, at least as smart as you and me - our war partner may be him from now on." Li Bida said involuntarily with contemplation.

Then he added, "Perhaps, I hope that Hybrida and Polo have already arrived at the fortress of Perusim." (To be continued......)