Seeing the intimate conversation between Zhang Heng and Lucilla, the other gladiators showed envy on their faces.

This is the most noble woman in the entire empire, and more importantly, although she is in her early thirties, Lucilla is very well maintained both in figure and face, although there are some gladiators who are slightly resistant to betraying her hue, but if the object is Lucyla, probably no one can refuse.

However, Zhang Heng himself is full of vigilance about this flying blessing, and the reason is difficult to be simple, because according to the trajectory of history, Lucilla will be involved in the assassination of her own brother Commodus more than a year later.

Later generations are a little incomprehensible about this assassination, Lucyla, as a woman, is the daughter of the previous emperor, the sister of the current emperor, and the only blood relative of Commodus, she basically has everything, and it is unlikely that she will be the emperor further, and the assassination she led can bring her not much benefit.

And there are many failures in terms of planning, such as she actually hid from her husband, you must know that the latter is a real power figure in the military, if you can pull him into the gang, whether it is success or failure, both of them have a certain way out, but her husband Pompeianus was kept in the dark from beginning to end, and Lucilla finally chose her cousin Vamidius?? Cuvatratos as a partner.

The latter is the senator of the Senate, his position in the Senate is second only to Dior, and he also affects more than a hundred seats, which is a political help, but he and Lucilla are not very good at planning political assassinations.

The two finally found Pompianus's nephew Quentianus as the killer, which was also the biggest failure of the whole plan, this gentleman was a severe middle and second disease in the late stage, and he said hello to Commodus before he started, and at the same time shouted, "The Senate brought you this ......"

As a result, the nearby guards were alarmed, and he was captured, and he did not carry the interrogation, so Walmedius and Lucyla were exposed one after another, and one was directly executed. Another was exiled to Capri and executed shortly afterward.

This is also the real reason why Zhang Heng doesn't want to get close to Lucila.

This woman is not only a madman, but also a brainless madman, and if she gets too close, she is likely to be dragged into the water, but tonight's contact between the two, Zhang Heng found that Lucyla does not seem to be as stupid as described in history.

On the contrary, this woman is intelligent and a little unpredictable, but this is more in line with her identity.

The daughter of the former emperor, who was married to the emperor and the military in two marriages, was at the top of the power for the rest of her life, how could such a woman be stupid.

Zhang Heng couldn't figure out why she planned the extremely stupid assassination more than a year later, but because of this, Zhang Heng didn't want to have anything to do with this woman.

The dinner lasted until late at night, and in addition to the gladiator demonstrations, there were singing, dancing and bard recitations, but the rest of the story had nothing to do with the gladiators, and considering that the gladiatorial show would begin tomorrow, the gladiators returned to their respective quarters after the visit, recuperating and preparing for tomorrow's battle.

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Early the next morning, before dawn, Zhang Heng, Bach and others were woken up on time and took a donkey cart to the venue of the gladiatorial performance, the Flavi Amphitheater.

All that can be seen in later generations is the wreckage of the Flavi Amphitheater, only half of the outer annular structure is left, and the interior is only left with some brick arches and barren grass all over the ground, so tourists who come here for sightseeing can only rack their brains to make up for the glory of this place, but at this moment Zhang Heng is indeed standing under it, looking up at the complete Flavi Amphitheater.

Spectacular! It's the first impression everyone has when they see it.

The morning sun shines brightly on Nero's gilded bronze statue, which sits in the middle of a square covered with bunting, and behind it is the mountain-like Flavi amphitheater.

The Flavian amphitheater is composed of four floors, forty or fifty meters high, and the bottom three floors have 80 huge arcades, in which there are statues of different appearances, each of which is much larger than the one in the vestibule of the Patriarch of Dior, in addition to the arches with shields and countless ribbons, as if to welcome the triumph of the hero.

Of course, the main attraction is the top of the amphitheater, where there is a ring of poles, numbering in the hundreds, with long cables tied to the poles, supporting a large ring more than 100 meters above the ground, on which a tarpaulin made of thin linen is laid to create a huge ceiling to shade the audience.

Considering its size, the roof alone weighed at least twenty or thirty tons, and in order to manipulate the lifting of the canopy, the Empire had to bring in a thousand well-trained sailors.

The stones used to build the arena were brought from the Quarry of Albraje on the outskirts of Rome, each piece was of astonishing weight, and the Romans at that time played with the arch structure to the extreme, unlike the pyramids, the structure of the Flavi amphitheater was hollow, its skeleton was like a bridge, and it was amazing that more than 2,000 years later, it could still stand.

You must know that the Bernabeu Stadium can only accommodate 80,000 people, while the Flavi Amphitheater 2,000 years ago can accommodate 90,000 people to watch the game together.

"No wonder they say it's a gladiator's temple," Bach muttered, "and you have to admit that the Romans were quite skilled in building it." The Germans, though somewhat reluctant, had to pay tribute to their enemies.

It's still early in the morning, and there are no spectators, but you can already imagine what it will be like when the arena is full, fighting under the gaze of 90,000 people, the more timid people may have their legs and stomachs shaking as soon as they enter the arena, but as long as you can win, you can enjoy the cheers and cheers of the mountains and tsunamis, and make tens of thousands of people crazy for you.

Just thinking about such a sight makes people's blood run high.

In fact, not only Zhang Heng and Bach, the two newcomers, but even the old gladiators such as Habitus flashed a different color in their eyes when they saw the Flavi Amphitheater, and obviously felt that no gladiator could resist the temptation of fame and fortune except for Zhang Heng. It has been more than a year since Sisnatus retired, and during this time, although the gladiator school has launched many powerful newcomers, including Satonilos, he has not been able to reproduce the legend of Sisnatus and become the first gladiator to deserve, and now, this opportunity to reach the top is finally in front of all gladiators.