Chapter 2: Anthony's Plea (Part II)
Antony had never looked down on Cicero, and so after his deportation to Brindisi, "Since he doesn't love the Republic, then love the old bustard about his age, old wrinkled!" However, in the synagogue of the Republic, there were many people who looked up to Cicero, or at least hoped to use Cicero and the veteran rebellion to cause trouble, especially Cicero's friend Aetius, who attacked Antony with particularly fierce rhetoric.
In the end, Aetius secretly supported Cicero's son-in-law, the new tribune Eulabella, and while the veterans were in turmoil, he applied to the Senate for a new motion, which was to abolish the debts owed by the commoners and forgive them the rent for the year.
As a result, Yurabela's move was like a mending knife, piercing Anthony's soft underbelly. The livelihood of the ordinary people in Rome has always been difficult, and in the post-civil war period, their situation is even worse, relying on the annual consul election, they can sell their votes at a better price, and the rent for half a year is still more than enough. But what about now? Caesar has been dictator for a long time, the election is simply a decoration, their votes have lost their value and meaning, and the war has led to a shortage of materials and soaring prices.
"Nonsense, if the civilian debt is abolished, then the supply of the army will be even more difficult." Eurabella's motion was rudely rejected by Anthony, and the civilians also took action on Mount Evindini, and they descended the hill to the square at the foot of Capitol Mountain, where the leader of the Eulabella party attempted to ascend and occupy the temple of Jupiter on the hill and raised the red flag marking the state of the emergency, but Anthony did not admit that it was an extraordinary time. Rome under his rule would not have had such an "extraordinary" word.
The various sides of Rome were thus more violent. "The sacred square has been transformed into a battlefield. The tattooed men occupied the colonel, the two named men occupied the Capitol Hill, and our mighty general, Antony, was in the fortified fortress of Julia's Great Hall, commanding the trousers and feathered Gauls (the lark legions) every day for the benefit of Rome, fighting street by block, trampling the corpses of children under the hooves of horses. It is said that 800 people were bloodied in the streets in one day, and the toil he put in was almost as great as that of the dictators who slept in Egypt and Libya, and how can we thank General Antony, who stayed behind, often went to the banquets of the theatrical harlequins in order to relieve his fatigue? Cicero and Aetius, in their letters to their friends, openly satirized Antony.
Finally, Antony's other enemy was Celeste (now Antony was on all sides in Rome). Now he is the legal officer of the capital, and he is required to give an account to the civilians first. Silence the riot in the form of a speech.
It just so happened that the night before, Anthony went to attend the wedding of his friend, who also played the role of a comedy actor named Hippias, and as a result, at the banquet he drank Cheng DΓΉ, who could not take care of himself, was carried back by his friend and Hucong, and in such a state, he was draped in loose robes, his eyes were bloodshot, and he staggered to the pulpit in the main square, facing thousands of listeners, and when he got up, a cold morning breeze blew, and wine and all kinds of digestive substances immediately poured down from his nostrils and mouth, and then the people heard, It was just a continuous vomiting sound, and Gaius hurriedly lifted the corners of his brother's robe to block his ugliness and pungent smell.
Finally, a civilian representative couldn't hold it back, and he shouted angrily, "Everyone knows that Anthony likes Hippias's moon worker's door, and last night I heard that Hippias didn't have sex with his new wife at all, and it was Anthony who broke in, but he drove away Hippias's wife!" Then all the civilians raised their voices and rained down on the pulpit with rotten apples and all sorts of debris, and Antony was sent back by the soldiers and servants.
"I can't go on like this, someone has to deal with this mess." On the bed, there were only a few light wisps of Domube, and her eyes sat on Anthony's waist, making the whole room full of squeaky sounds, and from time to time using her huge breasts to block Anthony, who had not yet woken up, so that he could not breathe, tilted his head and vomited under the bed, to get his own pleasant laughter, but Anthony finally couldn't bear it anymore, punched her in the mouth, and then pressed her under the crotch, shouting as he moved.
"You can switch places with your best friend Curio, and you go to Africa to command the army and ask him to come to Rome to address the civilians." Domuki said with a snort.
"Why don't you say it's Li Bida!" Anthony said fiercely, "You really have an affair with him, don't you?" β
Domuki slapped the other party back, "Then you can write to either of them at the same time, and see who will come to your aid, isn't this the time to test the friendship?" β
Perhaps, it would be unspeakable for others to do such an act, but Antony did not care, and he really sent letters in both directions to Utica and Lyptis at the behest of Domuki, inviting either Curio or Lipida to come to the city of Rome to rescue him, "Now the whole situation is terrible." β
Unexpectedly, Anthony's former most valued friend, Curio, coldly rejected his request, and it can even be said that Curio completely regarded the letter as a prank by Marco, "The war in Africa is changing rapidly, I really can't spare time, and that would be irresponsible to my subordinate legions." β
But Li Bida's reply was also delivered at the same time, which read, "Marco, you get out of here in Africa for me, and the three legions will be entrusted to you, but don't go wrong, otherwise I won't be finished with you!" β
Anthony, who received Li Bida's reply, was actually excited and cried like a child, maybe he would lose Caesar's trust forever in the political arena, but it didn't matter, as long as he returned to the battlefield, he could still win back a city. Antony immediately sealed away the golden wine cups, silk tabernacles, and elaborate carriages used for lavish feasts, put on a simple cloak and full body armor, and fled from Rome as if he had escaped purgatory, and hurried towards Africa.
Then, after consulting Caesar's permission, the cavalry commander Li Bida, who was in the winter camp of Lyptis, urgently boarded the ship bound for Brindisi and went to Rome to mediate all matters, "We have two months to go, and after the beginning of spring, His Excellency the Dictator will personally return to the city of Rome, and Caesar must give a good account at that time." (To be continued......)