[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

The purpose of Vespasian Flavius ​​is to have the little Agrippina sentenced to life imprisonment and be escorted out of Rome at the end of the trial.

During this period, Messalina took the speech written for her by Octavia, and expressed in the court extremely proudly and generously that the emperor's family was different from the tyrannical Tiberius and Caligula.Since they were able to welcome the little Agrippina sisters back to Rome from their exile with a heart of love, they would naturally treat them with appropriate kindness and tolerance.

Even though the crime of assassinating nobles is unforgivable, Messalina and Claudius are willing to use a delicately crafted The puppet replaced little Agrippina, and was beheaded in court, and then little Agrippina was sent to the island of Compagna to be imprisoned for life.

Of course, Messalina also publicly assured that little Agrippina would be well taken care of on Compania Island, not only would she be able to live in Tiberius’ old age residence, but she would also receive a rather generous subsidy. .

As soon as the trial came out, many people praised the Claudius couple for their broad-mindedness and kindness.

Octavia, who attacked, made a gesture at Ellius, and the latter hurriedly whispered a few words into the ear of a loud slave, asking him to tell the results of the trial to the Roman citizens waiting outside the court.

In this regard, although the little Agrippina faction in the court suspected that Messerina's people would carry out an assassination on the island of Compania, Claudius' response made them swallow their request. You can only plan for the best in the worst case.

"Messalina is smarter than I thought." Little Agrippina gritted her teeth and said, "Exile me to the island of Compania? They are afraid that I will gather the old troops on the island of Pontiah and return to Rome." ?"

"Compenia Island is Tiberius' lair, so you have to be careful of Tiberius' remnants attacking you." Even though the "Three Daggers Alliance" initiated by little Agrippina, she was in Tiberius' faction. I have a little good impression in my heart, but the relationship between Agripina the Great and Tiberius is still incompatible.

Seneca was very worried that little Agrippina would die at the hands of Tiberius' remnants, and by then, the Claudius family, who had solved the hidden dangers, would be able to sell another wave of pity to the Roman public, and then use the little Agrippina's death set another nail in the coffin.

What a poisonous scheme to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

However, the hidden dangers of Seneca and little Agrippina are far more than these.

After Messalina's family settled Agrippina Jr.'s murder lawsuit, Berius sued Agrippina Jr. for murdering his wife's uncle in marriage and maliciously depriving the Cripps family of their property.

In order to show that what he said was true, Belius took out the will of Gaius Cripps that had been kept in the house of the freed slave. After the latter swore in court, he said that little Agrippina had deliberately sought The whereabouts of a will, but he prevaricates it.

"Since you hold the original owner's will, why didn't you read it out at his funeral."

"Your honor, you also know that little Agrippina was my original owner's wife. She stayed by my side when the original owner was seriously ill, and told me that the original owner had other plans for the property. Let me not talk too much." Shi Nu looked at little Agrippina's actions from time to time, which made the audience have more guesses: "At that time, Belius, the husband of Cripvia, the niece of the original owner, was with the original owner. The owner had financial problems, so I took little Agrippina's word for it."

"Your Honor, there is no Roman law that prevents a legal citizen from changing his will during his lifetime. Since what the freedman said is true, little Agrippina should be innocent." Seneca Without losing the opportunity, he said: "The content of the will read out by Gaius Cripps at the funeral is to give three quarters of the property to his wife and the remaining quarter to his niece. If only because of my being The agent was thus convicted, so what effect does the law of Rome have?" Seneca said against the army: "Maybe it was Belius who saw the money, otherwise why did he withdraw the divorce proceedings? Wife suing?"

"Lord Seneca's words may have something to do with the evidence I have obtained." Propedius, who had been silent all this time, finally said: "Since there are two wills, why do we have to fight over the truth? Are you going to die? You can't let Mr. Gaius Cripps speak!"

"What's your opinion, Lord Propedius?" The judge asked first after Messalina's gesture.

"Let's assume that both wills are true, and then carefully discuss which will is more worthy of use in terms of fairness." Prodius' speech made little Agrippina feel inexplicably scared: " Permit me to invite Cecilia, the Virgin of Vitus, to testify in court that she had consulted with Cripvia a few years ago about the will of Gaius Cripps and stayed in the House of the Virgins Record."

Seeing this, Narcissus hurriedly asked Cecilia, who came secretly, to come in with the visitor record book of the House of the Virgins.

As a Virgin of Vitus, Cecilia does not need to take an oath in court, and her testimony is more useful than anyone else: "About three months before the death of Lord Gaius Cripps, Cripps Ya took Master Cripps's personal letter and asked me to record his last words."

Even though Cecilia hated little Agrippina very much, she still kept in mind the instructions of Conesia and Octavia, and did not bite little Agrippina like a mad dog. A subtle, plausible record, to slowly convict little Agrippina: "I also brought the letter from Mr. Gaius Cripps. He realized that Cripvia at the last moment of his life He is his last relative, and he is willing to explain to her all the misunderstandings caused by an outsider, and hopes that the Cripps family can continue to be glorious in the hands of Cripvia and his descendants."

Belius, who was conceived, suppressed his anger, and listened to Cecilia continue to say: "Master Gaius Cripps has realized that there are many greedy poisonous snakes hidden around him, lest he can't protect Cripps family property, so he left such a sentence in the letter, saying that he had entrusted his will to a certain loyal freedman, and hoped that the other party would read it out at the funeral."

Cecilia's eyes swept over the extremely nervous little Agrippina and the freed slaves brought by Berius in turn. The latter, who was holding the will, had tears in his eyes, obviously a loyal servant.

"Dear judges, I think Gaius Cripps's final wishes are very clear."

"So is the natural law higher than the positive law, or the cold words are higher than the will of a Roman citizen? I ask all the judges here to make a clear judgment under the watchful eyes of the virgin Vitus and the goddess of justice. !" Prodius said loudly in front of little Agrippina, who was ashamed.

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Believe me, the Claudius of history is more lustful than this.

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Titus is coming out to chat with Octavia soon.