Chapter 15 - Funeral and future strategy (1/2)
After putting an end to the Cantabrian threat, Flavio and his grandfather returned to Emerita Augusta where the funeral of the ashes of Vitellio the father of Flavio was celebrated, Augusto was surprised to see his grandson with tears in his eyes guiding the military orchestra play a melody
A Trumpeter opens with a single of a few seconds, a drum sounds and the other trumpet players play the violins soon after they begin to sound creating a melancholic atmosphere, after that the flutists playing the same rhythm continue for a moment, to give entrance to the short time back to the violins accompanied by the trumpets, to finally end the sound of a flute
Julia wept for the song that her son made her husband and august hugging his daughter asked the name of this song to his grandson
Flavio he answered ”Beatum Cordis Mei” (My Enchanted Heart) a song he had done for his father a few months ago when he learned that his father could be dead, the funeral continued His father was placed in a small mausoleum built in the governor's palace
He took as an example the mausoleum of Benito Juarez, a very important politician in Mexico during the XIX century, after finishing the ceremony he asked his grandfather to accompany her mother and him that day in the dinner of that night.
During the day after the funeral of his father Flavio spent time with his mother who was sad about Vitellio's death.
His grandfather decided to spend time with his family and even if he was only for one day he could feel the family love he had always left behind.
Although everything good has an end so after this day he met with his grandson to discuss what he had to do to ensure that the empire did not die and that the religion of the cross did not expand.
In the study of Governor Flavio's palace placed on the desk was a map of the whole world (not including the new world or Oceania, it only included India, China, Europe, and all Africa), this map contains everything that matters to Rome grandfather I did not include the regions where he will develop Nova Roma
Flavio saw her Grandfather ”Now more important is to know where you want to expand Roma grandfather, an empire that does not expand is destined to fail but you can not just attack without knowing your enemy, a strategist from the east wrote
” Know your enemy and know yourself; In one hundred battles, you will never be defeated. If you are ignorant of your enemy but you know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are the same. If you are ignorant of your enemy and yourself, you can be sure of being defeated in every battle. ”
You have the northern islands” pointing out Flavio to Britania and Ireland
”You have the region of Germania” pointing to Germany,
”You have the region of irán” pointing Where is the Parthian empire
”You have the Arabian peninsula” pointing to the south of Mesopotamia
”Last but not less important you have Africa, tell me where your interest grandfather and I will help you to get them.”
Augustus thought calmly and before making a decision asked: ”What destroyed the Roman empire in the future son?”
Flavio pointed to the map to Rome, Germany, and the eastern prairies
”There were many factors but the most important was the invasion of nomads of the east and that almost take Rome, added to a small glaciation that froze to the territories of the north and this, in turn, promoted the migration towards the south of great tribes and finally the great corruption that prevailed in the empire and the separation of Roma in Rome of the west and Rome of the east
After your death grandfather never saw an emperor who has lasted so long, the throne was prostituted countless times and the emperors stopped expanding, therefore, they isolated themselves in their world never worried about assimilating the conquered therefore never accepted the fact that they were Romans, when the empire saw the difficulties they simply rebelled and the empire ran out
Only survived Constantinople but they were more Greek than Roman and they sinned from the same mistakes as their western counterparts, in the end, they were destroyed by the Turks a nomadic tribe from central Asia who professed a religion derived from Judaism as well as the religion of the cross ”
Augusto was disappointed by the words of his grandson but he knew that maybe there was a way to change the destiny his grandson in himself was proof of it
”What do you suggest son, where to expand and what to do with the Jews”
Flavio smiled at his grandfather's question and pointed to Britannia and Ireland