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Chapter 816 Religious Issues in Rome

"Camillus is finally here!" After entering the city of Rome and resting for a night, the pressure placed on Davos by history in his previous life was gone. At this moment, he looked calm and gave orders to Tormid unhurriedly: "Inform the commanders of all armies to prepare for defense." After saying this, he continued to eat breakfast quietly.

Just after breakfast, another guard came to report: "Priest Chaldeas wishes to see you."

"Cardias...let him in." Davos touched his chin and said. He was quite interested in the priest of Hades who came to Rome with the army and was highly recommended by Plesinas because of his experience. It's also quite legendary.

According to Greek tradition, the identity of a temple priest is usually innate, either by birth into a priest family, or by a dying priest. Other people should not expect to take up this sacred profession.Of course, in the Kingdom of Dionia, the situation is different. Since Davos wants to vigorously promote the development of the Temple of Hades in the territory, he selected many attendants from the ordinary people who are willing to serve the temple, but in the end In order for them to become priests, they must ultimately go through a sacred ceremony presided over by Davos himself. This is not only because Davos also serves as the high priest of the kingdom, but also because he is a descendant of Hades. By giving it personally, the priests of Hades naturally have the spirituality to communicate with God.

Kardeas is from Silitium, but he is not from a traditional Greek priest family. He is an ordinary citizen. However, because of the favor he received from the Temple of Hades, he decided to come to Thurii to serve as a temple attendant. Afterwards, the massacre of Xiliting by the people of Syracuse made him redouble his studies in the temple. Within a few years, because he was proficient in the divine scriptures and good at communication, he gained the trust of believers and was eventually promoted to a priest.

He then took the initiative to apply to go to Katanai to preside over the Temple of Hades.During his tenure, the number of followers of Hades in Catanai increased greatly, and the Hades faith even spread to Syracuse.Of course, he was also accused, 'It is said that he used money donated by believers to entrust people to buy slaves who had been born in Syracuse in the city of Syracuse, and then gave them freedom'.So a few years later, he was transferred back to Thurii, but was promoted to priest in charge because of his outstanding performance.

Before the army set off this time, Plesinas selected the priests of Hades who came to Latium to build the temple. Despite the risks, there were many applicants because those who could be promoted to priests in charge were those with firm beliefs and desire. Believers who preach for the temple.The reason why Kardeas was chosen was because more than a year ago, when Davos presided over the annual gathering of Hades priests as the high priest, he intentionally or unintentionally talked about the Latium region in central Italy. And Rome will likely be the next expansion target of the Kingdom of Dionia.After this, Chaldeas actually went to great lengths to buy a Latin slave. The main job given to this slave was to teach him to speak Latin, so he became the only one among the priests of Hades who was proficient in Latin and was eventually selected. After all, Relying on translators to develop followers of Hades among aliens would undoubtedly make it more difficult.

After Kaldeas came to Rome, he ignored the dissuasion of others and insisted on communicating with the Roman people. Davos had also been worried about his safety, but he did not expect that he would find him so quickly.

Davos went against what he had done with the officials and generals the day before. He immediately stood up and strode out.

Cardias, who was nearly 50 years old, had hurried into the Roman Senate, bowed, raised his hands flat, palms up, and respectfully saluted Daves: "Good morning, High Priest! Since its establishment, when the priests of the Temple of Hades called Davos, they did not use the title of "His Majesty the King" as an administrative title, but used his supreme priest in the kingdom's religious sacrifices. At first, he was only the god of Hades. The strict regulations of the temple, and later other temples in the kingdom began to implement this practice).”

"Good morning, Priest Kardias." Davos returned the priest's salute solemnly and said with a smile: "You came to see me so early. Did you find anything?"

"High Priest, I'm here to give you advice." Kaldeas said directly.

"What suggestions?" Davos asked curiously.

"You gave a speech in the square yesterday about 'hoping Roman civilians to become citizens of Dionia', but in my conversation with them yesterday, I found that they were upset that we might destroy their temples and sacrifices. .”

"Oh?!" Kardeas reminded Davos that yesterday he indeed only announced some benefits for Roman civilians after they became citizens of Dionysus. He was planning to tell them about Dionysius after they became citizens. The Asian kingdom was religiously tolerant, because it had done so during the conquest of the Messape, Pucetti, and Dauni people in the Apulian region, so this practice was still continued in Rome, but obviously Rome The situation in Apulia was much more tense and dangerous than that of Apulia, which made the Roman civilians even more uneasy.

So, Davos hurriedly asked: "Cardias, what is your proposal?"

"High Priest, through my contacts with Roman civilians, I found that they have great faith in the Roman goddess of hunting Diana, the goddess of the stove Vesta, and the gods Cailes, Liber and Libera who are exclusive to Roman civilians - —”

"Roman civilians still have their own gods?!" Davos was a little surprised. This was the first time he heard about this.

"Yes, although the Romans also believed in many gods, they believed in more gods than we in Greece, and the Roman nobles and commoners each had their own dedicated gods, and these gods were only the ones they respected the most. "Cardias said seriously: "And the five Roman gods Diana, Vesta, Keles, Liber, and Libera all have temples on the Aventine Hill in the city, especially Diana. The Temple of Anna, I heard, is also worshiped by civilians throughout the Latium region..."

Aventine...that was the main residential area for Roman civilians...Davos fell into thinking: In the past, he paid more attention to the collection of political, economic, military and other intelligence about Rome, but he paid less attention to religion, also because The reason why Rome has so many gods is that every river, every road, every forest, every crossroad, every gate, and every house has its own god. Even the Roman priests can’t figure out what Rome is all about. How many gods are there.Moreover, the Romans were far less pious than the Greeks in worshiping gods. They were more practical and utilitarian, so he neglected to conduct in-depth research on this topic. He did not even know that Roman civilians had their own gods!

But this seems to be a good thing!As the ruler of the kingdom, Davos immediately understood the importance of this matter. He asked: "You mean to let me worship these gods to show Dionia's respect for the beliefs of Roman civilians? "

"Yes, high priest." Kaldeas replied affirmatively. As the priest in charge of Hades, it seemed a bit absurd that he actually wanted his high priest to sacrifice to the gods of foreigners.

But in fact, in the Kingdom of Dionia, King Daves is not just the high priest of Hades, but the priest in charge of all temples in the kingdom.And Davos established the dominant position of the Temple of Hades in the kingdom's religion in the "Dionian Laws", giving them the power to supervise other temples in the kingdom, and every year at Hades in Thurii The main temple will hold a meeting of kingdom priests, presided over by the high priest Davos, and the scepter priests from various temples across the country will attend to negotiate and solve some problems encountered.

If Rome is conquered, these gods of Rome may be incorporated into the kingdom's popular beliefs. As the priest of Hades, the leader of the kingdom's religion, Chaldeas must of course understand them clearly and develop Hades here in the future. At the same time, Sri Lankan believers should try their best to ensure the supervision of these temples and to live in harmony with each other.

"Then I will go to the temples on Aventine Mountain to worship these Roman gods worshiped by Roman civilians. I will go today!" Davos made a decisive decision and asked: "What do you think of these temples?" Do you understand all the sacrificial rituals?”

"I understand it clearly," replied Chaldeas.

You are very well prepared!Davos glanced at him approvingly, then turned back and said: "Herni, immediately send people to Aventine Mountain to inform the priests of these temples, and arrange for people to announce to the whole city, 'I am going to sacrifice to the Roman gods.' One thing."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Henipolis stood up knowingly.

Davos remembered something again and continued: "And... call me Emilius immediately."

Davos suddenly realized that this time going deep into the city of Rome to offer sacrifices might be a good opportunity to lure the snake out of its hole.

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The Roman civilians who had just joined Dionia and became patrol members held shields and spears, and under the leadership of the legionnaires, walked through the streets and alleys of the Roman city while shouting loudly.

On the gentle slope of Mount Sirio, in a house that seemed larger than the surrounding buildings and more ornately decorated on the exterior walls, a young Roman man was lying in the bedroom of the main building. His wife was removing the bandage from his wound, and there was a long, newly healed scar on his left thigh.

He vaguely heard shouts outside and listened carefully, but he couldn't hear clearly, so he said: "Konya, go and see what's going on outside?"

His wife immediately left the bedroom, and soon returned, with a strange expression on her face, and said: "The untouchables who surrendered to the enemy said, 'That damn King of Dionia is going to sacrifice to their gods.' "

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