"The gentle nurse erected this monument for Staceus, who lived only eight months and twenty-five days." A nurse's message to a baby who died in infancy, a Roman child received more love from a nurse than from his own parents, who were indifferent

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But the Chief Executive did not mean to joke, and in the presence of all his colleagues and subordinates, he continued, "As for the place of settlement, there is no need for the State and His Excellency the former Dictator to worry, the Sixth Army Corps will be settled in Sardinia in the future; The Thirteenth Legion was in Etrunia, the Twelfth Legion and the Sixteenth Legion were in Nonnia; The Fifteenth and Twenty-eighth Legions were in Cyrene, while the Twenty-seventh Legion was supposed to be in the new Gallic colonial city of Orleans. ”

"No! I don't think it's a good idea to co-locate the auxiliaries and the regular legions, especially since some legions are so close to the city of Rome that they are a source of rebellion. Cassiyo continued to protest, clearly unhappy with the location of the Thirteenth Legion, even the Sixth Legion was too close.

Before Li Bida could say anything, Anthony was furious, threatening that Cassillo's statement was simply shameless arrogance, and when would it be the turn of the chief executive of the subordinate province to come and point fingers at Caesar's deputy!

Caesar was visibly displeased, and he said to Cassillo, "The Thirteenth Legion is the army that followed me across the Rubicon, and I do not think it has any problem with my loyalty, nor do I think it poses any threat to the Republic. ”

"I consider Your Excellency's own crossing of the Rubicon to be the greatest threat to the Republic, the instrument by which the threat is based. Nature is also a threat in itself. Cassillo's words caused an uproar. Anthony yelled at you, bastard. You should be stripped of your position on the spot and sent to the city of Rome to be put to death.

"Well, there's no need to argue about it. Longinus, what Caesar meant to the republic, I believe that in fifty or a hundred years there will be historians who will give a final conclusion, but now you are not qualified to comment, and I am not qualified. Caesar then clapped his hands and said, "Since Lybidaeus said so." I don't want to force anything more, tell me my most faithful friend, what do you want when you return to Rome at once? ”

"When this year's premiership expires, I will resign from this office and I can be succeeded by Ebro, who is a very talented bureaucrat. And I, after enjoying the Grand Triumph with Your Excellency, thought that I had reached the pinnacle of the honor of a naturalized foreign citizen, and that it would be a matter of displeasure to go any further, so I would live in seclusion in the estates of Prima and Apilon. Educate my children to grow up and travel from time to time. Thanks to Pompey, I was able to sail the seas without encountering dangerous pirates. It is incredible, whether it is Caesar's subordinates or Li Bida's friends, they did not expect him to retreat so bravely.

After saying these words, Li Bida politely bowed to the people around him, as if an actor had ended his artistic career with applause and envy after his last appearance, and then he left, saying that he wanted to prepare a speech for the auxiliary corps that had accompanied him for many years.

"You're committing suicide, you know that Cassiyo is a treacherous bastard, Brutus is a hot-blooded idiot, and these two together are the destroyers who stir up the world, don't you think about your own safety?" At night, in front of the temple of Atasya in the city of Utica, Anthony was still chasing after Li Bida, who shook his head and smiled silently, constantly emphasizing the danger of disarming.

Finally, Lybida pointed to a strange Phoenician terracotta mask in front of the temple altar and said, "Mark, guess whether this mask is for the living or the dead." ”

Anthony bared his teeth and looked at the mask, and said, "It's definitely not worn by people, this kind of huge mask, humans can't wear it at all, unless this person can carry a stone mortar to act." ”

"You guessed it right, I asked, the Punics would use this kind of mask, and it was only hung in front of the mausoleum to ward off ghosts—so my idea was that if I didn't have that need, I wouldn't wear such an ill-fitting mask." Li Bida said with his hands behind his back, and then in the night wind, he said to Anthony, who was puzzled, "I will wait for fate, but now I am confused." There is a famous saying in the Ceris Empire, which is also my homeland, that until you can't see through the fog of fate, the best option is to stay where you are and protect your torches, because you don't know if the fog is an enemy, a beast, or someone who can take you in. After speaking, Li Bida stepped forward and patted Anthony on the shoulder, "And you and my friend, the best thing is to hurry up and participate in that glorious triumphal ceremony, regain your reputation, marry Fulivia, and obediently obey women." ”

"I will do what you say, at any time, just a word." Anthony replied very seriously.

Three days later, after divination on an auspicious day, Caesar gave an end-of-war speech on the altar of the Temple of Atasya to the officers and men of a dozen legions, as well as all his staff, and this speech was different from Caesar's speech to the Senate when he returned to Rome: Caesar had to fulfill his promise and depict the real scene of the future in the face of his soldiers.

Atasya is the Phoenician goddess of the Mother Earth, and she is also one of the "three main gods" of Phoenicia: Baal, the god of the sky and clouds, Atasya who gave birth to all things on the earth, and a young god who symbolizes youth and rules the four seasons, that is, Adonis, the son of Atasia.

This temple happens to be Caesar's favorite place of speech, and the legend that he once raped Isis, the mother goddess of the earth, in a dream is now widespread, but in the eyes of the Romans, Isis and Atasya are also stupidly indistinguishable, and this "rape" happens to give Caesar the color of "divine authority of kingship" - now I don't happen to be in this temple in Utica, declaring myself the ultimate winner in the battle for supreme power?

Because the Punic architecture of the Phoenicians is the most condensed wisdom, skill and fortification in the ancient world, and according to legend, even Solomon begged the Phoenicians to build a palace for himself, this temple of Atasya is older than the history of the Roman city, 900 years ago, but it has endured - two huge bronze pillars stand at the entrance of the temple, followed by tall cypresses on both sides, the side rooms are three stories high, and the floor and ceiling are inlaid with fine cedar wood, In the center is the Most Holy Altar, which runs down and is covered with polished marble blocks.

Caesar walked out of the temple after the sacrifice, and his pulpit was set up between two bronze pillars, surrounded by all the legionnaires and soldiers, and many more ordinary soldiers, standing in the bazaar and square on the periphery of the temple, where there were many prostitutes, wearing heavy makeup, all of them were noblewomen of status hired by the temple of Atasya, and when the festival came, they would sell themselves at a low price in the area around the temple, and the money raised would be used to worship the temple.

"Why don't you go in and listen?" Seeing that Anthony was having a good conversation with a noble lady named "Ataxia's servant", Li Bida, who was dressed in civilian clothes, came over and asked. (To be continued......)