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Chapter 187 Roman Triumph (1)

With the lessons of Kesrera, the two envoys dared to be perfunctory again, and the two sides quickly negotiated on the matter.

During this period, under the urging of Davers, the messenger frequently rode fast horses between Rome, Walch and Tarchuna. The two sides quickly formulated a draft of the alliance, with the main contents:

First, the Kingdom of Dionia formed a military alliance with Tarchuna and Wolch;

Second, Tarchuna and Walchi must respond to Dionia's request and provide troops to fight Dionia's enemies, and Dionia must also protect the security of Tarchuna and Walchi's territory;

Third, Walch and Talchuna acknowledge the legal occupation of Kesrera by Dionia;

Fourth, Dionia must assist Tarchuna and Volchi to regain Sulvotum and Khosa and return their territory to their original allies, but the Roman people in the city belong to Dionia, and the soldiers of the allies shall not rob.

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The alliance agreement has not been officially signed, and the two Etruscan city-states sent envoys to the Roman camp the next day under the urging of Davers, which led to this relaxed victory.

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On this day, the sun shone brightly and the sky was clear and cloudless.

After experiencing war, killing, chaos and crying, the people of Rome had a rare festive look on their faces. They dressed up, took their wives and daughters, and gathered on both sides of the road from the arena to the square, waiting for the triumphal beginning.

Among these people was McLarens. Three days ago, after he learned that Viae had fallen, he immediately fled the barracks with many Viae soldiers.

Because the Roman army was busy intercepting the departure of the Etruscans and other colonial cities on the north bank of the Tiber River, most of them escaped smoothly. Like McLarens, many of them ran directly to the city of Rome and surrendered to the Dionians.

After confirming their identity, the officials of the Dionians would carry the surrendered Roman nobles with their families to the south through ships, and the Turi's Ministry of Household Registration would disperse them in various towns in the kingdom. For the surrendered civilians, they would ask whether they would choose to live in Rome or to love, and then place them according to their choice. In fact, they would take the initiative to guide the civilians to choose Rome, because after cleaning up the Roman nobles, more than half of the entire Roman city was vacant.

For McLaren, who had originally grown up in Rome, he was certainly willing to return to Rome because there were not only better houses, but also more fertile land (in order to limit Viagra, the Roman Senate assigned all the flat land along the river that originally belonged Viagra to Rome, leaving only hills and mountains for the Roman citizens who moved to Viagra to allocate them).

The officials of Dionys not only helped him find his wife and children, but also told him that His Majesty King Davers specially issued a bill for the Romans who applied to become citizens of Dionys, 'When they harvest in the autumn, they can harvest the crops that originally belonged to their own land and then cultivate the new land.'

Davers's thoughtful measures have indeed reassured all Roman civilians who defected to Dionia.

Just as McLaren was busy moving, a piece of news spread throughout Rome: The Dionians were preparing to hold a triumphal ceremony in Rome tomorrow!

It immediately caused a stir among the Roman people. After all, the triumphal ritual is one of the most sacred rituals of Roman citizens. It is a ceremony for the Romans to show off their military achievements and glory after defeating the enemy. So McLarius and the Roman civilians were eager to know: Did the Dionians know how to hold the triumphal? What attitude will the Dionians take towards the Romans in the triumphal? (Because in the triumphal ritual in the past, the captured enemies would always be escorted to the parade).

Therefore, many Roman people gathered on the roadside with considerable questions, waiting for the beginning of the ceremony.

"Woo!..." The war horn sounded long, followed by drums and music, and a bit of joy came from the south of the city of Rome.

As the people on the road listened, they couldn't help but shake their heads and shook their heads to the strange and beautiful melody. Some people even called the music nice and asked the people around them for their names, but no one knew.

After a while, the people in the south of the city started to stir up and shouted: "Here are here! They are here!..."

The people on the roadside began to rush forward, but were stopped by the soldiers of the Dionian standing on the side of the road ahead and holding hands to guard the war.

McLalis picked up the five-year-old child and looked south on tiptoe. He saw a golden flag shining in the middle of the South Road being held high in the air and headed towards them...

It was closer that McLaren saw clearly that a silver double-stranded fork was painted on the flying black flag, surrounded by gems and wrapped in black hair, with a majestic statue of a Greek god on the top.

This is the military flag of the Kingdom of Dionia? McLaren looked up at him, knowing that after he followed the Roman army from Helniki, he went directly to attack Ostia. He surrendered before he saw what the military flag of Dionia looked like.

This time, he watched it very carefully because he knew that he would fight under the command of this flag in the future.

The Roman people on both sides of the road were curiously looking at the soldiers holding the flag high. Although he was not very tall and burly, he was strong in shape, strong muscles, and had several scars on his face, and his appearance was quite ferocious.

Of course, the Roman people would not know that those who could hold high the military flag in the triumphal ritual of Dionia were the soldiers who performed the most heroic and outstanding military achievements in the war. For a citizen of Dionia, this is the highest honor and the focus of the attention of the people of Dionia. After all, only one person held high the military flag, and several generals and officials were riding in the chariot.

No one of the onlookers cheered or threw flowers to the soldiers holding high military flags, which might make Terentus feel a little regretful, but he is still full of pride, because he was the first mountain reconnaissance brigade soldier to hold high military flags in triumph since the founding of Dionia. He first ventured to dive into the Roman city sewer at night and made his first contribution. He was the first to climb up the city wall when attacking the city of Kesrera at night, cut down five or six soldiers who discovered the situation and rushed to intercept it, winning time for the entire operation. Therefore, when he elected the triumphant military flag flag player, he was elected without dispute.

Ten soldiers followed him immediately, holding ten flags high, and because there were too many flags and insufficient road width, they were forced to line up in two rows. These flags belonged to the First Legion, Second Legion, Third Legion, Fourth Legion, Fifth Legion, Sixth Legion, First Cavalry Legion, and Second Cavalry Legion. This time, they also joined the flag of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. This special force with only 1,000 men played an extremely important role in this war, and of course there were many casualties. Davers of course had to commend him vigorously to make up for his neglect of military honor in recent years.

Now holding the flag of this mountain reconnaissance brigade is a company captain Crigolas. Although his performance as a team officer was not very significant in this battle, he has performed well in all these battles over the past decade.

There is another flag that is...

When the Roman people on the roadside saw the flag and the soldiers holding the flag, some couldn't help but exclaim: "It's Valerius! It's Valerius!"

But more Roman people were staring at the only red flag with complex expressions like McLaren.

The soldier who held this flag high was also dressed in the costume of a heavy Roman infantry. As a member of the newly formed Roman Preparatory Brigade, he performed bravely in the battle of raiding Vie three days ago and became the representative of the Roman Preparatory Brigade. Of course, his performance was far inferior to other legion flag players, but what Davers needed was the political significance he represented.

But it was obvious that the Roman civilian had not adapted to this atmosphere, and he was a little ruthless and did not even nod and greet the people who knew him. He did not hold his head up and his chest up like other flag hands, and looked proud.

After the flag hand, four priests in white robes appeared in front of McLarens and others, carrying a wooden statue of a god, walking in the team with a solemn expression.

Many Roman people whispered: Who is this Greek god?

Those who know the situation told them: that was the patron god of the Kingdom of Dionia - Pluto Hades.

Hearing this, the people on the roadside talked less, because they realized that after joining the Kingdom of Dionia, they would inevitably have to deal with this powerful Greek god.

After the priest Dionia passed, another statue of the god appeared before the people of McLaren and others.

"It's Goddess Diana!!" someone shouted excitedly.

The Dionians placed the statue of Diana, widely worshipped by Roman civilians, behind their guardian gods, which showed their importance to the gods respected by Roman civilians. In this way, McLaren and others felt relieved. They even saw that the main priest of Diana Temple was also among the priests who carried the statue.

The priest looked solemn, but he was really happy, because the priest of Hades Temple, Cardias, had had a secret talk with him before: After Rome was incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionys, Hades Temple will focus on supporting Diana Temple as one of the main temples for Romans who were already Dionysian citizens, and Diana Temple will also become a place for free worship of Dionysian citizens of other races.
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