Early the next morning, Capus and his party left for Rome again.

This time, the destination is the Colosseum, the highest temple of Roman gladiators!

After arriving in Rome, Kirk and his family learned that this Jupiter Feast was the equivalent of the Spring Festival in Rome, and of course the biggest celebration was to be held. The most indispensable part of the Romans' celebrations was the grand and bloody gladiatorial battles.

This time the feast of Jupiter, financed by Pompey, the chief of the Senate, has officially begun. Dozens of gladiator teams from dozens of provinces gather together with the ultimate goal of challenging the legendary demigod gladiator [Shadow of Death].

At this time, the Colosseum did not refer to the famous Amphitheatrum Flavium, which was built 180 years later, but its predecessor, the Colosseum. More than 100 years ago, it was initiated by a wealthy Roman slave owner, and after more than 100 years of construction, it finally took shape.

In appearance, it is perfectly round; When viewed, it is oval. It covers an area of about 20,000 square meters, with a maximum diameter of 188 meters, a small diameter of 156 meters, a circumference of 527 meters, and a wall height of 57 meters, this huge building can accommodate nearly 90,000 spectators.

There are 3 tiers of seats; The lower, middle and upper floors, with a stand-only stand on the top floor, were reserved for the lowest members of society: women, slaves and the poor. But even on other floors, the seats are arranged according to social status and professional status: members of the royal family and the consecrated women who watch the flame have special boxes. The senators, dressed in white and red-trimmed robes, sat in the "choir seats" on the same floor; And so on were the samurai and the commoners. There are also special seats for people of different professions, such as soldiers, writers, scholars, and teachers, as well as high-ranking monks abroad, etc.

Spectators enter the Colosseum from the 80 arches on the first floor, and another 160 exits spread across the seats on each level, known as spouts, through which spectators can pour in and out, allowing the chaotic and out-of-control crowd to be quickly evacuated.

When Kirk walked into the huge Colosseum, he couldn't help but feel excited.

The stone walls of the Colosseum are already speckled, mixed with years of blood and rain, making them look bloody and heavy. In these bloody more than 100 years, I don't know how many strong and fearless warriors have died here, dying at the mouth of fierce beasts or at the hands of powerful enemies.

Brenwald emerges, and according to her own explanation, only Kirk can see her, and the plot characters and contractors cannot perceive her presence in any way. Therefore, she came out when she wanted to.

"Horcruxes have a great reaction here, and it seems that there are quite a few heroic souls who have died here. It's a pity that they've been gone for too long, and they can't be included in the Requiem Stone. All you can hear is their unwilling whimpering and screaming. Brenwald mused.

At this time, the stands were already full of people of all colors. I can't help but complain here. In fact, later generations said that a certain capital was the center of the universe, and the household registration was expensive, but in fact, compared with the household registration of the Roman city, the north, the city and the Guangzhou were all weak. The citizens of Rome were the happiest group of hooligans in the world, rich, free, powerful, and happy.

Naturally, the Roman Senate and later Roman emperors had to curry favor with the inhabitants of Rome, or else they would play to the Roman democratic tradition of ousting the rulers and appointing new ones! At that time, the king of Rome just wanted a handful of cattle, but he was exiled by the city of Rome, and Rome entered the republican system. In later generations, who dares to provoke, at the end of Rome, it was known as 300,000 idlers. Marx called it "the earliest lumpenproletariat".

Youxian has already introduced, and the last year of the vacation is as many as more than 300 days. After a year of playing, if you don't get it right, the country will owe you a lot of holidays. There are very few hours to work.

The right to vote and be elected can decide the fate of the members of the Republic, the Senate, the Dictator, the Consuls, and the Tribune, and even affect the ownership of the emperor! The imperial dynasties of the Roman Empire were generally very short-lived, rarely more than three generations of fathers, sons and grandchildren, and many emperors were born in the army and were elected emperors, such as the "Five Sage Emperors", Hadrian, Trajan, and so on. In this, the residents of the capital are as critical to your rush and support as the starting point VIP readers are to the hard-working writers.

You can have fun not only watching bloody gladiatorial fights, but also bathing, massage, and sauna. Someone asked, what's in it? The point is, the point is, this is a mixed bath. The frescoes unearthed in Pompeii accurately record that young noblewomen, accompanied by groups of maids, entered the public bath in front of strange men in a generous manner. There was no shyness on their faces, but with the help of the maids, they carefully wiped every part of their bodies. The YD customs of an island nation seem so small again. Ladies and gentlemen, have you felt the urge to travel to Rome and be reincarnated as a citizen at once?

It is because of money, leisure, power, and fun that Roman citizenship is precious! During the Roman Republic, the city of Rome and other allied cities fought three civil rights wars for the sake of a hukou issue!

The cause of the war was nothing more than that Rome pretended to be high, engaged in regional discrimination, and divided it into three, six, nine, and so on according to the regional strength, the order of conquest, and the time of submission, which is very similar to the Mongol four-color people.

The other allied cities were not satisfied. Everyone is a Roman, fighting and sweating together, why do you have the right to vote and be elected, we only have the right to vote, some have only half of the right to vote (2 votes to 1 vote), and some don't even have the right to vote! Doesn't that discriminate against us? We're going to see the lady take a bath, too! So these people began to violently petition and engage in civil rights wars.

Every war was a great battle in which at least dozens of Roman legions were mobilized. Both sides have the same equipment and the same tactics, and many soldiers turned out to be from the same legion, and it was not worth it to fight for life and death for the sake of household registration. Later, Rome was overwhelmed by the violent petitions of the surrounding League cities, and gradually liberalized the scope of citizenship.

After the Colosseum, which can accommodate 90,000 spectators, was packed, a middle-aged man in a white robe walked out. As the most popular gladiator in the entire Roman Republic, he was also the leader of this grand Jupiter Festival.

"Your Excellency Crassus, Honorable Archon! His Excellency Pompey, Chief of the Senate! Ladies and gentlemen, Your Excellency the Soros Tribune! Dear citizens of the city of Rome,

It is a great pleasure to introduce you to the forty teams of this Jupiter Festival!

They are already coming in from all directions!

Just as the greatness of Rome knows no boundaries! Our gladiators come from all over the Mediterranean civilization! Provinces! Including our evil barbarian neighbors! Even hellish demons and lesser evil gods! They have come here to use their courage and fearlessness to complete an impossible epic mission - to defeat the master of the Colosseum, the Shadow of Death! ”

The audience was crowded, passionate, and screaming.

"We are here, celebrating the feast of the great priest Jupiter! Pray that he will destroy the enemies of Rome with lightning, punish the sinners of Rome with a curse, and protect our army with majesty! Let's praise Jupiter! ”

People, men and women, young and old, stood up one after another and sang "In Praise of Jupiter":

"On the seven hills,

Latin Plain,

On the banks of the Tiber River,

wolf feeding,

Twins thrive,

Romulus,

Build the Great City,

Surrounded by enemies! ”

At this time, the deep style of music changed and became high-pitched and enterprising:

"Washed the shame of the Gauls! (note 1)

Cut down the giant elephant of Carthage! (note 2)

Conquer the warriors of Sparta!

Captured the glory of the pyramids!

The Egyptians sent food!

Syracuse offers jewelry!

Sicily contributed battleships!

Thrace paid tribute to the warriors!

The Gauls became slaves!

The Spaniards became grooms!

The Phoenicians became sailors!

The Mediterranean Sea has become an inland lake!

All glory to Jupiter!

May your lightning and majesty!

Forever loom over the great Rome! ”

Accompanied by singing, as if the grand opening of the Champions League final, the atmosphere of the entire arena reached a warm peak!

"Now, ask the gladiators of Sicily to perform for us! Welcome! The narrator shouted hoarsely.

The first team of gladiators entered. In this 90,000-seat colosseum, according to the custom of Jupiter's Day, ordinary gladiators are generally used as appetizers first, and the real finale, such as the emperor superstar of "Shadow of Death", will not appear as soon as it comes up.

Although they were ordinary gladiators, Kirk looked at the gladiators of Sicily. The gladiators who were strong and capable of performing in Rome's highest arena could not have been unknown.

Sure enough, in the performance of blood splattered and stumps flying, the gladiators, in order to become famous and survive, although they belonged to a team, showed no mercy and killed their teammates one by one on the yellow sand.

Then, after hastily cleaning up the battlefield, there was the contingent of slave gladiators contributed by the Spanish governor.

Team by team. The Romans' craze for gladiatorial fighting, like the tireless pursuit of food in the Jiuding Kingdom, where "the people take food as the sky", has reached the level of madness. They poured out their hearts, spent a lot of money, and did all kinds of tricks, and rare birds and beasts, fierce monsters, strong slaves, and evil demons from all over the world all appeared here, and fought fiercely, for the citizens of Rome to let out bursts of joyful exclamations and crazy roars!

This is the crazy entertainment of the whole people of the city of Rome!

This is the faith of the Romans without regrets!

Explanation 1: It refers to the Gauls who invaded the Apennine Peninsula, and Rome, which had just become a climate, suffered a crushing defeat, and 50,000 Roman soldiers surrendered in disgrace, and the Gauls used captured weapons to build a gate of shame for Roman soldiers to pass underneath the door. The city of Rome was nearly destroyed. Later, the two consuls, who had surrendered with their troops, were torn apart alive by the Romans. Now that it has completely conquered Gaul, a powerful northern enemy, Rome has been able to wash away its blood and humiliation.

Explanation 2: Refers to the destruction of Carthage by the three Punic Wars.