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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

From the day of the birth of the Roman Republic, the four families of Maxentius, Julius, Brutus, and Scipio became an integral part of the Roman Republic; Without the four great families, there would be no Roman Republic today, there would be no Roman Republic, and there would be no four great families today, this is the Roman Republic and the four great families of Rome.

Why is it that after General Gabriel and General Ulles, who had made countless feats for the Roman Republic, were exterminated by the four great families, no righteous person in the entire Roman Republic stood up to speak for the two generals; Not because the two generals were not meritorious enough, nor because no one knew about their deaths, but because they simply could not be compared with the four great families of Rome.

Why did Alexander's empire, which once dominated the world in glory, fall apart the day after Alexander the Great's death; Because Alexander the Great is the soul of Alexander's empire, after losing the soul, Alexander's empire will naturally die.

The Roman Republic is not Alexander's Empire, compared with the glory of Alexander's Empire, the Roman Republic has a glorious history of thousands of years, and it also has a more brilliant Roman civilization than the Greek civilization; However, the Roman Republic also has its own soul, that is, the four major Roman families that have accompanied the growth of the Roman Republic since the birth of the Roman Republic.

For many Roman citizens, from birth, he listened to his parents and elders tell the glorious history of the Roman Republic, and the glorious history of the Roman Republic was accompanied by the four major families of the Roman Republic; This is the education of an ordinary Roman citizen, the education of his parents and grandparents, and the education that his children and grandchildren will receive.

That is why the citizens of Rome rejoiced in the victory of the House of Julius and Brutus, because in their eyes the House of Julius and House of Brutus were strong, that is, the strength of the Roman Republic.

Marius and Julianus were to change the mindset that had influenced the citizens of the Roman Republic for more than a thousand years. How could the citizens of Rome change their minds about the House of Julius and the House of Brutus, as long as the Roman Republic existed, their minds could not change!

Yes, as long as the Roman Republic existed, it was impossible for the minds of the citizens of the Roman Republic to change; So, if the Roman Republic no longer exists, will the citizens of Rome still recognize the four great families of the Roman Republic?

Marius was never a reckless man, nor was he an impulsive man, and after perceiving the approval of the four great Roman families by the native citizens of Rome, Marius conducted an in-depth investigation for this; The results of the survey showed that it was impossible to change the recognition of the citizens of the Roman Republic with the four great families of Rome.

Since it is impossible to change the recognition of the citizens of the Roman Republic by the four great families of the Roman Republic, why can't the Roman Republic disappear completely? From the moment the results of this investigation were sent to Marius's study, Marius had a plan in mind to make the Roman Republic disappear completely; However, this plan is still impossible to achieve with the strength of Marius alone.

Even if Marius could control all the armies of the nine legions in Rome itself, it would not be possible for the soldiers of these nine legions to force their families to recognize the fall of the Roman Republic; If Marius had really given such an order to his own army, it is very likely that the soldiers of these nine legions would mutinied on the spot, how could they have drawn their weapons against their own families?

In order for the citizens of the Roman Republic to recognize the fall of the Roman Republic, it was impossible to use force, nor to force the citizens of the Roman Republic to admit it, and the best way was for the four great families of Rome to do such a thing; The four great families of Rome are the soul of the Roman Republic, and using the four great families of Rome to end the Roman Republic is the safest and safest way.

Of the four great Roman families, it was impossible for the Maxentius family to play such a role; Even if the Romans could recognize Marius as representing the Maxentius family, they would not approve of Marius doing such a thing on behalf of the Maxentius family, which is self-aware.

It is even more impossible for the Julius and Brutus families of the Roman Republic to expand their family's influence in Rome in the name of the Roman Republic, and how could they help Marius to end the Roman Republic; In this way, the only people who had the strength and the possibility to help Marius carry out this plan to end the Roman Republic were the Scipio family.

It is true that the Scipio family is an ally of Marius's forces, and Elemarus's wisdom can indeed play with the family leader of the Scipio family, Julianus; However, this is not an ordinary matter, it is for Scipio to help Marius to end the Roman Republic, in other words, it is for Scipio to help Marius destroy their own family's influence in the Roman Republic.

It is true that Iulianus was a man without political wisdom, and it was normal for the Scipio family to go downhill under his leadership; Even so, Iulianus was not a fool who didn't know anything, how could he help Marius to undermine his family's influence in the hearts of the citizens of the Roman Republic, wasn't this self-destruction of the Great Wall?

If it weren't for the support and followers of the Scipio family with the countless citizens of the Roman Republic, would Marius really live peacefully with the Scipio family all the time? For a careerist like Marius, the so-called allies are just potential enemies, and if Marius had the strength to annex the Scipio family, he would definitely not hesitate for a second and not be the slightest soft.

In fact, even if Marius could convince the politically minded Julianus to help him implement this plan, it would be meaningless, after all, Julianus was only the head of the Scipio family; The entire Scipio family is not something that can be decided by one person, and without the support of the rest of the Scipio family, this plan will still not be implemented.

In order to be able to carry out this plan smoothly, and also to completely eliminate the influence of the Julius and Brutus families in Rome itself; Marius himself left the city of Rome and arrived with some of his guards in Capua, in the province of Campania, where the Scipio family was located.

The province of Campania has been under the rule of the Scipio family for hundreds of years, and the entire province of Campania bears the imprint of the Scipio family; Even the patrol guards in those towns and cities are all blue-clad Scipio troops.

These town guards of the province of Campania were not part of the regular army of the Scipio family, but were local militia loyal to the Scipio family; Whether it is weapons and equipment, or the degree of training, they are far from the real regular army, and the only thing that can be used is their mental state, which is indeed a full spirit army.

Due to Marius's advance notice, when Marius arrived in Capua with his guards, all the principals of the Scipio family were already waiting for Marius in the Doge's palace in Capua; This time, with the exception of Iulianus, the leader of the Scipio family, all the other rulers of the Scipio family also came to the Doge's Palace, ready to hear from Marius about the so-called events that would affect the future of the Scipio family.

Although when Marius arrived at the gate of the Doge's palace in Capua, Julianus had already stood at the gate with all the principals of the Scipio family to greet him; However, Marius still saw indifference and dissatisfaction in the eyes of the heads of the Scipio family, and it seems that these Scipio people were still obsessed with the era of the four great families of the former Roman Republic.

There were more important things that needed the support of the Scipio family, and it was only natural that Marius would not be concerned with these small details; Led by Iulianus, Marius and the principals of Scipio arrived in the Doge's Palace.

After everyone had sat down, Marius did not open his door to tell him his plan, but first explained in detail the recognition of Julius and Brutus by the native citizens of Rome; Later, he informed all the core members of Scipio about the recent expansion of the Julius and Brutus families.

Although the core members of the Scipio family were also aware of the things that Marius had mentioned, Marius mentioned these things so solemnly that they couldn't help but sit upright and listen carefully to Marius's story; After saying this, Marius bluntly hoped that the Scipio family would come forward to help him officially end the Roman Republic and make the four great families of Rome history.

As soon as these words were spoken, they aroused the opposition of all the principals of Scipio's family, and even Julianus, who was only the leader of Mallor's family, was embarrassed to tell Marius that it was impossible for Scipio to do so; Marius didn't care about the opposition of the Scipio family, he just slowly stated the conditions he had set for the Scipio family.

After the end of the Roman Republic by the Scipio family, a new state will be born in Rome itself, which is the Roman Empire with the city of Rome as its capital; The new Roman Empire will have the four provinces of Rome as the core territory, and the other areas ruled by the Roman power will be colonial territory, and more importantly, this Roman Empire will have two supreme emperors!

Needless to say, these two emperors would be Marius and Julianus, respectively; All other officials of the Roman Empire will also be nominated and appointed by the Marius forces and the Scipio family, and the four most important governors and two prime ministers of the empire will all be appointed by the heads of the Scipio family chambers, and these appointments will all be hereditary! (To be continued.) )