ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 814 Licinius Stolo

Asistes looked at the expressionless Davos, hesitated for a moment, and finally expressed his thoughts: "It is better to allow surrendered Roman nobles to apply to become Dionian citizens, but their families must were broken up and dispersed to other parts of the kingdom to be redistributed..."

After listening to this, Davos said nothing. He looked at Asistes and understood: Apparently Asistes has not been idle these days and has been thinking about ways to deal with the Roman nobles...

Davos looked around at the others, with more or less doubts on their faces: Is it really the influence of my previous life that makes me have an inexplicable fear of the Romans?

Davos also had a trace of confusion in his heart. He pondered for a while and said slowly to Asistes: "You can try to recruit the Roman nobles to surrender, but only after the Roman army is defeated."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Asistes frowned.

But Davos thinks that he has little hope of success. After all, it may be difficult to deprive the Roman nobles of their wealth, dig up their roots, and still want them to surrender!
At this time, Nicomachus said: "Your Majesty, I have a question."

Davers looked at him.

Nicomachus patted his seat and asked curiously: "Why is this seat obviously different from the one behind it? Not only is it made of ivory, but it is also padded with cowhide, making it very comfortable to sit on."

"This is a characteristic of the Roman Senate. The seats you are sitting on are located in the front row in the center of the venue. Only the most prestigious and noble senators in Rome can sit there, so they must be distinguished from other seats." Davos simply said explained a few words.

Nicomachus looked like he suddenly understood: "I didn't expect that the Roman senators knew how to enjoy themselves."

He also turned to the others and said, "Come over and sit down for a while, and feel what it's like to be the most honored senator in Rome."

Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became much more relaxed.

Davos looked at Nick Marcus, who had a sense of humor, with a smile. It was very interesting that a political figure with a humorous nature unexpectedly emerged from the people of Lockley who had been living under strict laws.

In a relaxed atmosphere, the meeting came to an end. Finally, Davos encouraged everyone: "Everyone, whether we can gain a foothold in Latium depends on your governance of Rome!"

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At dusk, Valchus, the Roman administrative adjutant, hurried to see Davos with the newly appointed Roman household registration officer Polutarchs and reported to him: "...a total of 531 people applied to become citizens of Dioria, among which the Romans There are 367 public slaves, 164 Roman civilians, and many Roman civilians are watching..."

"Well done, Valx! Please keep working hard, you will become an excellent kingdom official!" Davos did not hesitate to praise him.

Valquez grinned, wanting to laugh happily but not daring to laugh out loud, which looked a bit funny.

Davos didn't care and continued: "Early tomorrow morning, you will summon these Romans who want to become citizens of Dionia and assign them residences..."

"Polutax."

"His Majesty!"

"Go back and tell Asistes that after these Romans have allocated their houses, they will immediately start preparing to allocate land to them, and at the same time arrange positions for those Romans who are willing to hold public offices. Make the noise louder!"

"Understood, Your Majesty. I will tell Lord Asistes when I get back."

Davos looked at Valkes again and said kindly: "Valkes, the new administrator of Rome, Asistes, has just arrived. He is your superior, just like the previous Roman consul. From now on, you If you have anything, you need to discuss it with him first, and he will also arrange some new tasks for you. He is a very good person, and I believe you can work together well and govern Rome well!"

Valkes roughly understood what Davos said, and although he felt a little disappointed, he still respectfully said yes.

After seeing them off, Davos sat on a wooden chair and closed his eyes to rest. Henepolis came in and reported to him: "Your Majesty, Aemilius wants to see you."

Davers opened his eyes slightly: "Let him in."

Amilius was originally a Latin slave who was bought by the Diorian intelligence department ten years ago. After several years of special training, he was then sent to the Latium area to engage in intelligence collection and Latium in this area. In the creation of the intelligence team, most of the intelligence about Rome that Davos had seen in the past came from his handwriting.

After Davos led the army to attack Latium, he ordered him to lead his subordinates to cooperate with the army.

The intelligence leader was actually only in his 30s, but he looked older than his actual age. He was thin and small because he became a slave when he was a teenager and often starved. However, Davos was not impressed by his appearance. He looked down upon him, but said to him kindly: "Amilius, what surprise did you bring me again?!"

You know, after the Roman army invaded Helnicki, the detailed information about the emptiness in the city of Rome was sent to Turui by this unattractive guy in time, and finally made Davos make up his mind to attack Rome first.After he drew the city map of Ostia, he sent it to the palace in time, allowing Davos to find the key to quickly capture this port town.

Aemilius stood in front of Davos. After bowing respectfully, he said eagerly: "Your Majesty! My men have infiltrated into the Roman civilians. Today they heard a shocking news. Some Roman civilians want to It’s going to be bad for you!”

"Oh?" Davos was not surprised by this, and he had encountered several attacks over the years, so he was somewhat used to it. He motioned with his eyes for Emilius to continue.

"Your Majesty, when you gave a speech in the square, I noticed that some civilians looked dissatisfied but did not express their opposition loudly. After your speech, several of them neither applied to become our citizens nor He obeyed the orders of the soldiers and went back to his house, but quietly went to a house on the Hill of Sirio to stay for a while, and then returned to the square, talking softly with some civilians before... My men quietly Approaching them, I vaguely heard them talking about 'Camilus, the Roman army', and even mentioned your name... Then five or six of the Roman civilians started queuing up, preparing to apply to become Dionysus Asian citizens…”

Davos was listening and thinking: "It seems that these Romans are preparing to attack me when the Roman army attacks..."

"Your Majesty, I thought so too, so I hurriedly came to report to you." Aemilius said as if he was taking credit.

"Who lives in that house on Mount Sirio?" Davos asked a crucial question.

Aemilius was well prepared, and he immediately replied: "I have already sent someone to inquire. The owner of that house is named Gaius Licinius Stolo."

This name gave Davos a sense of familiarity, but he had never known or been in contact with this Roman before, which made him feel strange: Could he be a historical celebrity?

"...Although he is a Roman civilian, he is very influential among the civilians, because his father was a military officer last year, and his newly married wife is a famous Roman senator named...named Fabius... Ambustus' daughter—"

Davos was moved in his heart, waved his hand to interrupt him, and asked: "You mean that as a civilian, he married Fabius, a great nobleman of Rome?!"

No wonder Davos was surprised. According to his understanding of Rome, the reason why Roman civilians found it difficult to cross the threshold of the nobility was because the Roman aristocrats imposed strict restrictions on them. Even the law "nobles and commoners are not allowed to intermarry" was also banned. It is clearly engraved on the twelve copper watch pillars.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Because he was the first commoner to marry the daughter of a great nobleman, many Roman commoners regard him as the pride and role model of commoners." Aemilius said affirmatively, "And this man himself is quite Excellent, although he is only 21 years old, he has already participated in several battles, and won a Citizen's Crown for his outstanding military exploits. He was wounded in Wolsey and our [-]st Army before, and he has been recuperating at home, so there is no Follow the army of Camillus to Herniki..."

Davos mused: In recent years, Rome has been invaded by the Celts and Roman civilians have fled several times, which made the nobles in Rome feel the crisis and began to gradually make concessions to the civilians. Military and political officials can be allowed to serve as Roman civilians. Best example.This man's father served as a Roman military officer, and he also allowed a senator of the Fabius clan to marry his daughter, but was not punished by Roman law. It can be seen that the Roman aristocrats have begun to interestingly treat talented and attractive people. The civilians are trying to win over... Fortunately, our attack came in time. If we wait until Rome's "Licinian Law" is promulgated and the contradiction between the nobles and the civilians is alleviated, it will be much more difficult for Dionia to use the current method to disintegrate Rome. ……etc!Licinifer? !
At this time, Aemilius remembered something again and continued: "Oh, by the way, this Licinius may not be considered young, but he is proficient in Roman law and often writes complaints for civilians for free, so he is very popular. The love of the Roman common people..."

"Gaius Licinius Stolo..." Davos muttered the name softly, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind: Could this man be the man who persisted in fighting for many years in the history of Rome in his previous life and finally surrendered? The Roman tribune who passed the Licinian Laws, which gave Roman commoners relatively equal rights? !

It’s a pity that Davos’s university major in his previous life was not history. He only briefly learned about the “Law of Licinius” that greatly affected the course of Roman history in the “History of Western Law” class. He did not remember the full name of the person who formulated this law. , and did not remember the era at that time, so he was not sure.

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