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- Epicurus (representative of the hedonism of Arestepus)

It took five months for the emissaries of the Augustan Empire to return to Syracuse, and when they returned to Oscar with the two agreements of alliance that they had successfully signed, Oscar was overjoyed to grant each of them the title of third-class count!

Originally, Oscar planned to exchange the four provinces of the Seleucid Empire for an alliance with the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia, which would also include the most prosperous and rich provinces of Pontus and Cappadocia in the Seleucid Empire; Especially the province of Cappadocia, which Oscar was very reluctant to give to anyone.

Because the Cappadocian cavalry abundant in the Cappadocia region is second only to the ironclad cavalry in combat effectiveness, this is definitely an irresistible temptation for the Augustan Empire, which has never been strong enough cavalry; The Javelins in Numidia and the long shield cavalry in the rest of North Africa were at best good light cavalry and ordinary cavalry, not really top cavalry.

The Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Kingdom and the Armenian Kingdom, the ironclad cavalry possessed by these three countries were the real top cavalry; However, the high cost of forming the ironclad cavalry also reduced its overall number, and the 40,000 ironclad cavalry that the Seleucid Empire is now expanding and building is greatly reduced in terms of combat effectiveness, which is more than a step worse than the previous Seleucid Empire ironclad cavalry.

In addition to these three countries with ironclad cavalry, it should be the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom and the Gothic cavalry of the Germanic barbarians that have the best combat effectiveness; As for the genuine Roman cavalry, it is a scum that is not even as good as the barbarian cavalry, and it is basically the existence that can be called the two weakest cavalry in the world along with the Greek javelin cavalry.

The only good thing is that almost all of the current Roman powers are no longer pure Roman cavalry; Needless to say, the Augustan Empire, the large-scale Numidian javelin cavalry and the long shield cavalry completely replaced the Roman cavalry, plus the presence of some ironclad cavalry in the cavalry of the Augustan Empire, the cavalry strength of the Augustan Empire is also extremely good.

The Ulius Empire did not have a special cavalry corps like the Augustan Empire, and their cavalry still served as an auxiliary force in the regular legions, and each legion almost guaranteed a thousand cavalry; All in all, the Ulius Empire also had 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry, all of which were Gallic cavalry composed of Gallic barbarians, and all Roman cavalry was replaced.

The power of the Brutus Empire in cavalry was also second only to the Augustan Empire among the four Roman empires, and after the destruction of the Macedonian Kingdom, they formed a royal legion composed of the former Macedonian royal pikemen and royal cavalry; In addition, they also have a special cavalry legion, which is composed of nearly tens of thousands of ironclad cavalry, and its combat effectiveness can be called the highest among the four major Roman empires!

If only from the point of view of combat performance, the Macedonian royal cavalry possessed by the Brutus Empire is truly second only to the ironclad cavalry; After all, this was the super cavalry that followed Alexander the Great to establish Alexander's empire.

It is a pity that the fallen Macedonian kingdom buried this cavalry unit with a glorious history and strong combat effectiveness; So much so that people now have slowly forgotten the existence of the Royal Cavalry, once upon a time it was the most powerful cavalry in the world, it was an era when there were no ironclad cavalry, and it was also an era that belonged to the Royal Cavalry.

Perhaps, after these royal cavalry become the cavalry of the Brutus Empire, there will be hope that they will make achievements on the battlefield in the future, and they may also regain their lost glory on the battlefield; Whether it can be or not is only known in the future.

Compared to the three Roman empires that expanded outward, Marius's Roman Empire was a complete tragedy; The army of the Roman Empire was also the only one of the four Roman empires that still insisted on using Roman cavalry, not because Marius did not want to replace the Roman cavalry under his command with other, more combat-effective cavalry, but because he had no way to obtain cavalry other than Roman cavalry.

But Marius was never a person who had no choice but to accept reality, and after he could not get cavalry from the outside world, he tried his best to improve the combat effectiveness of the Roman cavalry under his command; After several years of hard work, the Roman cavalry in the Roman Imperial army was no longer the vulnerable Roman cavalry of the past, but became a more well-armed legionary cavalry.

As for what kind of combat effectiveness this Roman legion cavalry, which has changed from light cavalry to heavy cavalry, it is not something that outsiders can know; The four Roman empires have not fought each other for so many years, and who knows how effective the opposing armies are.

In addition, the Roman Empire was suppressed in Rome itself, and there was no opportunity to expand outward, so naturally there was no combat performance to learn from; Therefore, everyone's perception of the Roman Imperial army remained a few years ago, and did not change in the slightest.

As long as the Augustan Empire can destroy the Seleucid Empire with the cooperation of the Parthian Kingdom, the Armenian Kingdom and the Egyptian Kingdom, the Augustan Empire will have the capital to form a large-scale ironclad cavalry and Cappadocian cavalry at the same time, which is really a good future for Oscar, who is particularly fond of cavalry.

If that day comes, Oscar will definitely use the ironclad cavalry as the core, the Cappadocian cavalry as the middle combat force, supplemented by the cover of the long shield cavalry and the guerrilla attack of the Numidian javelin cavalry, to form the invincible cavalry corps of the Augustan Empire; The high, medium and low cooperation between these four types of cavalry, Oscar is excited when he thinks about it, this is a real cavalry torrent!

Of course, what excites Oscar even more is not only this beautiful prospect of cavalry, but also that Oscar's Augustan Empire has already formed an absolute advantage over the alliance of the four empires in the situation; With the addition of the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia, the Augustan Empire had formed an alliance between six states, which was the key to Oscar's excitement.

Why six countries? Even with the accession of the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia, there were only four states; Led by the Augustan Empire, the Kingdom of Egypt was a vassal state of the Augustan Empire and had to participate in this large-scale war, so where did the other two countries come from?

In fact, less than a month after the envoys of the Augustan Empire left Sicily, emissaries from the families of Sulla and Pompey arrived in Syracuse on merchant ships; This time, the Sulla family and the Pompey family did not just send an envoy to the Augustan Empire, but they sent the heirs of their respective families, that is, the eldest sons of Sulla and Pompey.

In order to deal with the threat from the Brutus Empire, the Sulla family and the Pompey family resolutely chose to form an alliance with the Augustan Empire; However, until negotiations with the Augustan Empire began, this so-called alliance was only an idea of the Sulla and Pompey families, and if the Augustan Empire could not provide them with reassuring assurances, the alliance would not have been established.

After learning that the envoys of the Sulla family and the Pompey family had arrived in Syracuse, Oscar did not immediately receive the envoys of the two families, but first made up the recent situation of the Sulla family and the Pompey family from the tragic dead; For a long time, the focus of the Augustan Empire was on the Brutus Empire, and not much attention was paid to the Sulla family and the Pompey family.

Oscar was busy with all kinds of affairs every day, not to mention how many things needed to be dealt with within the Augustan Empire, that is, the affairs of the three major Roman empires plus the Seleucid Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt were enough for Oscar to be busy, how could he have time to take care of the two families that had broken away from the Brutus Empire; Even if the strength of these two families is good, they are only two families, and they cannot be compared with other forces.

After carefully reading the information provided by the tragic dead man, Oscar suddenly developed The strength of these two families should not be underestimated; Sulla and Pompey actually led their families to lay such a large foundation in the northern part of the Brutus Empire after the plague, and these two families now have the land of five provinces and the strength of ten legions, which is not inferior to the strength of ordinary countries.

Such the Sulla family and the Pompey family already have the strength to form an alliance with the Augustan Empire, and Oscar naturally can't snub Sulla and Pompey's eldest son; Oscar hosted a banquet in his palace for the two envoys, and after the banquet he negotiated with them about the alliance of the Augustan Empire with the Sulla and Pompey.

In this negotiation, Oscar also left the important ministers of his empire in the conference room to negotiate with the emissaries of the Sulla family and the Pompey family; After much deliberation, the Augustan Empire promised to ensure that the Sulla and Pompeys would establish their independent kingdoms after the war, and that the two kingdoms would be protected by the Augustan Empire.

The Sulla and Pompey families needed to dispatch at least six legions after the outbreak of war to assist the forces of the Augustan Empire in attacking the Greek peninsula of the Brutus Empire; Oscar meant that the armies of the Augustan Empire would land in Macedonia after the war, and the combined forces of the three kingdoms would march from Macedonia to the Greek peninsula.

After the alliance between the Augustan Empire and the Sulla family and the Pompey family was confirmed, the alliance with the Augustan Empire as the core already had four countries, plus the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia, this was the real alliance of six nations! (To be continued.) )