Chapter 3: The History of the Mathi War (Part II)

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"I'm here to find these dark-skinned guys, and I've heard that they have a medicine that can help the men on the bed to flourish, and it's much better than the blissful pills of other peoplesβ€”with these things, business will be much betterβ€”I heard from a slave in my bar that he accidentally touched this ointment from the dark-skinned guy last time, and when he came back, his fingers were swollen like lettuce, haha, brother, do you believe it?" Domuki smiled charmingly, and then waved her white and fat arms at the Tianzhu guys, "This freeman has relented, and he is willing to pay a hundred silver coins for my bar to entertain you, how about it?" ”

"Less nonsense, if you don't want to avoid our Lord Vishnu (God of Maintenance), then accept the punishment of Lord Shiva (God of Destruction)!" The black Tianzhu guy didn't give up, and rushed up with chair legs and machetes.

Domuki screamed in disgrace, holding a pottery urn full of silver and copper coins, and was pushed aside by Calabis, "Lord Vishnu has given me Liliang, I will turn into a man and a lion Narosingha, and tear you lowly yellow skin" Before the leading man could finish reciting the battle slogan, Kalabis roared and punched, and his face suddenly bloomed, like a lotus flower blooming on the belly of Lord Vishnu.

When the big man was rolling freely on the ground with blood and teeth in his mouth, another Tianzhu guy held the leg of his chair and jumped up and slashed down at the head of Kalabis, "Punishment of the monkey god Hanuman!" As a result, before the stick fell, his exposed armpits were punched several times by Calabis like lightning, Zuihou shrunk his upper body, threw down the stick, clamped his armpits, and fell to the ground and rolled in pain. Calabis snatched his stick from him, and then stabbed him twice in the chest with his stick before another fellow rushed forward, and the other man fell to his knees, squirting out all the gastric juice of three days ago.

The rest of the people immediately threw the murder weapon on the ground and said confidently to Kalabis: "God Brahma, we have already dropped our weapons, and you have no reason to hurt me again." "Calabis rushed forward, and with lightning a man, not a blow, but a stab, and the men rolled on the ground.

"Why did someone fall again?" Timosius, who had just finished his work over there, looked at the unlucky Tianzhu guys on the ground in surprise, stood up and asked.

Calabis walked up to the leader with a bloody mouth and shook the tip of his nose with a stick, "What kind of medicine do you know?" ”

"I've read it through, and I know seventy-seven kinds of diseases, and I can adjust five hundred kinds of prescriptions." The big man's soul said without possession.

"Is there an aphrodisiac ointment?" Calabis asked, and the big man immediately took out a box and said that it was all in it, and Carabis handed the medicine box to Domumu, "Take it." After saying that, he rested his hand on the big man's chest and said very politely: "It seems that you are also a proficient doctor, so you can do it with your men in my friend's clinic." You and my friend can do surgery together, or you can sell this ointment together, you have a salary, and you have a share, how about it? ”

"May Lord Vishnu be with you and me." The big black man bared his mutilated teeth and immediately grabbed Calabis's arm, signaling that the deal was complete.

Domus came up sequely, held up the ointment, and asked Calabis if he would like to try it with her now, but Calabis smiled and refused, "It's a pity that I have a wife, you might as well have an inquiry into medicine and philosophy with this Scythian doctor, I have just given you a hundred dinars."

With Domuki's disgruntled boo, Calabis lifted the scroll, admonished Timosius a few words, and walked in the direction of the temple of the hearth.

In the duty room, Calabis quietly took out Lucuras's work in a tube, pressed his finger on the corner of the scroll, and carefully read the "History of the Mathi War".

In all fairness, Lucuras's literary attainments are really good, his articles are all in Latin, one line in Greek, dense, timeless fonts, in fact, there is no need for Calabis to translate the matter, what he has to do, he only needs to transcribe this article in Greek, and give it to Tyranion, there is still plenty of time, and it just so happens that I can use this book to understand a little bit about the detailed process of the Roman army's foreign warfare. After reading it for a while, what is even more amazing is that Lucuras's text is not obscure at all, interspersed with a lot of customs and anecdotes, telling the war between the Romans and the Mathi and Samonai.

Surprisingly, at the beginning of this article, there is also a mention of the little Cato, who was only four years old on the eve of the war of the Confederates, and the leader of the Mathi people, Shiloh, came to the city of Rome to petition for approval of the Mathi people's request for citizenship, and Shiloh lived in the house of Cato the little because he was well acquainted with Cato the younger's uncle Drususus. Once, when Shiloh saw little Cato playing with his brother, he jokingly asked, "You brothers, will you intercede with your uncle for me?" Little Cato's brother readily agreed, but little Cato stood in the corner, looked at Shiloh with a silent and cold look, and said nothing, as if the Allied city-state was not eligible for citizenship at all, and Shiloh felt that his pride was insulted by the child, and he jumped up and lifted little Cato to the window upstairs, threatening him to agree to his request, or else he would fall him down.

Little Cato, who was lifted into the air, struggled for a long time, blushing, but still did not say a word to beg for mercy, and Zuihou Shiloh sighed and said, "It is fortunate that you are only four years old, otherwise you would have mobilized all the citizens of Rome against our petition." ”

This little Cato, I have long heard that he only recognizes reason and does not recognize people, but I didn't expect it to be like this when I was a child. After Calabis transcribed the passage, he continued to read on.

Below, Lucuras recounts in detail the battles between the Roman legions and the former Latin Confederation, explaining each case clearly and thoroughly, he believes that the superiority of the Roman legions lies in the organization, logistics and superior tactics, and is still very unsightly, and attributes the credit to Marius (Lucuras was a supporter of Marius's sworn enemy Sulla), and believes that it was he who transformed the Roman army from a "city-state civilian army" with different equipment and training to a professional "national army". The Latin Confederation was still in a primitive state of national army, and in terms of tactics and organization, it lagged behind its own side for a full hundred years, which was the fundamental reason for Rome's victory.

But Luculas did not wantonly tout the Roman army, he also calmly pointed out in the "History of the Mathi War" that the Masi were a brave and fighting tribe, and their leader Hilo was a warlike general, although he eventually died on the battlefield, he did fight for the freedom and power of his own people to Zuihou, this spirit of dedication to the city-state was originally a treasure of the Roman nation, but now it can only be found in the city-state army of the Latin League.