ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 817 A Clumsy Assassination
"Sacrifice to the gods! Which god?!" The young man heard this and asked urgently.

"Isn't he just a commoner..." As soon as the woman said this, she immediately realized that her husband was also a commoner. She quickly softened her tone and said: "It's the Diana, Vesta, Keles, Liber, and Li who you often worship. Bella and these gods.”

The young man was shocked. He lay on his back on the bed and said nothing, but he was thinking in his heart.

Cornea was born into a noble family in Rome. She was well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, and had not encountered any hardships. Her father wanted to marry her to Gaius Licinius Stolo, even though the young man was already somewhat experienced in Rome at that time. She was still a little reluctant to become famous, because in this way she would become the first aristocratic woman to marry a commoner, and she was worried that she would become a joke among the Roman aristocrats.But after getting married, her husband's appearance, talent and understanding gradually dispelled her dissatisfaction, and their married life became more and more harmonious.

At this time, she saw that her husband's face became a little ugly, and she hurriedly asked: "Stolo, what's wrong?"

Stolo said solemnly: "The Dionysians are trying every means to win over the civilians. I'm worried... they will really be deceived by the Dionysians and give up... Rome."

In fact, yesterday, after learning the content of King Dionia's speech from the people who came to talk with him secretly, he was surprised: because the promise made by King Davos was exactly what the Roman civilians had been pursuing tirelessly. Things, he has already realized the intentions of the Dionysians, and now the king of Dionysia ignores his noble status as a Greek to worship the gods believed by the Roman civilians. In order to win over the Roman civilians, he can actually do this To a certain extent, he was really worried that the civilians who had great conflicts with the nobles would all turn to Dionia, thus seriously weakening the strength of the Romans themselves, and possibly leading to Rome's defeat in this war...

Thinking of this, he was very worried and felt a little more pleasure in his heart, and blurted out: "I'm thinking, if the senators and nobles on the Capitoline Mountains knew what the Dionians were doing now, they would definitely I deeply regret that I have been treating civilians too harshly..."

Konya looked puzzled, not understanding what her husband meant, and feeling a little angry inexplicably: Stolo is not good at this, sometimes speaking too profoundly for her to understand, just like her father Ambustus.

She couldn't help thinking of one more thing: she still remembered that once, she went to visit her sister.Her brother-in-law, Servius Sulpicius, was a nobleman who had just been appointed as a military and political officer. When he came back late, he saw that the door of the house was not opened in time, so he asked his team officers to knock on the door with the token of the legion. It has to make a "bang" sound.Seeing this, she felt frightened, and was ridiculed by her sister, who said she had never seen the world.

Of course she was very angry and left her sister's house angrily, and later told her father about it, Ambustus comforted her and said: "Don't worry, one day you will surprise your sister in your own home." I can’t close my mouth.”

Until now, she had not thought of anything in her family that would surprise her sister...

Thinking of this, she began to miss her parents and sister's family who had fled to the Capitoline Mountains, and her heart suddenly became filled with sadness.

At this time, Stolo looked out the window, and he suddenly thought of a question: King Dionia left the heavily guarded square and went to Aventine Hill, where people were mixed. It might be a good opportunity for those people to seize it. This opportunity? !
Although the Dionians ordered the Romans to stay at home as much as possible, and anyone wandering the streets would be subject to strict interrogation, Stolo, who was looking forward to it, decided to send his slaves out to find out the news.

As a result, not long after leaving, the domestic slaves were driven back because Deolia's army had imposed martial law on the main streets.

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But in the southern part of the Roman city, Davos did not prohibit the Roman people from going out and watching, but only asked the soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Legions to build a cordon along the way.

For safety's sake, Davos also forbade his son Krotokatax to accompany him and let him stay in the Senate.

The people of Rome flocked to the roadside, and behind the legionnaires they could clearly see that King Dionia, who once wore a gorgeous military uniform in the square, was now dressed in plain robes, exactly as Roman residents dressed when they went to the temple to pray. There were ten men in the same attire beside him (dressed by the palace guards of Chaldeas, Aemilius and Martius), followed by hundreds of palace guards... They were watched by thousands of Roman people. Next, we climbed Aventine Hill.

The Temple of Diana is the largest temple on the Aventine Mountains. It was built during the period of King Servius. It has a long history and many believers, so Davos designated it as the first temple to worship. .

Originally, after the Dionians occupied the city of Rome, the Roman people were forbidden to move around, and this temple was also left out.But today Davos released the ban, so many Roman people were put in the courtyard of the temple, but the passage in the middle was blocked by legionnaires.

When Davos entered the courtyard, he also received the attention of the Roman people, while Diana's priests and attendants were already standing at the door of the temple waiting respectfully.

After saluting and greeting Davos, the amiable old priest Diana, who had white hair and beard, frowned and looked at the group of followers behind Davos, and said in embarrassment: "According to the oracle, the temple only allows Davos to The king goes in alone to worship.”

After listening to Amylius's translation, Davos immediately asked loudly: "Isn't the temple allowing everyone to go in and worship! I am not the only one who wants to worship the goddess today, but they are also there!" "

After finishing speaking, Davos pointed to the people around him, and said loudly with a little sarcasm: "When will the Temple of Diana, which treats everyone equally, start to learn from the Greek temples, and it is only open to the powerful? Already?!"

Davos' words reached the ears of the Roman people in the courtyard, causing an uproar.

In most formal Greek temples, the main hall is usually not open to the public and can only be served by priests. People can only pray and make sacrifices at the sacred altar in the courtyard, or go to the apse to ask the priests for divination. This can only be done in the city-state. During major celebrations or in times of crisis, only consuls or generals can enter the main hall and face the statues to pray for blessings.Roman temples are different from Greek temples in that they allow people to enter the main hall to pray to the gods, even the temple on Capitoline Hill. However, the number of people is limited. This may be related to the Romans' emphasis on utilitarianism.In this regard, Dionia is somewhat similar to Rome, and it also allows believers to enter the temple.

The priest heard Amilius's loud translation, and panic flashed in his eyes. He has served as a priest for so many years and has always enjoyed the respect of the Roman people. He was rarely questioned face to face. He said in a deep voice: "This is Diana's oracle!"

"Priest, when did you receive the oracle?" Chaldeas suddenly asked loudly.

"……Morning."

"What time is it in the morning?"

"Uh...during breakfast."

"King Davos only decided to come to worship after breakfast. I'm afraid it was already past breakfast when I informed you!"

"...Goddess Diana...knows everything..."

"I wonder how you got the oracle, priest?"

"Sacrifice... no, bird account."

"According to Rome, wasn't the bird divination used to predict good and bad luck? When can it be used to determine how many people can enter the temple to worship?!"

"This...this is the ability of our Roman priests. You Greeks don't understand it."

"As far as I know, Roman priests have never used bird divination to determine how many people can enter the temple to worship. If you don't believe it, you can ask the people in the courtyard or even the people outside."

"Who the hell are you?!"

"I am also a clergyman, so I would like to learn from you how to divine so accurately that the goddess Diana only allows one person, not two or three people... to enter the temple to worship! If I can do it If so, I will definitely become the most powerful divination priest in all of Greece! So I think you must be the most powerful priest in the entire Latin region, right?!"

"This this……"

"Also... I would like to ask, such an important divination must have assistants and witnesses. Who are they? Are they qualified for divination?"

"..."

The continuous questions from the Kardea Temple made Priest Diana turn pale, sweat began to break out, and she stammered until she was speechless in the end.

Due to Aemilius' deliberately loud translation, the people in the courtyard realized that something was wrong.

"King Dionia, are you here to worship the goddess sincerely?! Do you still want to go in?!" A servant next to the priest suddenly interrupted loudly.

Davos turned his head and looked straight at him with eyes as bright as lightning.

The attendant lowered his head in a guilty conscience.

At this time, Martius, who had been paying close attention to these nervous temple attendants, whispered a few words in Aemilius's ear.

Amylius glared at them immediately, and suddenly shouted: "You guys are carrying swords?!"

This shout was like a thunder on the ground. The priests and attendants were trembling with fright. The people in the courtyard were also surprised, because weapons are never allowed to be carried in the temple. This is disrespectful to God, not to mention the one closest to him. Priests and attendants of gods.

The temple attendants thought that the conspiracy had been exposed, and one of them simply shouted: "Diana Oracle, kill the enemies who invade Rome!"

With that said, he pulled out the dagger hidden under his white robe and rushed towards Davos.

Several other attendants also drew their weapons and rushed forward.

　Considering that I will be going home for the funeral this afternoon, I guess I won’t be able to come back until the weekend to continue updating, so I simply uploaded all the manuscripts I have in hand, and use this week to sort out the development of the next story.

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