Davers thanked the captains on the stage one by one, and when it was the turn of Olivers, the commander of the Fourth Legion, he looked down at the silver scepter of different shape and length, and joked: "Your Majesty, since the drought, our treasury has been tight, and I am worried that there will be no rewards to receive at the triumphal ceremony." ”

Davers replied solemnly: "Rome has enough gold and silver, and there are good craftsmen. Of course, you care so much about the treasury that you can donate it to the Ministry of Finance! ”

"The finance department doesn't look down on this small piece of silver." Oliver said with a smile, but clutched the scepter tightly in his hand.

Sextus followed the legion commanders to stand on the platform, listening to the thunderous cheers of the soldiers and the people in the audience, feeling both excited and nervous.

Davers came to him and said seriously with a smile on his face: "Sextus, thank you for your contribution to the Kingdom of Dionia!" I am glad that the Kingdom has such a good citizen! ”

Davers said, handing him the silver paper scepter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sextus excitedly expressed his gratitude, then took the scepter cautiously, looked at it again and again, and couldn't put it down.

"I look forward to the day when the Triumph is held for you!" Davers gave another word of encouragement.

Davers's words and the sight made Sextus proud, and he followed the example of the other legions, with both feet together and a scepter in his right hand, and slammed it into his left chest with a powerful blow, giving a standard Dionian military salute.

"Your Majesty!" The last general to come to power preemptively gave Davers a military salute.

When Davers saw him, there was a hint of apology on his face: "Izzam, this scepter should have been given to you a long time ago!" ”

Izzam was also straightforward: "As long as Your Majesty can often think of our mountain reconnaissance brigade in the future, forget about our mountain reconnaissance brigade before." ”

Davers laughed and handed him the scepter.

Izzam waved his scepter in the direction where the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade were standing, and when he saw the soldiers cheering, he said to Davers: "This honor belongs to the soldiers of our entire Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. However, I felt that Printoles was better suited to sit in the carriage than I was. ”

Davers said lightly: "I remember all the exploits of Printols, so don't worry about him anymore." ”

After the generals and soldiers on the platform accepted the cheers in the square, Davers stepped to the front of the stage, half of the 20 speakers behind him were Latins fluent in Greek.

Davers shouted: "Whether it is the soldiers of the Diognac legion or the new Roman soldiers of Dionia, it is precisely because of your heroic battles and victories one after another that today's triumphal ceremony will be held!" The Kingdom thanks you, valiant citizens of Dionia! ”

"Wan Sheng!! Victory !! Victory !! ......" was a constant cheer from the square.

"We have traveled long distances to Latin to fight bloodily, mainly so that this place will be like the rest of Dionia, where every citizen can own land, every citizen has equal rights, and every citizen can live a good life with his family! You have made great sacrifices to achieve this goal, and this war is far from over, and there will be many more sacrifices to come, citizens of Dionia, will you be afraid?! Will it back down?! ”

"No!! No!!! No!!! ……”

Davers nodded, and he shouted emotionally: "As long as we work together and are not afraid of challenges, any enemy will be crushed by us, and Rome will surely become a place as peaceful and rich as Nanyi!" At that time, your deeds will be engraved on stone tablets and written in the history books for the people to admire! And you will be rewarded with the richest rewards in the kingdom! ”

Speaking of this, Davers couldn't help but shout: "Wan Sheng, Dionian warriors!" ”

The excited soldiers immediately responded with continuous cheers, including many Roman civilian soldiers: "Victory for the Kingdom of Dionia!! ……”

"His Majesty King Davers wins!! ……”

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This cheer echoed through the city of Rome, overshadowing the ears of countless aristocratic families, and also made Stolo, who stood in front of the window and looked at the square with a cane, look solemn.

At this time, his wife, Konya, came over and hugged him tightly.

Feeling her body tremble slightly, Stolo knew that his wife was afraid: these days, she had been worried that she would be carried onto a ship by Dionian soldiers, like other Roman aristocratic men, and escorted to some strange place, leaving her alone in a city full of hostility......

Not only did his wife think so, but even Stolo himself once thought that he would be captured by the Dionian soldiers and sent elsewhere. After the temple assassination, some of the people who rebelled against Dionia were arrested, and as one of the plotters, he thought that he would suffer the same fate, and although the soldiers patrolled his neighborhood more often, no one broke into his house.

As Stolo became cautious and stopped interacting with others, he kept wondering: Why is this happening?

Of course, he would not have known that Davers retained considerable interest and respect for him because he was a well-known historical figure.

He believed that the Dioonians must have known of his special origins and waited for him to surrender like the other Roman civilians.

But he would not give in, because his father-in-law was still holding out on the Capitoline Hill, his father was fighting outside Rome, and if he surrendered, he would leave several of his relatives behind!

"Stolo, there have been rumors in the city these days that our army has ...... Defeated, is it true?! Konya asked, her voice trembling.

Stolo came back to his senses and immediately comforted her: "That's an army of 70,000 men, much more than the army of the Dionians, and with the dictator Camillus himself leading, even if there are really one or two defeats, it won't have much effect on the whole army!" This is nothing more than a rumor that wants to shake our faith and bring us to our knees......"

"But......" Konya was still worried, "The rumors of the capture of Viai and Kesrela City should be true, and I have seen several Uighants pass by in front of the gate in the past two days. ”

"Even if Viai and Kesreira were indeed occupied by the Dionians, there would be nothing to worry about." Stolo continued to comfort his wife: "The Celts occupied more towns back then, and in the end, we were also repulsed! As long as our army is still there, and Master Camillus is still there, we will be able to ...... Finally drive out the Dionians! ”

Speaking of this, Stolo quickly changed the subject: "What to eat at noon today?" I'm a little hungry. ”

"Ever since the barn and cellar of the house were looted by the damned Dionians, what else could there be to eat! A little flour and a few dry fruits were distributed every day according to the number of people......" said Konya loudly, her resentment at the Dionians.

"By the way, in the early hours of this morning, those Dionian people have sent some river fish, and finally they have seen some meat, but the smell of fish in this river is too fishy, and I can't eat it if I can't make it well, so I have to go to the kitchen and tell the servant......" Konya finished and hurried out of the room.

Stolo's face regained heaviness as he stared out the window.

At the end of the triumphal ceremony, the Roman people who had dispersed from the square were returning to their new homes in droves, and the area where the largest number of Roman civilians were housed was located, and the people were talking fiercely about the triumphal ceremony that they had just watched, and the sound was so loud that even Storo, who lived on the mountainside, could hear it clearly. Whether it's arguing about the difference between the two triumphal ceremonies, lamenting that Sextus and Valerius are one of the protagonists of the triumphal ceremonies, or talking about the speeches of the king of Dioonia at the triumphal ceremonies...... Stolo heard the same emotional excitement in these words.

Compared to the occupation of the city of Rome and the defeat of the army, this is the Roman commoners who are most worried about identifying with the Kingdom of Dionia.

"To turn Rome into a fair, rich, peaceful city?! ......," Stolo whispered: it was his ambition as an adult, but he knew how difficult it would be to achieve it, and now the enemies of Rome were using it to win the approval of the Roman populace, something the savage Celts could not have imagined! Do you know that what you have been trying to stop is now a weapon to your chest, O high senators!

Stolo looked out at the silhouette of Capitoline Hill far to the southeast, and slammed his fist on the windowsill in frustration.

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At this time, the Roman senators, like Stolo, looked out over the Roman Forum from the Capitoline Hill, which was the highest in the city and not too far from the Roman Forum, so they could see more clearly, and even faintly saw the priests, the statues, the bands, the generals in the carriages, and the soldiers marching in procession......

Although they could not hear the sound, the Roman senators who knew more about the Kingdom of Dioonia knew what the Dioonians were doing: they were holding a triumphal ceremony in the city of Rome!

What made them even more angry was that they saw that among the soldiers who participated in the triumphal ceremony were a general wearing Roman armor and many Roman soldiers, and in the end, in the earth-shattering cheers in the square, they could still hear Latin shouts, so before the triumphal ceremony in the square was over, many senators had silently left the top of the cliff.

The only thing the senators were thankful for was that a few days earlier, they had sent soldiers to cordon off the area with the best view of the Roman Forum, and to prohibit any people from entering.