[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

Gacius Florus never thought that he would return to Rome so soon. Unlike the anger when he left, the Governor of Judea came back with arrogance, as if he was returning in triumph Mars, wishing to surpass the Roman emperor in posture.

"It's really a soldier who doesn't know how to live or die." Titus has already changed his dark purple sacrificial attire, which is set off by a topaz, which is noble and elegant, in stark contrast to those rampant soldiers.

The slave of the Flavius ​​family couldn't help but frowned, and asked the master in the sedan chair, "Do you need to tell the master about this?"

Since Vepasian became consul, the status of the knightly Flavius ​​family in Rome has improved rapidly.Although it is still unable to sit on an equal footing with the dictator family, it has stepped into the ranks of upstarts anyway.

Relying on his father's influence and the exchange of benefits with Octavia, Titus became a respected inspector after quitting the temple. This speed of promotion is undoubtedly eye-catching.Because according to the normal process, Titus should first become a financial envoy, and then with the accumulation of qualifications, be promoted to a financial officer or an auditor, and then to be a supervisor, construction officer, or magistrate.

Because at this level, you are eligible to apply to join the Senate, so the Ombudsman is a threshold, which deletes the promotion ceiling for most Roman citizens.This also made Titus' father, Vepasian, very unhappy. After all, his wish was for Titus to inherit his mantle and become the governor or commander of the German province.

For Vepasian, who had already gained a firm foothold in the political world, he needed his eldest son to serve him in the army, rather than wasting the core members of the family where it was not necessary.

However, Titus has a completely different view from his father, and even asserts that the power in the army is already a bad move.

"Father, you don't really think that taking advantage of the death of Marcus Barbatus, you can get a piece of the pie from the Lepidus and Valerius families." Titus passed through these After years of observation, I have long understood that Octavia will never fight unprepared.

To put it a little more exaggeratedly, this woman can think of the next three steps in succession while others think of one step.

Marcus Barbatus' ruling qualifications are not comparable to Vepasian of the Flavius ​​family.Because of his relationship with Augustus' nephew and his long-term friendship with the Germanicus brothers, the previous patriarch of the Valerius family who served as the emperor's important minister for four times, his political guide is Tiberius, the first emperor of the Augustus and Claudius families, has always been at the center of power since he entered the political arena, and has never shifted in the slightest due to the coup d'état.

Octavia is the appointed heir of Marcus Barbatus.

Titus absolutely did not believe that Marcus Barbatus did not leave a way for Octavia to retreat. Maybe this division of power was another trap for Octavia.

In comparison, Wei Paxiang was less wary of Octavia.

After all, a gender issue is enough to isolate Octavia from the political center.

Even if she can rely on her influence with Nero to participate in political affairs, Nero is already a puppet emperor, besides, what can the two hairy children do?In the past, it was nothing more than relying on the channels of Marcus Barbatus and Narcissus to achieve their goals.

But now, once Marcus Barbatus died, Octavia would undoubtedly be restricted a lot.

Titus felt that his father might have a chance to become the first official because of the death of Marcus Barbatus, so his words and deeds in recent days have become a lot more arrogant, far less cautious than before.

The Lepidus family and the Valerius family are not upstarts who became rich in the past 100 years. Their lineage can even be traced back to the founder of the country, so even without the head of the family and the leader, they cannot be hurt. bone.

Besides, Titus also noticed that Octavia had installed six of her own people in the ten seats of auditors before Marcus Barbatus passed away.

The position of auditor is not a good job, and many people even think that this preoccupied official position should be banned.But Titus knew very well how useful auditors, who usually do not show their presence, can be of great use in times of war, because one of their functions is to be in charge of financial management on the battlefield.

Even Scipio, who was honored as Africanus and defeated Hannibal, once said with great contempt: the auditor is a stumbling block to restraining the army and affecting victory.

It is also impossible to deny the importance of this function, let alone allow the Parliament or the Senate to vote on it.

Not to mention that the auditor who quarreled with Scipio was still Cato, so Octavia would value this position, which was not beyond Titus' expectations, and even made him feel chills.

Relying on the establishment of the bank and the layout of the auditor and financial officer, Octavia undoubtedly stuck Rome's throat.

Even if Gesius Florus wanted to sing against Octavia, it might not be so easy.

Because Nero is very popular in the old ministry of Germanicus, plus Galba has fallen to Octavia, and the retired Roman officers and the gangsters of Mount Aventine are relying on Lepidus and Valery The Us family's business has led a better life than before, so in terms of people's hearts, don't think that Octavia is very unpopular with the Roman citizens of the Senate and the knight class, but among the common people, free people, and As for the veterans, her reputation is still very high.

In addition, Claudius, who occupied the right time and place, was deeply loved by the Roman people under the comparison of the previous two emperors.

Therefore, Gacius Florus may be able to provoke a rebellion in the provinces stationed in the province, but it is absolutely impossible to create a rebellion against Octavia in Rome.

Even Titus had no doubt that if Gesius Florus dared to provoke resistance to Octavia in public, he would be assassinated at home without anyone noticing.

However, what Titus didn't know was that Gesius Florus was far more courageous than he thought, but he had to face a fact when Octavia was stuck with Rome's funds .

That is, Octavia is weakening the strength of the garrison legion that is not good for her.

Fighting depends on three things: people, money, and food.

No matter how good the general's command skills are, without the above three points, it is useless.

Although Octavia can't face-to-face sanction the garrison regiments that are unfavorable to her, she can make those garrison soldiers belonging to the Jewish province jump to other places through the deviation in treatment.

Among other things, the governor of Syria, Gallus, was single-handedly selected by Marcus Barbatus, so why was Gallus able to suppress Gesius Florus and become the top leader in the Middle East?Isn't it because Marcus Barbatus left the best resources to his confidantes, so all the soldiers who wanted to go to the high ground flocked to the Syrian province?

And now, Octavia is doing the same thing, and the Judean Province also hopes that Octavia will quickly give Gacius Florus a good meal, so as to prevent this guy from really doing something big and grievous. .