[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

"Your words are exactly what I am most worried about." Galba did not hide that he had the same opinion as the hero Doryphrus, but he did not let go of his guard against Doryphrus: "I have experienced violence. |The era when the king was in power, so it is very clear how an incompetent king will affect Rome. "

"Brittanicus must never be on the throne." Galba's voice revealed unquestionable firmness: "Except for little Claudia, no one can now be on the throne of Roman emperor."

"You have full confidence in her." It was hard for Doryphrus to believe that an old and powerful nobleman like Galba would be one of the people who most supported Octavia's becoming the emperor of Rome.

He looked at Galba with the eyes of a stranger, and after a while, he smiled lightly and said, "As the elder of the five dynasties in Rome, have you never been tempted by the throne?"

"I did, but I cherish my life more." Galba didn't care about Dory Fluorus's provocation. After all, it would be too false for such a young man close to the imperial power to say that he had never been moved by the throne: "I am young." At that time, because of the family relationship, he had the opportunity to be adopted by Livia as an adopted son."

"Livia?"

"Livia Drusula, the last wife of Augustus, also the great-grandmother of little Claudia." Galba never thought that he would talk about the past at this age, So when Livia Drusula was mentioned, he squinted his eyes subconsciously, and put on a look of reminiscing for a long time: "At that time, Augustus wanted to find a playmate for his adopted son, so I was selected waiting list."

Doryphrus remembered that Augustus adopted his grandson as an adopted son, and abruptly mentioned his grandson as the same generation as his daughter: "Is it Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar?"

Galba nodded, with a touch of luck in his tone: "Augustus married his daughter to his good friend Agrippa, and then let Agrippa and his ex-wife's eldest daughter marry Tiberius. After Livia's son grew up, he presided over the marriage of his niece and grandchildren, aiming to tie Livia Drusula and Tiberius to death on the chariot of the two grandchildren."

"But both Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar died young." Doryphrus continued: "The head of their bed is the thigh of Augustus, and the motto they listen to is Augustus's private speech... I can imagine how a king who conquered the world tried his best to pass on his crown, but it is a pity that he overestimated the harmony within the family and underestimated Livia. The cruelty of Drusula and Tiberius."

"You're right." Galba praised: "Livia never thought of letting someone other than her own son inherit the throne... Of course, she also considered a more suitable younger son, after all, Germanicus' father was not only Born after Livia Drusula married Augustus, she even married Augustus's favorite niece, the youngest daughter of Mark Anthony. So compared to the gloomy and uncertain Tiberius , Augustus must have preferred the father of Germanicus."

"Besides, Germanicus was betrothed to Augustus' granddaughter at birth. Letting Germanicus' father inherit the throne is far more in Augustus' interest than making Tiberius the heir."

"It's a pity that Germanicus' father died suddenly in his prime..." Galba's tone and eyes showed a meaningful meaning, making it easy for Doryfluus to guess the twists and turns: "Just in Not long after Germanicus was taken into the Palatine Palace by Livia Drusula, Germanicus' father became a member of the death list..."

"You said, is there such a coincidence in this world?"

"It was Tiberius who did it?" Doryphrus guessed, "He is the eldest son of the Claudius family, and he didn't want to bow down to his younger brother in the future, so he did it in advance."

Galba shrugged his shoulders, and responded to Doryphrus' guess with his actions: "No one will object to the succession of the Germanicus and his sons to the throne except Tiberius. Including Gaius Caesar and Lucius Livia Drusula, who killed Caesar, has already accepted the fact that her second son and eldest grandson will become emperor. It's a pity that Tiberius's disguise was so good that when Augustus realized it, Everyone is getting cold."

Doryphrus's understated tone caused goosebumps to appear on his arms, and his heart beat so fast that even his voice trembled slightly: "Why didn't Augustus deal with Tiberius?" ?”

"Because the situation at the time did not allow him to deal with Tiberius." Galba said coldly: "All the direct male heirs of Augustus are dead, and among the remaining candidates for the throne, the oldest Germanicus is A young man with an unstable foundation... Do you think that Augustus will hand over the scepter to Germanicus? Even if he does, with Tiberius' ability, it will be a blink of an eye to drive him off the throne."

"This is also the main reason why I don't participate in the imperial power struggle and support Octavia becoming emperor." Galba changed his voice and shifted his focus to supporting Octavia's succession to the throne: "I understand that Claudius and What kind of people are the descendants of Augustus. They can do things you can't even imagine for the throne."

"As strong as Augustus, even Livia Drusula can't stop the black hands in the family. Am I more capable than them?" Galba laughed at himself: "If it wasn't for my father's presence in Lucius Kai After Sarah died, even if I was fished out. I was almost killed by Tiberius by mistake."

"You were also single-handedly promoted by Octavia. Don't you know how much she can do? How many people have she killed?" Galba still remembers Marcus Barba who worked with him. Tucci's evaluation of Octavia.

In terms of ruthlessness and decisiveness, Octavia and Tiberius are only siblings, but they are better at life than Tiberius, and they are more capable of inciting public opinion.

If Galba refused to stand with Octavia, then the latter would turn against Galba as soon as Doryphrus returned and send him to prison.

Galba is already at this age, of course he knows what is best for himself and his family.

Of course, he could also use his power in the army to fight Octavia head-on.

It's a pity that someone did it decades ago, and he was Octavia's great-grandfather.

And before Mark Anthony, Sura had done this before, and then she was called a human by the fact.