"Father, Rome is changing now! Civilians like Lisinius, Frius... have all served as military officials! The dictator Camillus once said, 'In the future the Senate will be open to Roman civilians!'"

"Hmph, Camillus! He ordered the arrest of our civilian leader Marcus! Don't believe the words of the nobles. In the past, we were always deceived by them and always gave up the battle at critical moments, which in the end resulted in Rome's nothing changed! Children, the Lisinius family is the nobles among the civilians, and so is Frius. They have close ties with those nobles, which is not something we can compare with. Don't have any extravagant hopes! But now we don't have to worry about these anymore, because the nobles in the city of Rome have been completely defeated!"

"What's the meaning?"

"The Dionians announced the cancellation of all our debts! They announced that 'As long as there are Roman civilians who are willing to be Dionian citizens, they can be allocated to fertile land and comfortable residences'! They also announced that 'Any Roman civilians who become Dionian citizens can apply to serve as a royal office in the Kingdom, and through political achievements, and eventually become veterans'! ..."

"Father, the Dionians are enemies! They are enemies who have occupied our homeland! Everything they say is a lie, just to deceive us not to resist their invasion!—"

"No, they did not deceive! They found the paper rolls and wooden boards that recorded debts in all the noble houses in Roman city, and destroyed them all in the square! They held the noble family together, confiscated their residences and land, and began to allocate them to the Roman civilians who joined Dionia! They also made a Roman civilian who had become slaves due to debts become a municipal magistrate! I also specifically asked someone to inquire that many of the elders of the Kingdom of Dionia were from low-class backgrounds, so-"

"Father! Whether what the Dionians did was true or false, it would be useless when we regain the city of Rome! On the contrary, these Romans who benefited the Dionians would inevitably be severely punished by the Senate!"

"Regaining the city of Rome? You must do it! Look at the scars on me. Although I have never been a squadron leader, I have participated in more battles than you. I know very well that if you want to win a war, it is not to see which side of the soldiers are more, more brave, more obey orders, and better weapons and armor, right? When the Dionians siege the city, although I did not go to the city to fight, I learned in detail from the neighbors who fled home that the Dionian soldiers were no worse than Roman citizens, but their armor and weapons and siege equipment were far more than us. They conquered the city of Rome, but they could not invade the people in the city, and they also surpassed the Roman citizens in terms of discipline-"

"We have an army of 70,000! Our commander is Camillus! We will definitely take back the city of Rome! Father, don't say anything more, hurry up and follow me to the base to rest. When we drive away the Dionians, the family will be reunited!"

"Camilus is stronger than the King of Dionia who is victorious in every battle?! 70,000 people can conquer the city of Rome with 50,000 people defending?! Sextus, you are confused. Look at your soldiers, they know very well!"

After his father's reminder, Sextus suddenly discovered that some of his subordinates were silent, some were embarrassed, but more were surrounding the old men and asking about the situation at home in the city, with a look of excitement.

Sextus then remembered that in the squadron he led, there were not many citizens like him who had grown up in Rome since childhood, and most of them were refugees who had only joined Rome in the past ten years. They did not have a strong sense of identity with Rome, and they probably could not stand such temptation.

So he loudly reminded the soldiers: "Don't forget that the Dionians are aliens. They do not believe in Jupiter, Juneau, and Vista! They have kings! We cannot surrender to such an alien country that is completely different from Rome!"

"Rome was originally a city-state composed of many races, and so was Dionia. It is said that many alien races have become their elders, and their kings personally worshiped the Temple of Diana, the Temple of Vesta, and even the gods of our civilians, Kelice, Liber, and Libera. This shows that Dionia completely allows us to have our own gods! As for saying that they have a king, there is nothing to worry about. Don't forget that when the Roman nobles killed Marcus, they were guilty of being kings, but he was a Roman hero who really cared about us civilians! Therefore, it doesn't matter whether there is a king. What is important is whether we can treat our civilians more fairly, so that we don't have to worry about debts and become slaves, but we can gain land and power instead of gaining land and power?!" Another old man said loudly.

The last few words made the soldiers' eyes lit up.

"Yes, just like I can now divide the five acres of land on the banks of the Tiber River south of the river, which is far more fertile than the land I had in the west of the city of Fedinai, and it is much more convenient to farm." Sextus's father patted his wounded leg and said happily: "My family moved to Mount Palatine and moved into a large mansion belonging to the Claudius clan. I once knelt at the door of that mansion and prayed that they would delay my debt repayment period... Hahaha, now I can become the owner of that house!"

"Father, you...you..." Sextus's eyes turned black when he heard this.

"That's right, I have applied to be a citizen of Dioria and shared the property of the former Claudius clan. According to the vengeful style of the people of their clan, we will regard our family as our mortal enemy. What are you still hesitating about!" The old man suddenly shouted sternly.

"You are crazy! You are actually going to provoke the people of the Claudius clan!!" Sextus responded angrily, but his face was full of fear.

"It's not only your father who provoked the nobles, but many civilians in the city are now stained with the blood of the nobles and diners. In the past, they treated us cruelly, and now it's our turn to take revenge!" Another old man said with a resentment.

Not only did his words get the response from other old men, but many soldiers even agreed.

Sextus became silent.

At this time, his father persuaded again: "Child, the Roman Chief Executive of Turiyi, Ascites announced an order today. In two days, civilians from all over the city of Rome will gather in the square to jointly elect members and form the local council of Rome. Its function is to supervise and assist the Roman Chief Executive in governing the city. Any civilian can participate in the registration. I have decided to run for the election.

Also... Chief Executive Ascestes also announced that we would divide the city of Rome into nine urban areas. Considering that we do not have much administrative experience and do not know much about the laws and systems of the Kingdom of Diony, the Chief Demo who manages each urban area is temporarily appointed as officials of the Kingdom of Diony. However, the Adjutant Demo will be selected among the Roman civilians. While assisting the chief to govern the Roman city, they will also learn from the government experience in order to hold more important positions in the future...

An important condition for choosing these adjutants Demo is to be able to speak Greek so that they can communicate better with the officials of Dionia. Sextus, you have learned Greek, and I hope you can become adjutant Demo in the city of Cyreo!”

Sextus is still silent.

Not only the old people were watching him, but the soldiers were also watching him, especially the hesitant soldiers, looking forward to the squadron leader's decision to help them make up their minds in the end.

"We... just enter the city of Rome like this. The Dionians really won't doubt us and attack us?" When Sextus finally said this, the old people smiled, and most of the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, some soldiers reminded with concern: "Let us not enter the city with weapons? If the Dionians repent, wouldn't we walk into the wolf's den like lambs!"

This immediately aroused the anger of the old people: "Idiot! Will I put my children in danger? You may not trust the Dionians, but how can you not trust your parents!..."

"Are we going to Rome now?" Sextus interrupted their complaint.

"How is that possible! Our children have not seen each other yet!" Some old men protested.

"In order to allow Dionys to finally defeat the Roman nobles, we must let more civilians leave the army led by Camillus, return to the city of Rome, and join Dionys, so as to weaken the strength of the Roman nobles and defend the benefits we just obtained!" Sextus's father reminded loudly.

Since he had decided to rebel from Rome, Sextus completely settled down to consider the way out of his people. Therefore, he thought for a while before saying to the old people: "You should know that the dictator Camillus has always had strict warnings on the camp. You can't get in, or go to the camp of the people first, where there are also many civilians worthy of your grudges. And the soldiers and I returned to the camp and quietly told other civilian soldiers about the changes in the city of Rome, including your relatives. After dark, all of us who were willing to leave broke out of the camp and met with you and returned to the city of Rome together!"

"Okay, that's it!" Sextus's father took the lead in agreeing.

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Chapter completed!