Seeing the intimate conversation between Zhang Heng and Lucilla, the other gladiators showed envy on their faces.
This is the most noble woman in the entire empire. More importantly, although she is in her early thirties, Lucilla is in good condition both in figure and face. Although there are some gladiators who are a little bit resistant to betraying her appearance, if the target is No one could refuse Lucilla's words.
However, Zhang Heng himself was full of vigilance about this flying beauty. The reason was not simple, because according to the historical trajectory, Lucilla would be involved in the assassination of his own brother Commodus more than a year later.
Later generations can't understand this assassination. As a woman, Lucilla is the daughter of the previous emperor, the sister of the current emperor, and the only close blood relative of Commodus. Perhaps, the assassination led by her would not bring her much benefit.
Moreover, there are many failures in terms of planning. For example, she actually hides from her husband. You must know that the latter is a powerful figure in the military. Nus was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end, and Lucilla finally chose her cousin Umidius Cuvatratos as the partner.
The latter is the elder of the Senate. His position in the Senate is second only to Dior, and he also affects more than a hundred seats. It is a political boost, but he and Lucilla are planning political assassinations. not so good.
The two finally found Quintianus, the nephew of Pompeianus, to be the killer, which was also the biggest failure of the whole plan. This gentleman is in the late stage of severe secondary disease, and he greeted Commodus before doing it, and shouted, " The Senate has brought you this..."
As a result, the nearby guards were alarmed, and he was captured by mistake. He did not pass the interrogation, so Umidius and Lucilla were exposed one after another, and one was executed directly. Another was exiled to Capri and executed shortly thereafter.
This is also the real reason why Zhang Heng doesn't want to get close to Lucilla.
This woman is not only a lunatic, but also a lunatic who has no brains. If you get too close to her, you may be dragged into the water. However, after the contact between the two tonight, Zhang Heng found that Lucilla didn't seem to be like the one in history. So stupid as described.
On the contrary, this woman is very smart and somewhat unpredictable, but this is more in line with her identity.
The daughter of the former emperor, who was married to the emperor and a powerful figure in the military in two marriages, and was at the top of the power all her life, how could such a woman be stupid.
Zhang Heng couldn't figure out why she planned the extremely stupid assassination more than a year later, but it was precisely because of this that Zhang Heng didn't want to have anything to do with this woman.
The dinner lasted until late at night. In addition to the gladiator show, there were songs, dances and bard recitations, but the following things have nothing to do with the gladiators. Considering that the gladiator performance will start tomorrow, all the gladiators returned to the city after the visit. When they arrived at their respective residences, they recharged their batteries and prepared for tomorrow's battle.
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Early the next morning, before dawn, Zhang Heng, Bach and others were woken up on time, and took a donkey cart to the Flavi Amphitheatre, where the gladiatorial performance was performed.
What later generations can see is only the wreckage of the Flavi Amphitheater. Only half of the outer ring structure remains, and only some brick ribs and grass are left on the inside, so tourists who come here can only Racking his brains to imagine the past glory of this place, but at this moment Zhang Heng is indeed standing under it, looking up at the complete Flavi amphitheater.
Spectacular! This is everyone's first impression when they see it.
The morning sun shone brightly on Nero's gilded bronze colossus, which stood in the center of a flag-strewn square with the mountain-like Flavian amphitheater behind it.
The Flavian Amphitheater consists of four floors, with a height of forty to fifty meters. The bottom three floors have 80 huge arcades. There are statues with different looks in the arcades. The one in the front hall of the elders is much larger. In addition, there are shields and countless ribbons hanging on the arch, as if welcoming the hero's triumph.
Of course, the most attractive thing is the top of the amphitheater, where a circle of hard poles are inserted, there are hundreds of them in number, and long cables are tied to the hard poles, supporting a 100-meter-high pole above the ground. A large circle of meters, on which tarpaulins made of thin linen cloth are laid, creates a huge canopy to shade the audience from the sun.
Considering its size, the weight of this roof alone must be at least twenty or thirty tons. In order to control the roof's rise and fall, the empire had to call in a thousand well-trained sailors.
The stones for the construction of the arena were transported from the Albraille quarry on the outskirts of Rome. Each piece was extremely heavy, and the Romans at that time played the arch structure to the extreme. Unlike the pyramids, the Flavian circle The structure of the shaped theater is hollow, and its skeleton is like a bridge, built together piece by piece. It is miraculous that it can still stand tall after more than two thousand years.
You must know that the Bernabéu Stadium can only accommodate 80,000 people, while the Flavi Amphitheater two thousand years ago can already accommodate 90,000 people to watch the game together.
"No wonder they all say that this is the gladiator's temple," Bach murmured, "You have to admit, these Romans are pretty good at building it." Although the Germans were a little reluctant, they still had to Praise his enemies.
It is still early in the morning, and there are no spectators entering the arena, but one can already imagine how grand it will be when the arena is full. Fighting under the watchful eyes of 90,000 people, the timid people may just enter the arena Your calves are about to tremble, but as long as you can win, you will be able to enjoy the cheers and applause from the Shan Hu Tsunami gang, making tens of thousands of people crazy for you alone.
Just thinking about such a scene makes one's blood rush.
In fact, not only the two newcomers Zhang Heng and Bach, but even veteran gladiators such as Habitus had a strange look in their eyes when they saw the Flavi Amphitheatre, and they obviously felt it too. No gladiator other than Zhang Heng could resist the lure of fame and fortune. It has been more than a year since Cisnatus retired. During this time, although the Columbia Gladiator School has introduced many powerful newcomers, none of them, including Satonillos, can reproduce Cisnatus's past. become the well-deserved number one gladiator, and now, this opportunity to reach the top is finally before all gladiators.