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Chapter 716 Situation Changes

These words of Potitus made Camillus look ashamed.

At this moment, another respected senator, Ambustus, raised his right fist and said loudly: "I choose Camillus to be the dictator!"

Pontius also spoke immediately: "I also support Camillus as dictator!"

Paulus followed suit: "Camelus is my choice!"

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When the voice of yelling for Camillus continued to resound in the venue, Marugine Ensis, who had always disagreed with Portitus, remained silent.

Under Quintus' envious gaze, Camillos clenched his fists...

In December of the 13th year of the Kingdom of Dionia (that is, 12 BC), the senators reached a consensus: to elect a dictator to lead Rome to fight against the Kingdom of Dionia.

At the next centenary meeting held in Mars Square, Camillus, who was favored by the senators, was once again elected as the dictator by the meeting to fully respond to the war with Dionia.

For some time the northern battlefield fell silent.

After the Volscians discovered that the cities of Antium and Satnicum were heavily garrisoned, considering their own lack of troops and the suggestion of Amyntas, they temporarily stopped taking back the cities occupied by the Romans. The town’s plan is to allow the soldiers to train with the First Legion of Dionia so that they can strengthen cooperation in future battles, while also beginning to contact more racial forces that are dissatisfied with the Romans, such as the Herniki and the Horses. The West, the Aequians, even the Sabines... came against Rome.

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"With 5 Roman troops pressing down on the border, the weak Volscians, with the help of the Dionians, actually repelled the Romans!" This news soon spread throughout central Italy, and indeed some people were shocked. The forces took action.

So, Tapirus, who was staying in the city of Selshe, started to get busy.

The news that "the Romans were defeated by the Dionysian-Volscian coalition" also spread to the adjacent Samnite Mountains. Originally, they were dissatisfied with Dionysia's delay in returning the captives and were preparing to send envoys to Tunia. After learning the news, the senior Cavoutini officials who protested by Lii immediately stopped their activities and quietly observed the situation.

And this news was accompanied by the words of the Romans questioning the Carthaginian envoy: "If the Carthaginians do not send troops to attack Dionia, Rome will have to sign an armistice agreement with Dionia!" It spread to Carthage and Ibi. When the Roman Peninsula reached Mago's ears, he immediately realized that he had to change his strategy and could not continue to be in a stalemate with Hanno on whether to send troops. Otherwise, once the Romans ceased war with Dionia, If the Carthaginians attack Dionia independently, they will encounter great difficulties.Even based on his understanding of the conservative guys in the Senate, they are likely to give up their declaration of war on Dionia and re-sign a peace agreement with it.

Therefore, he immediately held a meeting of family members. After reaching an agreement, he quickly sent a messenger to the Carthage Senate and asked Preta Kuba to express at the meeting: The Iberian colony is willing to send [-] troops and obey the Senate. Designated commander-in-chief command.

Hanno, who had regained control of Mago, was satisfied with Mago's submission, but he also knew that the situation at this time did not allow him to delay any longer, so the Senate quickly made the decision to "send a large army to Sicily and attack Dionysus" Sub-territories" resolution.

The commander of the Carthaginian army appointed by the Senate was Monte Adeno. He was a member of the Hanno faction. Over the years, he had been implementing the political concept of "development inland" advocated by Hanno and led his army to defeat Numibi many times. The tribes of Asia made great contributions to Carthage's conquest of Numbia.Therefore, Hanno felt quite relieved when he appointed this veteran with outstanding military exploits as the commander-in-chief of the expedition to Sicily.

As a result, the entire city of Carthage, its allies, and the Numbia region under its control all took action and began to recruit soldiers, gather warships, and prepare baggage...

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At this time, the riots that had lasted for dozens of days in Lijim, the free city of the Kingdom of Dionia, have subsided, and the citizens of the city are holding an important citizens' meeting. The meeting has only one theme-voting to decide whether to Lijim was completely integrated into the Kingdom of Dionia.

The result is obvious. The people who are starving voted in favor, the businessmen who hope that their family's trade can take a step forward voted in favor, and the citizens who have greater political ambitions voted in favor... Although there are Some people strongly opposed it, but the citizens' assembly voted by a majority in favor of this important proposal related to the future development of Lijim.

When Lijim's messenger brought this important news to Thurii, Davers was well prepared. He immediately wrote a passionate letter, praising the people of Lijim for making the most correct decision, and Solemn promise: After Lijim truly becomes a part of the kingdom, it will continue to prosper in trade, and its people will receive more rights and better care...

At the same time, at his suggestion, the Senate quickly appointed Protesilaus as the administrator of Ligem, and took the city's judges, tax collectors, household registration officers, etc., who were appointed at the same time, in a fleet. Heading south, the fleet also carried a lot of grain transferred from the granary.

When passing through the port of Locri, the Seventh Legion, which had already been notified, sent a large group of soldiers to board the fleet.

The fleet finally arrived at the port of Ligium, and Alcibiades and Feidun led a large number of people to greet them.

Protesilaus read out King Davos's appointment to him. None of the people present raised a voice to object. Instead, they were happy to see the large amount of food escorted ashore by the soldiers.

Protesilaus also announced another appointment, which was signed by King Davos and the Senate, electing Alcibiadas and Feidun as senators of the Kingdom of Dionia.

The people of Lijim cheered.

However, the two newly appointed senators could not go to Thurii immediately, but had to stay temporarily to assist Protesilaus in taking over the affairs of the entire city-state.

With the full assistance of the two of them, and a thousand soldiers of the Seventh Legion to maintain order, coupled with the political skills honed by Protesilaus in more than ten years of administrative experience, the entire process of taking over Ligem was still smooth. Relatively stable.

More than ten days later, Alcibiadas and Feidun received an invitation from the Senate to go to Thurii to participate in this year's Dionia National Congress.

At this time, the wounded and dead remains of the First Legion had been sent back to Thurii.

At this time, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Tribunal Assembly of the Kingdom of Dionia are about to be held, and the annual Kingdom Football Finals will also be held.On January 14, the 1th year of the Kingdom (i.e. 1 BC), according to the traditional customs formed since the establishment of the Kingdom, on the first day of the new year, the king, senators, as well as representatives of the local councils and tribunes of the cities in the country Delegates gathered in front of the Temple of Hades on the Sacred Mound.

As the high priest, King Davos loudly read the obituary in memory of the heroic spirit.

Amidst the solemn music, the palace guards marched steadily and carried the stone tablets engraved with the names of the soldiers who died in Volsey and Campania into the Hall of Valor. From then on, they will accept the death of Hades. Blessed and respected by the people, their heroic spirits will also guard the land they have defended with their lives.

Because of this, although the relatives of the deceased who also came to pay homage looked sad, few of them cried bitterly. On the contrary, they all had pride and expectation in their eyes.

The next day, the same group of parliamentarian representatives and tribune representatives sat in the VIP seats of the main arena of Dionia and watched the lively opening ceremony of the Kingdom Football Finals and the subsequent first game.

For those MPs from the Dauni region who came to Thurii for the first time, the excitement of more than 5 spectators cheering in unison shook their spirits, and the exciting competition scenes also attracted their attention...

On the third day, the parliamentary meeting was held.

The venue was the Grand Chamber of the Senate. This venue, which could accommodate thousands of people, was finally able to fully function and was packed to capacity.In order to ensure that all participants can hear clearly, more than ten messengers were arranged around the podium in the center of the venue.

Of course, according to past practice, soon after the meeting began, all the members applauded and welcomed Lijim into the kingdom.

Next, this time the attention of the participants was focused on two issues-drought and war, so when Agriculture Minister Burkos finished talking about the disaster relief situation in the kingdom last year and some new measures that will be taken in agriculture this year, After the action, the MPs spoke enthusiastically.

Among them, the words of a Mesapian MP from Udia represent the aspirations of many people. This old man also experienced the severe drought in South Italy more than 20 years ago. Because the Messapians are not as prosperous in maritime trade as the Greeks, , can buy food everywhere, and can also go to colonize, so he saw many Mesapei people starve to death in front of him, and about this drought that is no less than 20 years ago, so far, he has not heard about it There was news that a Mesapi starved to death, so he excitedly praised the kingdom's disaster relief achievements, which resonated with many people.

Of course, some people have expressed concerns: "Although the drought has ended, the domestic food supply has become increasingly tight. What's more, now that war has broken out, can the domestic food last until this year's autumn harvest?"

Note: The Assembly of Centuries is one of the three major citizens’ assemblies in Rome. At this stage, it is the highest-level citizens’ assembly. The Centurions, which are composed of property and class, can only have one opinion, and are ranked from high to low according to the status of the Centurions. They vote in turn. When a proposal receives more than half of the support, the voting ends immediately. The centurions behind often do not have a chance to vote, and most of them are composed of civilians.

The other two are the Curia Assembly and the Tribus Assembly. Only the Roman clans can participate in the Curia Assembly, and the common people are completely excluded. It had great power during the royal period, but at this stage The power is greatly reduced, but some matters related to the nobility are still handled.At this stage, the Tribus Assembly was only an assembly held by Roman civilians according to the Tribus to which they belonged, and the proposals generated were only valid for the civilians.It would be hundreds of years before it became the main legislative body of Rome.

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