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Chapter 941 "The Birth of Hades"

But Max is eager to learn the Dionian language and then integrate into this environment. He deeply remembers the Dionian king who defeated the great Camillus and organized them into the army. Previous speeches:

"...Soldiers of Rome, Rome has been incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia, and you have been completely defeated! You can always harbor hatred for Dionia.

But please don’t forget that when you captured Viai, you killed all the captured men in Viai; when you capture Satnicum, Antium, Vilitre and other Wolsey When you take the territory, you will either kill all the Volscian men you capture or reduce them to slaves...

And today, when you were defeated, Dionia did not deal with you according to your past practices. It did not let your young life end early, nor did it make you a lowly slave. Instead, it gave you the opportunity to become Citizens of Dionia!
I believe that many of you have had contact with the Roman Reserve Brigade, your former compatriots, and you know to some extent what rights and benefits becoming a citizen of Dionia will bring to you. You may not be as rich as before, and you will not be as rich as before. You may use your power to oppress other citizens at will, but you will become citizens of the most powerful kingdom in the Mediterranean and be envied by the people of other countries. You will see a broader world and gain more development opportunities!
Well, Romans, no matter what, the past Rome has died, and you are all facing a new beginning. Are you going to continue to hate and eventually be suppressed and destroyed?Or pick up the shield and spear, fight with us, win the respect of the people of Dionia, and open up a new future for yourself and your family, it depends on you..."

...It depends on ourselves... Marx thought silently in his heart.

At this time, a person appeared in front of him, patted his shoulder, smiled and asked with concern: "How is it? Is it okay?"

Seeing this smile always reminds Max of how those Dionysian doctors treated him meticulously when he was suffering from the plague and felt desperate, and finally allowed him to live healthily to this day. This is why he doesn't hate it too much. Dionian reasons.He believed that all the Romans who were cured by Dionysian doctors would have such a sentiment, because it was the Dionysians who gave them a second life.

Looking at the Dionia officer who had always been more concerned about him, although Max couldn't understand what he said, he roughly understood what he meant and nodded quickly.

"Follow us and get off the boat!" The team officer pointed to the pier in front of him, which was already close at hand, and picked up the wrapped shield gun and armor placed beside him.

Marx wanted to stop him, but he couldn't speak Greek at all, and his body was really weak due to continuous vomiting. He could only watch the team officer open the package and ask other soldiers to help him take one piece each.

This scene made him determined to learn Dionia's language as soon as possible.

In fact, Max's judgment was wrong. What he saw was not a town, but the naval base of Trina.

Therefore, when other Roman soldiers who were not seasick took passenger ships and entered the port of the naval base, they all opened their eyes in surprise: What appeared before them was a port that was many times larger than the port of Ostia. Countless docks and trestles are spaced apart and protrude from the curved coast, like multi-legged centipedes, which is intimidating; huge warships cruise on the sea on the other side of the port, sometimes stopping in formation, Sometimes sprinting quickly, the sailors' chants one after another resounded throughout the port...

Several Latin soldiers in the Third Legion proudly told the Romans who were looking at each other in a daze: "There are five naval bases like this in our Kingdom of Dionia (there are two naval bases in the First Fleet, Tower Lantum and Castellon), it’s not the biggest one.”

These former Roman nobles were even more surprised. They suddenly discovered that the strength of the Kingdom of Dionia was far beyond their imagination, and their unwillingness dissipated a lot under this powerful shock.

The naval base of the Third Fleet is in Trina, but the military camp of the Sixth Army is not here, but in Xiliting. The two cities are dozens of miles apart. For the convenience of continuing southward, the soldiers who came ashore did not He was taken to the Xiliting Military Camp, but rested directly in the new camp outside the naval base.

Since Davos had already made this plan 10 days ago and wrote a letter to inform the Senate, the Senate also urgently notified Trina and surrounding towns. The people who were idle were organized by the city hall to prepare for the coming army. Build the camp, so when the army of the expedition to Latium arrived, the soldiers found that the camp had already been repaired and everything was arranged properly. They did not need to do anything at all. Since the expedition to Rome, it was a rare occasion that they could enjoy the ready-made facilities without having to work on their own. Chance.

And when they settled down, the team officers announced another good news to them: "His Majesty Davos, in order to thank you for your contribution to the kingdom in Latium, specially allows you to have a bonfire banquet tonight to celebrate!"

The soldiers cheered after hearing this, and the whole camp was boiling, except of course those Roman noble soldiers who didn't know what happened.

In the afternoon, officials from the Trina City Hall led the organized people to deliver countless cans of wine, hundreds of goats and other food to the entire military camp.Of course, more people came to the barracks to visit relatives in the Sixth Army.

In order to prevent them from disrupting the order of the entire military camp, Legion Commander Tratinos specifically allowed the soldiers to meet outside the military camp.

In this expedition to Latium, the Sixth Army suffered many casualties.People who learned that their relatives were killed or seriously injured in the battle were crying with sadness; people who saw their relatives standing in front of them intact were crying with joy. In short, there was a lot of crying outside the camp, but there was endless laughter inside the camp. Stopped, forming a strange scene.

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At dusk, the soldiers of each legion, led by their officers, walked out of the camp and came to the wilderness that had been arranged: there were hundreds of wheat piles made of freshly harvested wheat straw, arranged in a row. It is distributed in a circle, with a larger open space in the center and a larger wheat pile standing there.

Each team sat around a pile of wheat. The team leaders took a few soldiers to the supply camp and brought several cans of wine and several large cans of hot stewed haggis soup. One end had been slaughtered, cleaned, and Chopped goat, a basket of fresh fruits, a basket of washed fresh vegetables, a jar of sun-dried fruits...

The squad leader personally served the soldiers, filling the wooden cups in each soldier's hand with wine, and pouring haggis soup into the pottery bowls...

Although Max was not as excited as the other soldiers in the same team to be able to drink Turiyi wine, he still expressed his gratitude to the squad leader who looked younger than him because of his aristocratic education.

Seeing that he had a good attitude, the squad leader said some words of encouragement. He couldn't understand Dionysia at all and could only nod slightly.Finally, the squad leader laughed "haha", patted him hard on the shoulder, and then served the next soldier.

The next soldier's attitude towards the squad leader was much more respectful, which made Max feel a little strange. Of course he didn't know that the squad leader's name was Adoris and he was the adopted son of King Dionia.

Just as the soldiers began to eat, the sky was gradually darkening, but soon each pile of wheat was lit, driving away the darkness of the wilderness.

"Boom! Boom!..." The powerful drum sound suddenly sounded, and the originally noisy campfire venue became quiet under the reminder of the team officers.

Then, high-pitched and solemn chants echoed over the venue, causing the soldiers to put away the laughter on their faces.

Then, they saw a group of strange-looking people with different costumes appearing in the center of the venue, next to the largest bonfire.

"It's "The Birth of Hades"!" Some soldiers had already guessed the song of this large-scale drama and started cheering.

It has only been more than 10 years since the birth of Dionian's large-scale drama, but it has developed rapidly. Now it has broken away from the original pantomime performance and now has independent singing and single and group singing and dancing (of course, this cannot be separated from the original pantomime performance). Inspired by King Davos), the performance forms of large-scale dramas are more diverse and more attractive to the people of Dionia. The track "The Birth of Hades" is one of the classics and is very popular among the people, so those present The soldiers temporarily stopped eating and playing, and concentrated on watching the performance.

The first scene of the play "The Birth of Hades" tells the story of Hades, Zeus, Poseidon, Hera and other brothers and sisters defeating their father Cronus and beginning to divide the world.When everyone was quarreling for more benefits, Hades took the initiative to choose to go to Hades to care for and supervise the souls of all living beings after death. The gods were both puzzled by his firm choice and did not argue with him. I am ashamed of my pursuit of fame and fortune and my dedication to realizing my ideals.

In the second act, Hades came to the underworld, which was very chaotic due to the lack of control. Hades invited Thanatos and Hypnos to serve as the gods of death and sleep, and persuaded Minos and Lada Mandas and Aeacus served as the three judges, surrendered the three-headed dog Cerberus to guard the gate, and let Charon take charge of the ferry... Finally, order was restored to the underworld.

In the third act, the underworld was well managed, and Pluto married Persephone, the goddess of fertility. Human beings thanked him for his contribution and worshiped him one after another. Finally, he danced happily with his subordinates... …

The entire plot was carefully compiled by the priests led by Plessinas. Most of the dialogues in the play are in singing, and the melody was composed by the kingdom's famous music poet and Dionia Academy teacher Ferosa. Nuss led the students to work hard to complete it, and the final group dance choreography that transcended this era was made by Davos, so "The Birth of Hades" was crafted by many famous artists. For the first time The public performance at the Hades celebration shocked the people of the kingdom.

Although Max was not as mesmerized as the other soldiers because of his language barrier, the actors' exquisite costumes, superb acting skills and beautiful singing still attracted his attention, making him try hard to guess the plot.

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