Augustus Road

But Machius and Laelias have more say, but the one who has the most say is Rabinus. "Caesar's legion is characterized by fierce combat effectiveness, first-class elite, strong sense of honor, hard work, and excellent civil engineering ability. Strong, the centurion team is particularly capable, but the tactics are not much different from the rest of the Republic's army, but they are executed more beautifully. The representative is the tenth legion. In addition, I heard that Caesar will build and restore several legions; but Lepidus' The legionnaires come from all over the world, with all kinds of people and all kinds of tactics. What he is best at is the tactics of cavalry, artillery and archery, and he can perfectly coordinate these things, and from time to time there are weird and tricky new ones. There is no one who is better at learning from any enemy than him, and I really can’t say which of his legions is the most elite.”

After speaking, everyone fell silent. Since Rabinus commented on his opponent in this way, what else can we say? However, the following scene was not depressing. Labienus regained his composure, coughed, and continued, "Aetius sent reliable information. Lepidus has dismissed four of the legions in the city of Utica. ”

After hearing the news, no one denied that this was the biggest good sign. Among them, Marcius and Lepidus had a personal relationship. In good conscience, the engineering director did not hate this man who was Caesar's deputy. He spoke fluently and elegantly, and at least seemed sincere and generous in his treatment of others, and kept his promises within the scope of his principles, so he asked, "Could it be that Lepidus was jealous of Caesar because of his merits and strength?" "After that, Labienus continued to cough violently, and then he smashed his fist on the table and shouted, "Caesar and Lepidus will be proud of their grand triumph, but we have to guarantee it. This is their last triumph, we will eradicate all Caesar and their henchmen soon!"

Amid frenzied cheers. Caesar led from beginning to end with a mighty procession, captives, and mule-drawn carriages carrying the booty. The streets from Ostia to Pasini were lined up for twenty kilometers. Facing the welcoming crowd, Caesar wisely weakened the color of the civil war in the subsequent triumphal ceremony. He only emphasized, "This great triumphal ceremony is divided into four parts." There are four fields, one is for my previous conquest of Gaul, one is for Bosporus, one is for Egypt, and one is for the barbarians who resisted in the expedition to Spain. Each of them holds a city entry ceremony and grand celebration. It lasted for a month and ended again on Saturnalia." When he saw Lepidus and Antony coming to welcome them with the senators at the city gate, Caesar was overjoyed. He wanted to give everyone the impression that his group was unusually united. Inviting the two of them to sit in his chariot and walking into the streets of Rome together, no one else enjoyed such treatment, whether it was other lieutenants, Caesar's relatives, or Caesar's favorite Brutus and Dick. Seamus, in the rain of petals under the city gate, Caesar hugged their shoulders and said, "In the four triumphal ceremonies, you two must always be by my side, Marco and Carla." Bisi!”

He then asked Lepidus about his policy policy, but the other party smiled humbly and replied that it would be more appropriate for him to discuss such matters with the next chief executive Ebro in advance.

Caesar laughed heartily, and then he jumped off the chariot with the two of them under the street in the Viglia Valley, and then led the guards, retinues and staff, and walked in groups to the doghouse in front of the main square. Leia Synagogue, where most of the senators were on the steps, warmly welcoming Rome's ruler back.

The senior senators, headed by Spinzel and Banks, immediately hunched their backs forward and hurriedly kissed the back of Caesar's hand, and then hugged and kissed each other, "Your Excellency, the former dictator, saved Rome many times from tyrannical enemies." The savior of Venus, the lucky one and the invincible commander." After adding a dazzling list of titles to Caesar, Spinzel spoke the truth, "Excuse me, to Parthia. When will the expedition begin?"

"We will make preparations after the Saturnalia ends this year, and strive to march by sea within three months after the Wolf Festival next year." Caesar put on a loose robe and replied, "Then, dear fathers, you are so concerned about the war, Do you need any help from me?"

Spinzel cleared his throat, and then with many senators smiling nervously, they announced that they would publicly issue a special edict to once again grant Caesar the status of dictator and the right to be re-elected as consul for ten years.

After hearing these words, Caesar clearly saw that Cicero, who seemed relatively upright in the crowd, had an unusually twisted and painful expression, so he shouted to Cicero through the eyes of others:

"My dear orator, if I accede to the request of the Senate, will you, like Demosthenes, write an article against me?"

"Your Excellency, I no longer have the strength to engage in any opposition activities since the death of Cato the Younger." Cicero replied sadly in such a tone, which seemed to be a compromise and seemed to be expressing his attitude of continuing to resist.

Caesar sneered twice and announced that he was going to inspect the progress of the work on the Temple of Venus. Then he asked everyone to be happy. At this moment, one of his personal slaves handed over a dazzling crown. Caesar took a look and said that he would immediately send this trophy to the mansion in Seville. He smiled and said to Brutus, "This is from the Kingdom of Mauritania, worth six million sesterces. Only your mother in Rome can match it." Then, he left without commenting on the proposal of the senators just now.