Augustus Road

"The reason why we have a high status is that we are the only ones who can raise Spartan children." The Spartan woman replied to the Athenian woman

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Because he did not particularly trust Herod, after setting up a very strong rearguard cavalry, Lepidus led the entire division north toward Chinodosha. All the legions sang folk songs from various kingdoms, carried kettles, helmets and muskets on tree branches, and happily followed the flag of the Commander-in-Chief. They were the biggest beneficiaries of this war, and now these people are in honor They had no worries, because they avenged Crassus and his companions; they were also satisfied with their financial rewards. Not only did Lepidus allocate Crassus's three thousand talents to them in a grand manner, but he also paid them from Herod. Received a large sum of military resources.

As for the border line, Lepidus was too lazy to take care of it. This matter should be settled by the new governor of Syria in the coming year, as long as the city of Chinondosha was still his. After arriving there, Coponius and the five legions parted ways with it. Go to the city of Antioch. And then Anthony came and shouted that there was nothing to see in this city except desert and a few turbid rivers. Even if a camp was set up, only barbarians from Arabia and the south bank of the Caspian Sea came. It was simply It is unbearable for people from civilized countries.

"Just tell me what you think." Li Bida used a delicate knife to trim his nails and said.

"Set the winter camp in the city of Tegraseta." Antony said bluntly. It was a place Lepidus was familiar with. It was the most prosperous city in southern Armenia, with theaters, brothels, fountains, and markets all available.

"Don't move now, I'm waiting for Kaxiyue's good show." Lepida said with a smile.

In this way, Antony's thoughts had no effect, and the winter camp was still located in Chinodosha. Lepidus did not want to be caught by anyone, because the war with Parthia was not over yet. As a financial officer, he did not have the formal authorization of the governor and could not sign the peace treaty - but during this period, Lepidus often stayed in the privacy of the curtain. He took out Crassus's personal ring seal before his death, and then frantically drafted each will document, lightly stamped it, sealed it with wax, and placed it in an extra box. He was accepting more than half of Crassus's wishes. Assets: The iron ore in Etrunia ranks first. Lepidus has coveted it a long time ago. This is the most vital industry. He also wants to invest in the Po River area to subdue all the blacksmith unions. Establish a workshop with contract rights to provide weapons and armor to the Republic's legions.

Then came the real estate owned by Crassus, which occupied more than half of the apartments and villas in Rome. In addition, in order to control the knightly world, a bold plan was also matured in Lepidus' mind.

Nicole pouted. Waving the branches, she stood outside the tent. She hated the yellow sand outside, but even more hated her father's indifference to him during this period. She was not even interested in going out for a horseback ride with her mother and El Capa.

"Does my father have another woman?" Sometimes, Nicole asked Helen Putina directly.

The Queen had no intention of hiding anything, she told Nicole. Your father is not here, but he is in Rome and in Asia Minor. "Then you are with your father just to give birth to me, as the heir to the kingdom?" Nicole asked.

Helenputina was silent for a while. He smiled and said "of course".

"Then why do you insist on sending me back to the grasslands and jungles? When I grow up, do you want to go to the market in the mountains to choose a man to have a child?"

"I know. You and your father have been sleeping together during this time. El Capa said that's how it is between couples, isn't it?" Nicole's questions came like a barrage.

Helenputina couldn't answer these questions. She just answered that this is the tradition of the descendants of the goddess Diana, and it is the will of God, and there is no way to disobey it. But Nicole had lost interest in the legends El Capa usually talked about, so she said, "I am very interested in my father now. I want to follow him back to Rome and get to know his family there." , what exactly is it like?”

This made Helen Putina very speechless. She really didn't know how to answer her daughter.

Nicole has grown up unknowingly. In addition to learning skills such as bow and arrow and horse riding, her figure has also become more and more slim, and the flower bones on her chest have slowly bloomed. Her eyes are the same as her own. She is very big, her eyelashes are very long, like a gazelle, her hair is as brown as the trees in the mountains, the hanging braids are stuck with gold hair accessories from the bottom of the country, her lips and chin look like her father's, sometimes she actually After the fun has waned, I will sit on the back of a pony and watch the flowing clouds in the sky in silence.

At this time, her father rode the white horse to her side. Nicole squinted her eyes and looked at her father with her right shoulder tilted. He had grown a thin beard and seemed to look different from the father she had seen when she was young. Same, even younger then.

"Winter is coming soon, which is the best time to do things in this area. Do you want to listen to me about my plan, good girl."

Nicole nodded hurriedly.

Lepidus pointed to the vast Sinaka Mountains behind Chinodosha and said, "I will use all the legion soldiers, as well as the recruited men, to open up roads behind the mountains, Chinodosha and Ikni. The triangular passage, a long-established military road with stone slabs, was paved along the river valley according to completely Roman standards, so that people, horses and boats could travel unimpeded. But before that, I had to use military force to conquer the local mountains that were not willing to obey. Folk tribe—good girl, I will take you on a tour of half of Asia during the Saturnalia, including Armenia, Eubotia, and Galaxia. How about a trip with father and daughter together."

Nicole opened her shell-white teeth and smiled brightly and innocently. Then she looked up happily and looked at the flowing clouds in the sky. The happy shadows of clouds and birds covered her brown eyes.

At this moment, the clouds in the distance brought news that Kaxi was in a very embarrassed state.

At that time, Caesar, who was in the winter camp in Milan, had finished his customary parade. He appeased the barbarians in northeastern Gaul, and actively started to send troops to the Brittania region in western Gaul in the next spring. Because there are now a lot of accusations against his war in Rome, "Since the province of Gaul has been stabilized and the German invasion has been successfully repelled, why does the Governor still maintain the strength of ten legions?" These eight The legions include the First Spanish Legion sent by Pompey, whose designation here was changed to the "Sixth Legion of Gaul", plus Caesar's original seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth legions, a total of five regular legions, and ten more. The first, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and the newly formed fifteenth legion, a total of five auxiliary legions. Such a huge military strength made the entire Senate feel sleepless.

Therefore, Caesar needs to create new enemies and create excuses for the continuation of his war.