Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Because Hades is not only the protector of the kingdom of Dionia, but also the protector of slaves. If you want to recover his freedom as soon as possible, he still needs its blessing, and the long time has gradually wiped out the hatred in their hearts, and started Have a slight fondness for King Dionia who once defeated them, not only because he is descended from Hades, but the life of the public servants under his rule is indeed better than that of the slaves of their former city-state and race much more, so most of the cheers are sincere

I would also like to thank the chief of our camp, Icarus! The middle-aged chef reminded loudly again.

This time, the cheers were obviously much smaller, but they could still be heard clearly by the head of the Turii slave camp, Icarus, who had just entered the inner kitchen to check on the improvement of the breakfast.

A smile appeared on his face involuntarily, and he turned around and asked his entourage, What's the name of this chef?

My lord, his name is Isnikas, from Asia Minor, he was a slave for four years in the restaurant Cristoia in the outer city of Turii, and he was freed as a reserve citizen and recruited to us as a cook It's been more than two years... The entourage who spoke was an archivist in the slave camp, and naturally he knew this very well. The reason Icarus takes him with him when he inspects the cafeteria is because if he finds during his inspection that the cooks in the cafeteria don't carry out his requirements well, the harshest punishment for them is to put it on their file. For one thing, this will have a great impact on their smooth transition to full-fledged citizens or their freedom in the future.

But at this moment, Icarus said in a deep voice: Well, I know how to promote His Majesty's kindness. His performance is very good, and I will give him a note.

What he said at this time, make a note, obviously meant a good evaluation. The recorder, who was also a pro-citizen, looked at the middle-aged cook in the distance with some envy, and replied in a low voice, Yes, my lord.

One of the main reasons why many freedmen and prospective citizens choose to take up low-level public positions or even hired workers in various city halls or departments is that it is easy to obtain merits and become citizens of the kingdom as soon as possible.

Departments such as slave camps are not as beautiful as other administrative departments, and their highest rank is also a junior administrative position. There are not many formal officials under their jurisdiction. Even the army guarding slaves and patrolling the camp is sent from nearby military camps in turn. Not under the jurisdiction of slave camps. But because of this, the low-level public positions and hired workers in the slave camps are more likely to be valued and more likely to make meritorious deeds. There are many applicants. Unfortunately, the camps often prefer to recruit people who have liberated slaves.

Regardless of an order from Davos, Icarus, the head of the slave camp, kept busy with tension, but the slaves sat happily in the cafeteria and ate a much richer breakfast than before.

The former Roman nobleman and now the slave of the Kingdom of Dionia, Commus Fabius Vibranus, sat in the corner quietly chewing bread and drinking broth.

He was not as lucky as the Roman soldiers who surrendered to the plague at Sartnicum,

was taken prisoner during the previous Roman army's rescue of the city of Gabi, although a senator from Rome, like Publius, suggested several times in the Senate of Dionysus, a Roman soldier captured throughout the wars of the Western Mediterranean. should also be free”, but this proposal has never been passed. They, the Roman noble soldiers, fought several times when they became slaves of the kingdom, but after being ruthlessly suppressed, they had to accept the cruel reality, and in the Under the long and heavy manual labor and the education of the whip, he became numb and submissive, just like Commus, who was born in the great Roman clan, was eating breakfast with the same joy as other slaves.

At this time, someone sat down beside him.

He raised his head and glanced, and then said happily, Maxims, your illness is cured?!

Maximus was also a former Roman nobleman, but he was not captured in battle, but was captured when the city of Rome was broken, trying to take his family to escape to the Capitoline Hill. He and the single Commus Different, his family are all slaves of the kingdom, so they do not live in the collective slave dormitory, but are allocated a separate simple wooden house, but in this way, he needs to pay additional housing costs, and the burden is heavier than Commus .

I saw the doctor, took the medicine for two days, and it's gone, Maximus said.

Public servants are the wealth of the kingdom, and most of them are usually engaged in heavy manual labor, and their diet is not as good as that of ordinary people. It is very common to get sick and injured. Therefore, there is a special hospital in the camp. Come on duty to ensure the health of the slaves. Although the money is less and the work is heavy, because they can contact a large number of patients, the intern doctors often scramble to come.

Commus heard it and said happily, That's great! You're not here these few days, the foreman made random arrangements for the work our team was going to do. Everyone didn't do well, and they all hoped for your speedy recovery!

Maximus was startled and asked in a low voice, Aren't you messing around?!

How dare we mess around, at most just complain a few words. Comus muttered.

It's not okay to complain! Have you forgotten what happened to Brutus and the others before! Besides, you have always performed well before. When the big project is completed this time, we will definitely be able to get more rewards. We will strive to start from next year's celebration. There is a place to be free every year, so don’t cause the foreman to be jealous because of the quickness of the picture, it will ruin our previous efforts!” Maxims warned with a serious expression.

The teaching of Brutus and others he mentioned refers to the two riots caused by the Romans in the Turii slave camp a few years ago. After that, the elder Dionysus proposed that the Roman slaves were not subject to control, They love to make trouble, and Turii is the center of the kingdom. In order to avoid any accidents and damage the stability of Turii, all Roman slaves should be moved out of the Turii slave camp and dispersed to the region far away from Turii. in slave camps in other towns.

Due to the strong obstruction of Publius, it was not completely passed in the end, leaving a small number of Roman slaves who did not participate in the riots and were usually more peaceful. Publius also specially sent people to the camp, repeatedly warning those who stayed behind Roman slaves: Among all the slave camps in the kingdom of Dionia, the camp of Turii is the best and easiest to make meritorious deeds (because Turii is the center of the kingdom, the supervision is very strong, and the camp managers generally do not dare to do so. The chaos is much worse than the slave camps in some remote areas, such as Sardinia, where there are slaves who die in the mines every month, the conditions can be imagined), if you want to get healthy as soon as possible To be free, it is best to keep yourselves here!

We are really working hard these days! The number of stones we lay down every day is several more than other teams! Commus swore while swearing, while peeping at the foreman who was patrolling back and forth in the cafeteria, and hated it. He whispered bitterly, If he dares to underreport our team's results, I will report it to the tribune!

The number of slaves in the slave camp in Turui was as high as tens of thousands at the peak, and now there are nearly ten thousand. In order to better manage and appease them, and to supervise the officials of the camp, there are also separate tribunes in the camp. After the camp riots a few years earlier, the number of tribunes was also increased, mostly by slave-born Dionian citizens.

Don't say more, hurry up and finish your meal and go up the mountain to work! Maximus reminded.

Not long after he finished speaking, he heard the foreman urging loudly.

The two devoured their breakfast and even picked up the crumbs that fell on the table and ate them, something they wouldn't have done a few years ago. The difficult environment changed them.

When they hurried out of the cafeteria, another large group of slaves hurried in. The schedule was so tight that the thousands of slaves in the camp could finish their breakfast in a short time and go to work in time.

The last batch of canteens are always female slaves and children. Their number is not many, less than a thousand people. After all, kingdom slaves are different from private slaves. Most of them are engaged in heavy manual labor, and they mainly need male slaves, but In the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, Dionia captured a lot of prisoners with their families, most of whom were Romans, Latins, and Phoenicians.

According to the provisions on slaves in the Dionysian Law, it is not allowed to forcibly break up slave families and sell them separately. And Dionia also did not prohibit the union of male and female slaves belonging to the kingdom, because slaves with families were naturally more peaceful and self-motivated, which was conducive to the stability of the slave camp.

Of course, these female slaves have to work regardless of whether they have a family or not. They serve as kitchen helpers, sew slaves' clothes, help buy food, serve as salesmen in shops in slave camps, and even be sent out to serve as temporary workers, etc...

Since there are more men than women in the camp, in order to prevent them from being harassed and violated, the Slave Law has strict regulations on this. Whether it is male slaves or the officials and hired workers in the camp, offenders must be severely punished, so such a bad behavior Almost disappeared in the Tulii camp, which also allowed male slaves with families to leave their families and go out to work with confidence.

In the center of the slave camp was a simple square. This compacted and flat grass was not only used to gather the slaves and announce some announcements, but also a place for the slaves to exercise and compete in leisure time.

On the side of the square stood several large black wooden boards, on which were written some announcements about slaves in white pen, and some were the information of employment needed issued by the camp. As public servants, their usual work is mainly responsible for the construction and maintenance of public works, such as temples, bridges, roads..., and the mining of public mines.

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