Day 5 in Rome: Sunny weather

Today, I got a big surprise when visiting the ancient Roman city. I met a real witch in a place called Yiren Lane. She allowed me to see what real divination is. The mysterious power still makes me feel a little unbelievable. The result of divination is not very good. It seems that I am not alive forty years old. Although there seems to be a glimmer of hope, I am not very optimistic.

Despite this, I still wrote this diary with great enthusiasm.

Alexiya was not very interested on the way home. It seemed that the witch had said something to her. The businessman's daughter had always made me feel a little confused. However, this was not a very important thing. I think maybe his father could make her happy after he sold my "treasures" and got rich overnight.

I will continue to visit the city of Rome tomorrow. I decided to go to the public bathroom in Rome. I have heard of that place for a long time. I heard that the bathroom in ancient Rome was bathed by men and women, and men, women, young and old were soaking in the same pool. I wonder what the situation was.

In the autumn of 76 AD, Lin Tianyu was written in the home of a Roman merchant.

The sixth day in Rome: cloudy weather

It was a cloudy day today, but this did not prevent me from visiting the public bathroom in Rome. To be honest, the real scenes disappointed me a little. Although it was very luxurious on Baidu Encyclopedia, it was actually dirty and hot. Although it was very spacious, there were many people. The body odor unique to Westerners was infinitely amplified here, and the result was that I couldn't stand the smell and escaped.

Later I found out that there was a high-end bathroom dedicated to the high-ranking officials and nobles. That one was very luxurious. Unfortunately, I was not qualified to use it. As a result, I found nothing on the day except for taking a few photos of naked women in the public bathroom.

Fortunately, I can go to the famous gladiatorial competition tomorrow, and I hope it won't disappoint me again.

In the autumn of 76 AD, Lin Tianyu was written in the home of a Roman merchant.

Day 7 in Rome: Sunny weather

It was a sunny day today. I came to the arena with Alecia early in the morning. This is definitely the most lively place in Rome. It seems that the locals are very enthusiastic about this bloody game.

The first gladiator began around 9:30. The first game was just a hot field, so the rules were relatively casual. About a dozen gladiators acted as death row prisoners poked each other with daggers, and as long as half of the people died, the remaining people could leave alive.

However, the audience doesn't seem to be very interested in this kind of game. Perhaps they are all looking forward to the finale behind. Looking at the unlucky people below who were first poked and screamed, they really feel that it is not worth it for them.

It was said that this hot game should have ended soon, but because a death row gladiator didn't die for a while, we waited for another half an hour.

Due to time constraints, the second game was moved to the afternoon. Although there were still two hours left to wait, the audience had almost no intention of leaving the table. Everyone took out the dry bread and gave the rich servants a meal, and the rich people let the servants carry wine and fruit with them to enjoy.

I was bored and chatted with a few Roman merchants next to me. It seemed that the reputation of the treasures I sold for Apiust had spread in the upper class, which made me so happy.

The real good show was finally staged around 1:00 in the afternoon. The name of this competition was "Theseus vs. Minota". In fact, it was a gladiator holding a shield and a short sword that fought against a bull with a sharp knife on his head. As soon as the gladiator appeared, everyone cheered, and seemed very famous. The gladiator had a very strong figure and performed very well. He shouted and shouted to the audience in the stands. It was no worse than later sports stars. It seemed that celebrities worshipped such things in all eras.

This game was better, reminding me of the Spanish Bullfighter. The Gladiator's movements were very skillful and agile. He could easily avoid every time the Bull launched an attack. He was almost completely playing with the Bull. After more than half an hour of tossing, he gave the Bull a fatal blow, putting a perfect end to today's gladiator. The next two games were not very good. Apart from the screams of the dead and the bloody old height that left a little impression on people, there was nothing worth noting.

On the way back to Apius's house, I sat down to review myself. I was interested in this cruel and bloody game. I was really ashamed of the ideological education I had received before. Maybe I should watch the game with a critical eye tomorrow.

In the autumn of 76 AD, Lin Tianyu was written in the home of a Roman merchant.

Day 8 in Rome: Sunny weather

It's another good weather to watch gladiator competitions. Although I had a nightmare about gladiator last night, I decided to continue watching the competition today because I heard that there will be group battles, and this kind of competition is very rare, so I decided not to miss it.

The morning game was still hot as usual. Several death row prisoners and the arrested thieves died. The fight was not exciting at all. Now I don’t even care about these poor guys anymore.

In the afternoon, we finally reached the climax of the game. The name of this game was called "Battle of Troy". There were more than 50 people appearing. These people are real professional gladiators. The oppressive momentum when they appeared was very different from the games I saw before.

These people were divided into two teams. The more crowded side, about 30 people played the ancient Greek coalition. Most of the weapons were spears and shields, and some were holding daggers or javelins. Several people who looked larger were assigned roles, including Odyssey and Agarmenon. The guy with the largest and most fierce appearance played Achilles. This image is much different from Brad Pitt's version, but it was still cheered by the audience.

There are only more than twenty people on the side with fewer people, and their weapons are shield spears and several bows and arrows. The gladiator who plays Hector is an honest and dull guy, wearing black leather armor with silver jewelry, looks in his forties, but considering that ancient people looked older, they might be in their thirties.

This gladiator seemed very famous. I heard someone call him the silent Alex. He seemed to have been a centurion before. He was sent to the guild as a gladiator because he disobeyed military orders. I looked at this guy and his more than twenty "Trojan warriors" and couldn't help but sigh for him secretly, because it seemed to be far worse than the Greek coalition in terms of numbers and quality.

But the game was beyond my expectations at the beginning. More than 20 Trojans formed a semicircular defensive formation against the wall, and several archers were arranged at the innermost point. Under the siege of the Greek coalition, the formation remained calm because of proper cooperation. Only one or two people died. The Greek coalition was shot by the archers because of carelessness.

Just when the two sides were in stalemate, Alex suddenly launched a counterattack. I had no research on tactics and other things. The only experience was real-time strategy games. However, even so, I could see the gap between the two sides in tactics. Although there were disadvantages in numbers, the silent Alex was able to use his troops well, organize offense and defense, and grasp the rhythm perfectly. Although the Greek coalition side had a large number of people and were strong, they were completely fighting on their own and were soon defeated. The guy who played Achilles had not played much and was stabbed to death by a spear before he could perform well, which was wasted his appearance.

In the autumn of 76 AD, Lin Tianyu was written in the home of a Roman merchant.

ps: It seems that this book is pretty good. As soon as I said there were fewer comments, a lot of comments suddenly popped up. OK, so I have the confidence to write it. There is still another chapter tonight.
Chapter completed!