"Except for the Gaul invasion to defend the city, the priests were exempt from service in any other war." - Ancient Roman law

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"Who is the chief lieutenant?" Li Bida was obviously interested in this, and his somewhat unbelievable idea made Ebro laugh dumbly, "What, are you interested in this seat?" Libidaeus, we all like you very much, you are young and courageous, and the goddess of fate must secretly be in a lover relationship with you in her dreams. But you are not qualified enough, and immediately Caesar, the governor of Gaul, has a lot of talent, and almost half of the young and handsome men in Rome are attracted by magnets like nails, so you can only be relegated to the second lieutenant general, and you have the qualifications to participate in the consilium (military council, the participants are all lieutenants, military tribunes, and senior centurions), and as for the chief lieutenant general, Caesar specifically identified Titus. Rabinus, a brilliant and experienced military strategist. ”

"Besides," said Ebro, handing him a letter to Lybida, and instructing him to read it carefully when he returned to his apartment, from which Caesar hoped you would find out his plans for the future.

Is this letter so important? Somewhat suspicious, he accepted the letter, and then parted with Ebro, the late autumn night breeze was already a little cold, and his wine was blown until he was half awake, and when he entered the terrace of the apartment on Jucora Street, he lit the chandelier there, and looked at the lamp, the content of the letter was unremarkable, it was written by Ariovistus, a Germanic chieftain who lived in the distant Rhine, and the request was often made to Rome by many Gaul or Germanic chieftains, and Ariovistus said that he wanted Caesar, who was the chief consul. Help him get the status of "Friend of Rome". At the same time, he also helped his tribe gain the status of "Latin Confederate". In this way, Aliovistus will be like a vassal state that has been canonized by the Great Empire, and will receive the official name to interfere and annex the weaker tribes around him, and become a small tyrant under the wing of the great tyrant.

Li Bida spread the parchment paper on the table, frowning and thinking carefully, and then he seemed to have found something, picked up the calf paper and read it again, and finally let him capture a very key message:

In his letter, the greedy Ariovistus openly mentioned that Caesar would be given eight hundred Talrants for "diplomatic funds" during this time. Of course, the Germanic chieftain sent this huge sum of money not just for the title of "Friend of Rome", he mentioned the real reason, that there was civil strife among the long-haired Gallic tribes outside the mountains, and that I could cross the river and send troops to suppress Rome.

What for Rome, said nicely. Isn't it the same as expanding territory privately? Li Bida put down the parchment paper again and walked to the water basin at home. He spent 10,000 dinars to call the cartographers in the city, and painted a local map of the Republic, made of parchment, "washboard" out of the wrinkles, and carefully rolled the edges and applied waterproof grease, so it was light and easy to carry, of course, just around the Mediterranean, the Romans knew that the scope of the Romans was so large, and they didn't even know where the first empire in the universe was, which was really sad.

Although I am a little sorry that I can't find the first empire in the universe on the map, but the Gallic and Germanic regions are still drawn five or six or ten, Li Bida stared at the drawing, and gradually had the answer in his heart.

But it will take a lot of time for this answer to be truly used, so what Li Bida has to do for Caesar next is to force Cicero and Cato away.

After violently smashing and robbing the sacred court, Claudius in the temple of the goddess of virtue soared in popularity, and became the idol of all the pimples in Rome, the Hercules in their hearts, Claudia appeared again in the chaos of Baie, although her face was a little half-old, but the limelight did not diminish at all, she could exchange meat jokes with pornographic poets, provoke the laughter of the guests present, can use the most vulgar slang to flirt with the servants, and can also talk about the political situation in the city of Rome, It can even bluff many old citizens.

"Do you know the way? Principia's expulsion from Rome was just a prelude, like the opening of the goatman drama (a small comedy performed independently after an ancient Greek tragedy), and I had a friend with a deep political background tell me that the best is yet to come! This is Claudia's prophecy in recent days.

When the drinkers were drunk and curious, and begged her not to spit out, Claudia was even more proud, "This can't be nonsense, you know that noble ladies need to be careful in their words and deeds, and I can only reveal now that it is the great man who is about to suffer, poor Princia, in a sense her current situation is quite good." ”

Seeing Claudia's unreliable words, like the most notorious prophetic priest in the temple of Delphi, the drinkers let out a loud cry of dissatisfaction, and Claudia was a little anxious, "You can't have a little ability to associate logic, what does Printhia have to do with the previous political battles?" Why did she participate in the plot to assassinate General Pompey, why did she try her chief legal officer was also beaten and robbed, and why did this woman stand in the Roman Fengyue realm for so many years? After Claudia finished this series of extremely imposing questions, she said in a low voice, "Now I have to say this, Printhia has a great connection with the dead rebel hero Catiline, and the one related to Catiline's death five years ago will be unlucky, who will be the turn next, do you need to say?"

As soon as this remark came out, Rao was the most accustomed to the gossip of the Roman political boudoir, and was also amazed by Claudia's bold speech, and they were silent for a while, and then embarrassedly found various reasons, and dispersed to talk privately, Claudia was very bored, so she angrily found fault, slapped the maid, and then put up her trench coat, and walked to the bow of the gorgeous pleasure boat, where on the side of the railing, a bald and big-bellied man was doing things with a fair-eyed manservant, and the two of them were moving violently, While pouring drunken things into the sea, Claudia walked to the other side in disgust, covered her nose, and stared intently at the bright lights on the shore of Baie, "Libida and my dear brother, you have to be ruthless with that Cicero, and when I fulfill my prophecy tonight, I will make a name for myself in the social world." ”

When all the night party regulars couldn't look directly at Claudia's explosive prophetic power after a fair-day day, the terrifying news instantly spread throughout Rome - Claudius was re-elected as tribune, and with the support of powerful people behind the scenes, he achieved explosive success, and after he was elected, the first gift he gave to all the slum people was to change the "wheat law" before Cato the Younger, and the distribution of bread was changed from once every three months or a year to once a month, and the quota was increased by 20%! (To be continued......)