[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

"Master, the slaves you brought back have been cleaned. Would you like to see them now?" Octavia's steward Elius was originally a scholar who escaped from Judea. After being captured as a trophy, he took the name of his first protector.

Before Octavia, Ellius had changed three or four masters. He was a slave who drifted with the crowd and knew how to deal with the world. property, that's why after the third master released himself, he gave up the freedom he had finally won and chose to become Octavia's slave.

"Let them come over." Octavia rubbed her temples and said, "Let me think about how to arrange them?"

In ancient Rome, the price of slaves could vary as much as 10,000+ sesterces depending on their age, gender, and personal skills, but most slaves cost between [-] and [-] sesterces Among them, female slaves are more expensive than male slaves, because regardless of the age factor, some unscrupulous slave traders will use some healthy and healthy age female slaves as reproductive tools .

But no matter how developed the slave trade in ancient Rome was, the common people with a monthly income of less than [-] sesterces would have a hard time being served for the rest of their lives, not to mention some aristocrats trying to save a little food. And some slaves were released to become free citizens so that they could receive government relief food.

Even if Octavia was part of the highest class, she couldn't raise four more slaves at one time, and she was still four male slaves with a suffocatingly narrow employment path.

"Perhaps you can rent them out to amateur arenas." Ellius suggested appropriately: "As for the little one, he is a handsome boy, and you know that many nobles like to have that kind of fun in the entertainment arena. "

"The laws of Rome will protect the dignity of free people, but not the dignity of slaves." Octavia who answered the conversation looked at Elius coldly, making his heart tremble: "It's just that my people still Don't need to sell ass for a living in that kind of dirty place, if you let me hear something like that again, you'll be a donkey."

"Yes." Elius, who flattered the horse's leg, bowed his head respectfully, "I'll go to Titus to receive the punishment later, please forgive my mistake."

"There is no need to receive a punishment, and you have reminded me." Octavia mused, "It is impossible to send them back to the arena, but there is a good place to go."

"And it's also a good place where my father's secretary-general once walked."

The two gladiators sent by Drausus and Vespasian were taken down by Elius's men to wash them, burned their changed clothes, and then were taken to a digestible dinner. Bring it to Octavia.

The son of Drausus was, as Elius said, very handsome.Although in the records of the arena, he is a Thracian, but he has long golden brown hair and wheat-colored skin that do not match it. In addition, Thracians like tattoos, and the number and complexity of tattoos are regarded as According to the evaluation criteria of social class, Dory Fluorus has a black tattoo from the bridge of his nose to the lower corner of his left eye, which looks like a young man who will kill Matt in later generations.

Moreover, his expression was as rebellious as a textbook, and he almost had the words "I don't accept you" tattooed on his face.

Octavia would not care about anything with this kind of pretentious young man, anyway, his father would worry about it.

"I don't keep idlers here." Octavia, who spoke with a villainous air, caused the four male slaves in front of her to choke their hearts: "For slaves like you who came out of the arena, I have Four ways."

"One, lease it to a dock or a construction site. Considering that your price is not cheap, I will not let you work as donkeys in a noodle shop, or die in a mine."

"Second, go to the arena to be a sparring partner. This is undoubtedly a job that you are familiar with." Speaking of this, Octavia glanced at Drausus and his son unabashedly, indicating that they can directly give up this job. strip.

Dory Fluorus couldn't help clenching his fists, feeling an unbearable sense of humiliation.

"Three, go to the army and suffer slowly." Octavia saw that the eyes of all the male slaves present lit up, and she knew how much they were interested in this road: "After all, your role model is in front of the emperor. It's not hard to get you into the army, but it's none of my business whether you survive."

Octavia's voice revealed absolute coldness: "Unless you get the emperor's amnesty or you have accumulated certain merits on the battlefield, your income in the army will be handed over to me. Of course, I don't lack that. That's the money."

"Then why did you give us this road as a choice?" Dory Fluorus said dissatisfied.

"Because the income from renting to the army is the highest, and they also take care of two meals." Octavia said without blinking her brows: "Boy, don't think you are so valuable, if it is not for the honor of the Claudius family , you should let that group of lowly soldiers and nobles 'enter you'."

Dory Fluorus was immediately speechless.

Drausus secretly pinched his son's wrist, signaling him not to provoke Octavia.

Joining the army is undoubtedly the fastest way to get rid of slavery. Although Cicero once said that hardworking and honest slaves can hope to be released within 7 years, there are very few slaves who can live well after release. There are even a considerable number of freed slaves who will "sell themselves" to some big man again like Elius, in order to obtain their protection and the ladder to climb up.

"Although I also thought about cultivating a small private army of former gladiators like my father did, I changed my mind when I thought of the example of Pallas." Octavia played with taste: "I Why not use you to make money? Even after a few years, I released you and allowed you to obtain the status of free citizens and even citizens, but in terms of law and social morality, you still have to be loyal to me, and even to I make regular offerings."

Octavia's genius father relied on this to squeeze a lot of money from the Senate. Claudius let his freed slaves join the army, and then used their merits to get them citizenship, thus Holding an important position in the government, he has the right to apply to the Senate for a large sum of money, and Claudius will take up a large part of his property.

Tita's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she began to understand why her father and Elius wanted to "sell themselves" to Octavia.

In order for future generations to obtain the status of Roman freemen and even citizens, there is nothing that these painstaking parents of outsiders cannot do.

For Claudius and Octavia, making these freed slaves branded with their brand become citizens is undoubtedly the best tool for remote control.

And they are not the first people to do this. As a senior, Tiberius is a good example, and even indirectly governed for decades.

Dory Fluorus suddenly understood why the slaves he had come into contact with belonged to Octavia were so loyal to her.

Because the opponent's control method is very good, even if you know that there is a pit ahead, you will jump into it gratefully.

"Slaves will use their master's name as loyalty and protection." Dory Flux knelt down on one knee towards Octavia, and said with stubborn eyes: "If I can achieve certain merits in the army, you will Give me your name?"

Regarding this unexpected situation, Octavia was taken aback for a moment, and then she laughed out of breath, making Doryphrus blushed, "Is this ridiculous?"

"Of course it's ridiculous." Octavia patted her chest, took a breath or two before continuing: "Use my name? Do you want Claudius or Octavian? The former is the emperor's name , the latter is the former name of Augustus, you are afraid that you have to be the governor to be eligible to use these two names."

"How can you be sure that I won't become the second Narcissus?" Doryphrus said unconvinced, "I will prove it all to you."

"At that time, please also acknowledge that I am entitled to use these two names."

The author has something to say:

The previous mistake was corrected. Nero's name was changed after he was adopted by Claudius, and now he is still called Lucius Domitius.I have a headache seeing Roman names, because there are only [-] big families in Rome, which are the middle names, and the last names are the various branches of each family.The rate of duplicate names is ridiculously high, and some slaves even use their master's name to ask for a patron.Moreover, the naming rules of Roman women are different from those of men. It seems that they are going to deal with something and then turn it upside down, which makes people dizzy.

In addition, only about 20.00% of the population of ancient Rome were slaves. During the reign of Claudius I, if the master ignored the health problems of the slave and caused his death, the master would be sentenced to murder; Temple gets medical treatment and recovers, and he will be set free.

Caesar issued a decree: "In Rome, Roman citizens can enter non-citizen males, lower-class civilian males, male slaves, boys, eunuchs or male prostitutes at any time, but the upper class will never allow "lower people" to enter their bodies. In masculinity, the upper class must play a dominant role".

However, Nero was raped by Doryphrus.

I checked a lot of information about the release of slaves, and found that there are a lot of mistakes in Baidu's statement about the release of slaves in Rome. It is not that slaves will get the same status as their original owners after they are released, otherwise the whole society will be messed up.The easiest way for free people to become citizens is to join the army, so when Octavia said that they would be sent to the army, they would be so excited.

Pallas: Freed slave of Claudius, who, after obtaining citizenship, climbed to the high office of magistrate, and the senate fixed him with a considerable fortune.

PS: The written Octavia is a villain.

The names of Roman aristocratic women have three parts, but according to historical records, the name of Octavia is only Claudia. Octavia, which is the female body of Claudius and Octavian, so Octavian That's what Aya did when she heard that Dory Fluorus wanted to use her name.

Narcissus: Secretary-General of Claudius, a freeman, a former slave, and the target and role model of countless freed slaves.