Chapter 387 The Anxiety of the Night (Part 1)
Gaius Julius Caesar, an outstanding military strategist and statesman at the end of the Roman Republic, after defeating Pompey and leading his army to occupy Rome in 49 BC, he consolidated power and became the dictator of Rome, but he was alive When he did not become emperor of Rome.
In 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated by members of the Senate, and his nephew and adopted son Octavian defeated Antony and became the first Roman emperor.
It was the heyday of Rome. According to Roman customs, adult men had to wear white robes. The toga was a status symbol of the Romans. Those who did not have Roman citizenship, such as slaves and outsiders, were forbidden to wear toga.
Before Gaius Caesar, Roman officials used toga to show their identity. People who did not wear toga were not even allowed to appear in squares, racetracks, etc., except for soldiers. They had to wear armor, so toga was regarded as a symbol of peace. sign.
Cicero once said in "On Duty": Let the force submit to the toga.
Caesar's success lies in his feats in foreign wars. At that time, the Roman nobles were proud of wearing toga to speak eloquently, but Caesar loved war and had a very high talent for war. He tried his best to avoid launching wars at will, and he did not kill prisoners at will. He was a great man until he met the young Egyptian queen who wrapped himself in a blanket.
Expensive silk and spices from the East enabled Roman nobles to live a luxurious life. Those camel merchants from the east squeezed the nobles’ pockets dry, and at the same time they needed money to launch wars abroad. Egypt was rich and had a lot of gold, so it should have been included in Rome’s territory long ago, but Caesar was obsessed with Cleopatra. Leopatra did not make Egypt a province of Rome. The dwindling treasury and Caesar's expedition to Parthia made the Senate understand that if Caesar was not stopped, he would push the empire to destruction, so 60 people participated in the assassination. Those pampered nobles could not even kill. Caesar was stabbed 23 times, only 1 of which was fatal. None of these people who participated in the assassination lived more than three years, or were formerly loyal to the Caesar's people were assassinated, or fell into the river and drowned bizarrely. What they did only hindered the coming of the Roman Empire.
An easy life will wear down people's will. Compared with the Sicilians in the south, the Vikings in the north are much more belligerent. Those Norwegian pirates have been raging in Europe for more than three hundred years, burning, killing and looting along the way, and even using "monsters" on Christians. At that time, the golden eagle in Rome had already declined, and there was no effective resistance before various kingdoms formed kingship in the Middle Ages.
The Vikings have always been known for their ferocity in battle, and the Scandinavians have a strong desire to fight. For this spider-killing operation, Slytherin recruited Durmstrang's students as reinforcements.
A person with a birch wand has such a strong affinity for the dark arts. When he was only in the first grade, Severus knew more curses and jinxes than some seventh-grade students. Lily has always been very good at this knowledge Disgusted, she prefers Potions class, which, in her words, is like cooking, only the ingredients are disgusting.
Talent is really hard to say. Lily worked so hard to get the top student in Potions class, and Severus got it without much effort. Boys are much better than girls in logical thinking, and girls are better than boys in language. Talented, the top students in the Charms class are almost all girls, even those like Ginny and Miranda Goshack who can't even spell spells clearly.
The same is the stars in the sky, the moon is different from the stars and the sun, and it represents the dark night, that is, the dark power.
In the state of this card, people feel only helplessness, uneasiness, anxiety and fear, and its upright position is not as good as the reversed one.
"Today is not a full moon." Pomona looked up at the moon among the branches and announced a news worth celebrating.
"Watch your step." Severus reminded coldly.
"I have you, and I'm still worried... ah!"
The poor Herbology Professor got caught on a tree root and fell face forward into the dead leaves.
"Why are you always so stupid, Hufflepuff." The cunning Slytherin stood smiling at her woe.
"Why didn't you remind me!" Pomona angrily slapped off the dead leaves stuck to her body.
"I told you, watch your feet. Where were your eyes looking?"
"Asshole." She cursed and stood up by herself.
"Why don't you want me to pull you?" He asked leisurely.
"Why do I need you to help me when I can stand up by myself?"
He sighed. "It's started again, endless, meaningless debate."
"You think it's pointless to talk to me?"
"If I tell you 'what you say makes sense,' do you think what I say makes sense?"
Pomona tries to make sense of the relationship.
"What a brilliant mind!" Severus twisted her nose, then tossed her away.
"Do you know why Percy Weasley is so ambitious all of a sudden?" Pomona began telling him about an affair she had heard from Justin. Nello River was dating the one who was once petrified by the basilisk, and she dumped Percy."
"That's Percy's own fault, he's been too respectful to Barty Crouch." Severus sneered. Tick Rauch has been sent from the Legal Enforcement Department to the Communication Department, and he still can't see the situation clearly, so he can't be promoted even if he works hard."
"Barty Crouch is a man of great authority."
"Do you understand what the true form of power is?" Severus paused and looked at Pomona.
"Uh~ ballots?"
"Someone who obeys your orders and executes your orders is called authority. When I put the students in confinement and asked him to dispose of those potions for me, he can tell me 'you have no right to ask me to do this', but no People questioned me, but obediently obeyed and carried out those orders, this is power, Pomona." Severus shook his head, "Voting? You are so funny."
"You are a teacher, it is only natural to discipline students."
"I see that you have also locked up other people's confinement to help you get rid of those flesh-eating slugs and weeds. That's not what a student should do. They don't understand what they are here for. Being punished, that's what their parents taught them, if they are held accountable, I can explain to them why I did it, they think it is reasonable, then I can continue to punish them, McLaggen wrote to his father , He felt that it was unreasonable for his son to throw me up for a month of confinement, and thought I had to withdraw, so I didn't really confine McLaggen for a month. My power is not as great as his father, so I Had to follow his orders, I just let him wash my cauldron for a week and let him go, I like Justin, he's a real smart kid, Patsy looks like a Slytherin with ambition , unscrupulous, but if he is really assigned to my academy, I will not let him be a prefect."
"Why?"
"His family background can't suppress those boys, and he doesn't have enough strength, but his grades are very good. I don't need a bookish male prefect."
Cassius Warrington is the male prefect of Slytherin. He is the Chaser of the college, and his grades are very average. The style of the Slytherin Quidditch team has always been violent, and the college's code of "always be elegant" Not the same.
"Warrington is a half-breed."
"I'm also a half-breed. Slytherin speaks according to his strength. Do you really understand what this sentence means, Pomona?"
"What do you think of Ernie?" Pomona asked.
"He is as lucky as you." Severus patted off the dead leaves on her body. "Some things cannot be obtained by hard work alone. Patsy's efforts are in the wrong direction. If you continue to follow him, you will only be unlucky with him." , Penelope Crivat persuaded him, it was his own will that caused them to break up, Lily also persuaded me to give up black magic, but that is the fastest way for me to increase my strength, I need strength to protect myself, this is What Albus and I agree on is that mastering power is for self-protection, and we can talk about whether it is illegal or not when we are not harmed. The International Statute of Secrecy is like helping Muggles to harm wizards. Those who enforce the law judge according to dogma, forgetting what the International Law of Secrecy is for."
"Oh." Pomona suddenly realized. "No wonder Umbridge is so unpopular."
Umbridge wants the little wizards to give up their power to protect themselves, and they can only call for help when they encounter danger. The question is, what should they do if no one comes to save them?
In Privet Drive, Harry and Dudley encountered a dementor. If Harry didn't use his protection, Dudley and Dudley would both be kissed by a dementor.
Politicians will not be worried if the savior is dead, but they will feel that there is one less troublemaker who can continue to instill the illusion that "everything is normal and you don't need to worry" until the day when the paper can't hold the fire .
At that time, there is no other way but to stand still, because the person who can turn the tide of the battle is dead.
"I don't like Albus, but he's a smart guy, smarter than most people in the world." He put his arm around the shoulders of the mixed-race Veela, looking like a winner in life, "It's just that I won't follow his old path, I have my own style."
"Did Umbridge make you angry?"
"Hahaha." The Great Demon King laughed and perfunctory her, the answer was self-healing.
At this time, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes in the depths of the Forbidden Forest. Although she knew that the horsemen had come out for activities, she couldn't help but think of the cold weapon era of riding horses and slashing and killing. Humans at that time were more interesting than today. too much.
