ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 800 Davos enters Rome
"But your Majesty's safety-" Olivers said with concern.

Davos waved his hand and said loudly: "My safety is protected by the guards! What's more, this city has been conquered by our heroic soldiers. I don't think there are any Romans here who have the courage to challenge the kingdom!"

No one from the senior generals raised any further questions.

Davos faced Timothy Pace again and said kindly: "Go and get treatment quickly. I hope to hear news of your meritorious service again soon!"

Davos looked at the standing soldiers next to him, waved and said: "Dionian warriors, go back to your stations to have a good rest and restore your abundant physical strength to face the next battle!"

At this moment, Timothy Pesce, who was deeply moved by Davos's words, couldn't help shouting: "His Majesty Davos is victorious!"

The surrounding soldiers who heard Davos speak also shouted excitedly: "His Majesty Davos is victorious!!..."

Soon, the sound resounded throughout the city, and the Roman people hiding in the houses were frightened when they heard the deafening shout.

Some brave ones even looked through the window at Davos and others who were walking in the street, their eyes filled with hatred.

Of course, Davos also saw these sharp eyes like knives. He didn't care. Instead, he looked around leisurely, poking the ground with his feet from time to time. He clearly felt that Rome at this time was different from his previous life. The Roman Empire in history, which was world-famous for its roads, bridges, and buildings, was still far from it. After all, Rome had just risen in central Italy at this time. It was far from building a huge road system to facilitate the rule of the entire Italy. Even Taiwan The Vertebra Bridge on the Bo River is not yet a stone bridge, and Dionia's construction strength has far exceeded that of Rome. This made Davos feel happy in his heart. He couldn't help but said: "I heard that the Romans In order to quickly rebuild the city of Rome, the entire city was built very ugly, and now it seems that this rumor is true."

"Yes, Your Majesty! Not only is the city wall ugly, but the city is also ugly. Originally, this area had both big rivers, hills, and flat land. With proper planning and construction, it would be a very beautiful city. However, it turned out that it was abandoned by the Romans. What a waste!" Henipolis sighed regretfully.

"Now this city belongs to Dionia, we can completely tear it down and rebuild it!" Matonis said nonchalantly.

"It seems that you, Matonis, are very interested in rebuilding the city of Rome. After the war is over, you can ask the Senate to appoint you as the construction supervisor of the city of Rome." Daves said jokingly.

"No, Your Majesty, I am not interested in rebuilding the city of Rome. You should leave this position to others." Matonis said hurriedly.

Everyone laughed.

When Davos glanced at the corpse of a Roman citizen at the corner of the street, the smile on his face faded: "Before the siege, I asked the legions not to kill the people in the city indiscriminately after breaking the city. Soldiers How are they executing?"

Olivers glanced at Davos's face and said carefully: "We have repeatedly emphasized that the soldiers try not to attack the people in the city, but some people do not know what is good and take the initiative to attack us, so there is no way. In fact, there is no way. The main reason why they were injured and killed was that after they saw us breaking the city, they fled in panic, pushed each other, and trampled on each other, so there were many casualties in their square..."

Of course Davos understood that after capturing an enemy city, there would be no casualties among civilians. Otherwise, how could the people of the enemy country be intimidated? He just wanted to warn these legion commanders to restrain the soldiers and not to act recklessly: "The Romans The army is still on its way, and the more living Roman people we have, the better it will be for the next battle...Have all these Romans returned to their homes?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, some people are unwilling to leave and stay in the square. We...have to take some coercive measures!" Matonis said.

Davos nodded. At this time, he had entered the Roman Forum. This wide and flat venue, which was originally paved with white stone slabs, was almost red at the moment. Pools of blood were constantly reflected in Davos's eyes. With his eyes open, he frowned, watching the soldiers cleaning the square and dragging away corpses one after another, and then asked: "How do you deal with these corpses?"

Matonis pointed forward and said nonchalantly: "Drag him to the square outside the east city for cremation."

Davos pondered for a moment and said: "Bring some Romans with you during the cremation, let them confirm the identity of the deceased, and then bring the ashes to the deceased's relatives."

Matonis was stunned and thought this matter was a bit troublesome. He wanted to argue again, but Olivers stopped him and interjected: "Okay, Your Majesty, I will immediately send someone to inform Amyntas who is in charge of this matter."

Davos and his group walked straight across the square to the north. He saw twelve copper pillars that could be hugged by one person, erected at intervals on the edge of the square. He stepped forward and looked up.

Each copper pillar is covered with writings. Perhaps it has become rusty due to the passage of time and exposure to wind and rain.

"Your Majesty, what is written on it?" Henipolis asked curiously when he saw that Davos was fascinated.

"This is Rome's 12-copper table law. What is recorded on it is the law of the Romans. Rome, like us in Dionia, is a country that follows the law very much!" Daves sighed deeply with emotion, and he remembered I remember that when I was studying law at university in my previous life, Rome’s Twelve Tables of Bronze was an important basis for understanding the formation of Western law. I didn’t expect to see the real thing today.

He reached out and touched the cold copper pillar. His past life and this life were intertwined at this moment. He said with emotion: "This is the most precious wealth of the Romans!"

Olivers said flatteringly: "Unfortunately, this precious wealth of the Romans now belongs to us Dionia!"

Hernipolis glanced at the copper pillars with greedy eyes. Although he did not know Latin characters, he had decided to buy a literate Latin slave and copy down all the articles on them.

"Let's go." Davos led them up the steps, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and entered the Senate, the center of power in Rome.

"This is the Senate of Rome? It's much smaller than our Grand Council!" Henipolis looked around and said with a slight disdain.

Davos did not speak, but he was also looking carefully at this building that appeared frequently in literary works, historical materials, and film and television works in previous lives. Compared with the Turiyi Grand Council Hall, which can accommodate a thousand people, this building The ring-shaped venue could only accommodate two or three hundred people, and the indoor facilities were outdated. This made him suddenly realize: This is no longer the history of his previous life. The Kingdom of Dionysia he established in this life will definitely replace Rome's position. The brilliant Caesar and the politician Octavian who truly founded the Roman Empire will no longer exist.

Thinking of this, he strode towards the center of the venue.

The guards had set up wooden tables and chairs where the Roman senators gave speeches, and placed a map of the city of Rome.

Matonis and Olivers quickly sat on the wooden chairs.

Not long after, Amyntas, Lizaru, Geogris, Trotilas, Epithenes, Ledes, Curzius, Thormids, Midorades, Pu Lin Tols, Izam, Stacekdas, the general manager of all the medical battalions this time, and Orops, the general manager of all the engineering battalions... all arrived one after another.

"Let's first talk about the losses of each legion in this siege." Davos glanced at everyone, and then said in a deep voice.

After Davos said this, the faces of the several legion commanders looked a little ugly.

After the reports from the commanders of each army, it was Davos’s turn to look ugly, because the army suffered more than 5000 casualties, among which the Fourth Army suffered the most casualties, followed by the First Army and the Second Army, and it was different from previous battles. , 2000 people died directly in battle, and the death rate was much higher than before.

Although Davos expected that the casualties in this siege would be relatively large, he did not expect that the casualty rate would be one-twelfth of the army. Each of the six legions suffered almost 1000 casualties, and this did not include those with minor injuries. wounded soldiers.

Davos suppressed the shock in his heart and asked Stacekdas: "How are the conditions of these wounded soldiers?"

Stacekdas's expression was solemn: "The situation is very bad! So far, 450 people have died due to ineffective treatment, and there are 232 soldiers with severe burns. Can they survive the fever and infection in the past few days? It is impossible to be sure... There are more than 1000 soldiers who were severely injured, stabbed, chopped, smashed, and drowned... It is impossible for them to recover in the short term, or even if they recover, they will not be able to live like normal people..."

After hearing what Davos said, he felt oppressed and uncomfortable. He knew that the main reason for such heavy casualties was actually himself. If he hadn't forced the city to capture Rome within one day, the legions would not have continued to attack like this regardless of sacrifices, but he Still couldn't help but said sharply: "There are more than 5000 people! This is usually the population of a small Greek city-state, but it was destroyed in this day's battle! The soldiers trust us and carry out every order we issue with all their strength. And we must love them, lead them out, and lead them home as completely as possible!”

At this point, Davos slammed the table: "But some of you fight without thinking at all and don't care about the lives of soldiers. If you continue to fight like this, the entire legion will be wiped out! I don't think you will do anything when you go back." How to face the parents, wives and children of soldiers who died in battle!"

Davos' sharp eyes swept across the legion commanders sitting there, especially briefly stopping at Amyntas and Olivers.

Without the help of siege equipment or the coordinated attack of friendly forces, Amyntas attempted to break through the city wall on his own. He actually invested almost all of his troops in continuously launching fierce attacks on the defenders at the top of the city, which actually resulted in the strongest combat effectiveness. The First Army Corps suffered considerable losses.

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