"If we follow parliamentary procedures, His Majesty will definitely know." Giuseppe slowly explained the reason.
"This is illegal." Papinian looked at Giuseppe and said calmly.
"We have super-citizen treatment, for Rome!" Giuseppe said looking at Papinian.
"If you do this, it will never happen again." Pabinian was silent for a long time.
"No, we are also Roman citizens." Giuseppe was obviously ready.
Papinian is not unaware of the current situation in the Eastern Province of Rome. The destruction of the Thirteen Roses Legion is enough to show how powerful the opponent is, but breaking the law is breaking the law!
"You have a way. The safety of the Eastern Province lies in your hands. It's up to you to choose." Giuseppe looked at Papinian calmly.
Just when Pabinian was hesitating whether to break the law, his slave told him that Caracalla came to see him, and immediately a flash of light flashed in Pabinian's eyes.
"Although I can't help you, someone can." Papinian immediately said to Giuseppe, and then took Giuseppe out to pick up Caracalla.
"Your Excellency, let me hand over the statistics after the new law and reform." Although Caracalla's eyes were a little arrogant, he was obviously respectful when he saw what Papinian and Giuseppe were wearing.
"It just so happens that I have something to inform you. This is the guardian of Giuseppe from the Eastern Province. He has something to inform you." Papinian introduced Caracalla with a slightly gloomy expression.
Giuseppe basically had nothing to hide and recounted everything to Caracalla. Like Pabinian, he was equally shocked.
"Do you want me to send troops?" Caracalla said after a while of silence.
Pabinian said nothing. As a justice, it is inappropriate from any angle to let others do illegal things, but in this case, let's acquiesce.
After all, Caracalla is the eldest son of Severus. If it may be dangerous for others to do this kind of thing, Caracalla's doing this is not only dangerous, but also a huge opportunity. After all, Caracalla also knows that his father definitely wants to
You can let your son inherit your position, but whether you can do it depends on your son's merits.
What is more complicated is whether this is considered meritorious or illegal. This is very important.
However, Caracalla did not hesitate for too long, and chose to agree with Pabinian's proposal, because he knew very well that he did not have as good a talent for war as his father, nor did he have a long-term strategic talent. Since Pabinian could say such a thing
, then the eastern province will be quite dangerous without anyone to rescue it.
In addition, the Eastern Province is the home base of Ganassis, and Ganassis is a die-hard supporter of Severus. Even if Caracalla is stupid, he knows that as long as he really saves the Eastern Province with illegal means this time, he will definitely
Can gain the goodwill of Ganassis.
In this way, his advantage was much greater. Therefore, although Caracalla knew that this matter was illegal, he still chose to send troops.
It is said that Rome is not short of soldiers now. Although there are only 20 million orthodox Romans, and half of them have become waste due to eating lead, the remaining Romans have evolved and become stronger because of this.
In addition, the first thing Severus did when he came up was to raise the salary of the soldiers. Originally, the annual military salary of the lower-level soldiers was about 250 denarii. How can I say this level? It is actually quite low.
In my impression, if the average price of food at that time was used, one denarius was equivalent to about 130 yuan, which was almost 32,000 yuan in income per year.
However, the Romans all equipped themselves with armor and weapons in the military service model. Not many people lived purely as soldiers. It was more like that when fighting, you brought weapons and equipment, and after the battle, you can go back and continue playing.
Therefore, although the income of 250 denarii is not too much, it is not too little either. However, Severus directly increased the soldiers' military pay to about 1,500 denarii, which is equivalent to the current annual salary of 200,000 denarius.
There were so many people serving as soldiers in an instant. According to official history, the number of regular Roman legions during the Severus period, that is, the Legion of Eagles, reached 33, with a standing strength of 300,000.
As for how to give money to so many people and ensure that the country is still maintained, Severus' method is actually very simple. Beat him, beat him hard, no matter who he is, as long as he is an enemy, beat them all to death, and then rob them.
Needless to say, if you win the battle, whether it is land, minerals, or other things, they can be converted into money and then distributed to the soldiers. If you lose, the soldiers will be gone, so why pay money?
If you include the looting of the capital of Parthia and the revenue obtained from looting all the most prosperous cities in Parthia, the military salary of thirty-three full Eagle Banner Corps is very huge, but for Severus, who has won consecutive battles, it is only thirty-three.
There is nothing unacceptable about three full Eagle Flag Legions. After all, only strong strength can allow you to plunder crazily and grow stronger.
In short, before Severus died, he led the most powerful legion since the Roman Empire, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire and defeated all the disobedient enemies around him.
Before Severus died, he told his eldest son Caracalla that you and your younger brother should live in harmony and not harm the soldiers, so that they can all get the rewards they deserve, give them glory and money, and don't care about others.
However, in the same year after Severus died, Caracalla and his brother Geta succeeded to the throne at the same time. Caracalla then spent a year killing his brother, and then issued a decree to treat everyone in the country as Roman citizens.
Then he was killed.
He didn't want to expand his territory and plunder foreign countries, but he actually attacked his own supporters. It was no surprise that he was killed. Then came the third dark century of Rome, the most interesting era in history. Two people died in fifty years.
Of the sixteen emperors, only one died of illness.
In short, these are very distant things. Now, thanks to Severus' policies, there are many citizens in Rome who want to be professional soldiers. After all, Severus is not joking about his treatment of soldiers. He said 1,500 dinas
It’s only 1,500 denarii, so you can pay as much as you want.
So now Rome's recruitment requirements are becoming more and more terrifying, because everyone thinks that being a soldier is good. In the past, it was an honor, but now it is not only an honor, but also a benefit.
After all, although Roman citizens were wealthy, it was considered good for a good craftsman to earn 1,000 denarii a year. So now there are so many people who want to be soldiers, so many that not only Roman citizens ask, but also some such as Teutonic
, the Anglos, all came here wanting to be soldiers.
Because Severus did not say that he must be a citizen, Rome is now full of outstanding soldiers who want to be soldiers.
