Roman Slave Owner

His flattery not only did not arouse the resentment of these citizens, but instead attracted bursts of applause.

Rome has abolished direct taxes on Roman citizens, and the largest expense for many Romans was food.

Due to the existence of pirates, grain ships from Egypt and Syria could not reach Rome at all, which caused the price of food in Rome to remain high.

This has caused great distress to the Roman citizens at the bottom, but now the sharp drop in food prices has almost made everyone ecstatic, and basically everyone is the beneficiary.

"Some people say that it will take three years to wipe out pirates, and some say it won't take three years. But I tell you now, it won't even take five months. By then, there won't be a single pirate in the entire Mediterranean. This is because we have The wise and triumphant general Li Wei."

Serabio said, "Just yesterday, I got the news that Annius, the tribune of the populace, decided to convene a citizens' assembly to grant General Levi more power and give him the right to war against the East."

"I hope that all citizens can go to support him. The evil Bendu has colluded with Sertorius. He not only attacked our Bissinian province, but also wants to join hands with Sertorius to attack Rome."

"Only by giving Pontus a hard lesson can they know how powerful we are in Rome! Long live Levi! Long live Rome!"

"Long live Levi!"

"Long live Rome!"

"..."

Tor, who was arranged by Serabio among the crowd, immediately took the lead in shouting. Driven by them, more and more people became fanatical.

Annius looked at all this with a wry smile on his face. As a civilian tribune, he was really unqualified and had little oratory ability. He had to ask Serabio and Cicero to help mobilize the people.

It was not long before both Serabio and Cicero finished their speeches.

"Do you think we can succeed this time?"

Anius asked.

If Li Wei asked them to mobilize the retainers and tenants, Annius believed that there was a great possibility of success, but Li Wei did not let them do so.

"It will definitely work. I have never seen such enthusiastic people. Their resistance is futile."

Serapio said with great confidence.

After finishing speaking, he looked to the other corner of the square, where the elders who opposed Levi gave speeches, but it looked deserted and there were not many people at all. Just from the cheers of the audience, we could tell who they were supporting.

Everyone is watching this citizens' assembly nervously. Even though some people desperately oppose it, they still can't change the result of the vote.

In the dense forest of Silesia, one pirate after another was escorted out by Roman soldiers.

After Li Wei spread the news that three more legions would be dispatched to Silesia for encirclement and suppression, the pirates' will to resist immediately collapsed.

They couldn't fight again and again, and fled to the sea and were surrounded and suppressed everywhere. It was really hard to live, so a large number of pirates surrendered to Li Wei.

In a tent, Lucullus was pointing to a map to explain the next military action to everyone.

Li Wei has been soaring, he has now handed over all the military command to Luculus, and some pirates are not worthy of his own hands.

And he believed that Luculus had enough ability to deal with these pirates. In fact, Luculus did not live up to his expectations.

At this moment, Lucias walked in excitedly: "General, good news."

"What good news?"

Li Wei cheered up and asked, could it be that there is news from Rome, and the days are almost over.

"The Citizens' Assembly voted unanimously to grant you absolute command, allowing you to command all armies except Italy and Spain. And all the power in the Eastern War was handed over to you, whether it was war or peace."

said Lucias.

Hearing this, the headquarters was silent for a moment, and then there were bursts of cheers.

"That's wonderful! Congratulations, General."

Belius said.

Li Wei also laughed loudly, "I have been working hard all my life,

The pirates haven't finished fighting yet, and they are about to attack Bendu. "

But his words drew contempt on Lukulus's face. He obviously tried his best to attack Ben, but in the end he got cheap and behaved.

"Okay, Lucullus, how many days will the war in Silesia be over?"

Levi asked.

"Probably half a month."

Luculus thought for a while and said.

"End the fighting here as soon as possible, and then prepare to go to Asia."

Levi said.

"Yes, General."

Luculus said.

Li Weide left here with Caesar and Lucias, and he had to prepare for the next battle.

The strength of Pontus is still very strong, and he may face the combination of Pontus, Armenia and Partia, so the stronger his force, the better.

He decided to write to the Numidian king, hoping that he would send 5,000 Numidian cavalry to support him.

In addition, some troops should also be campaigned against other allies, such as the Thracians, Makaros and Cretans.

In a forest near Bulgaria in later generations, here is a small tribe of the Maidoi tribe in Thracia. The arrival of several Roman soldiers broke the peace here.

When Spartacus heard the news when he returned to the tribe with his wife Sarah, he hurried home.

When they got home, they heard a burst of Greek speakers coming from them.

Many Thracians had served in the Macedonian army and were therefore fluent in Greek.

Pushing open the door, he found a tall, smiling old man talking to a Roman officer.

The old man wore a hat and had light tattoos on his body, which proved that he was a nobleman among the Thracians.

Only nobles in Thracian can wear hats. As for tattoos on the body, that is the right of warriors. Spartacus also has tattoos on his body.

The Thracians are brave and warlike, and warriors have a very high status in the tribe, and they are very similar to the Spartans.

"Father, who are they?"

Spartacus asked.

The old man was his father, Fay. In his impression, his father was always majestic, not many like today.

"Spartacus, let me introduce you. This is the centurion Aetius under the acting consul Li Wei. He was ordered by General Li Wei to recruit the Thracians to fight for Rome. "

Fay said.

Spartacus asked curiously: "Why do we fight for Rome?"

"Because you are allies of Rome, according to the covenant, when Rome needs you, you must recruit soldiers to fight for Rome."

said Aetius.

He looked at Spartacus and found that he had long black hair, was extremely tall, and seemed to be a very strong young man in his twenties.

The woman next to him has milk-like skin, is extremely beautiful, and has a noble and calm temperament, even if he is used to seeing beautiful women, he is extremely tempted.

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