Chapter 227 Gods and Temples

Cornelius said loudly and with rare excitement: "Although we come from all over the Mediterranean, we have all been in Italy for many years, so we should respect the gods of Rome more. We should build temples dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and other gods. temple!"

"Wrong, completely wrong! The gods of the Romans only protected the Romans and never showed mercy to us, so I don't respect them at all. What I respect is Isis, the Egyptian goddess of life, Osiris. ——The God of Agriculture..." Akonis said equally excitedly.

"As we all know, the Romans respected the culture of the Greeks. Even their main gods were learned from Greece. Jupiter is Zeus, Juno is Hera... The gods of the Greeks are the most popular among the people of the Mediterranean countries. As we all know, if you want to build a temple in a tribe, it is best to be a Greek god, so that the vast majority of the people in the tribe can accept it.”

As a Greek, Nesia said in a soft tone. She is the leader's wife, but she is also the adjutant of the medical department, so she can naturally participate in the tribal meeting.

Although Nesia has a noble status in the tribe, no one is willing to be outdone when it comes to matters of faith. Pygris stood up immediately: "Chief, I hope you can seriously consider the fact that the people in the Mesopotamia are extremely respected. Shamash, the sun god, and Xin, the moon god..."

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The officials stood up one after another to persuade Maximus to build a temple for the god they respected, and they also argued with each other. The hall gradually became noisy, and the officials of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs shouted loudly several times to no avail.

Maximus signaled him to take it easy. After a while, the argument became louder, and he stood up suddenly and shouted: "Have you argued enough?"

Everyone in the hall stopped making noise instantly and quietly sat back on their wooden chairs.

Maximus did not stop talking. He stared at everyone with a serious look and reprimanded loudly: "Remember the promise you made when we established the tribe?!

‘From now on, there are no Romans, Celts, Greeks, Egyptians… We are all Nyxians! We will unite to defend our homeland! ’…Humph, that sounds pretty good!

But what I heard from you just now was 'the Roman gods I respect'...'the Greek gods I respect'...and the Egyptian gods and the gods of the two rivers...you are fighting for the gods today. If you quarrel, tomorrow you may be fighting for God! Our enemies will be happy to see this because without them sending in troops we could be torn apart by internal strife! "

"Chief, we were wrong!" As the leader's wife, Nesia felt that she should play a role at this time. She said with a face of shame: "We now have a new home, we are Knicks, but we are It’s really not appropriate to quarrel over other people’s gods!”

"Chief, I...I was wrong too. I was so anxious just now that I forgot that I was from Knicks. As a result..." Aconis also lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

Cornelius rolled his eyes several times, and a look of remorse immediately appeared on his face: Chief, you are right to criticize, this is all my fault! I shouldn't talk about building a Roman temple, because this is our new home, we are a new tribe, and we should...should build a temple that can truly protect the gods of our tribe. "

"Well said!" Maximus looked at Cornelius with approval and asked loudly: "We should respect the gods who can protect our Nyx tribe!

But which gods can protect us, the Knicks tribe? Are they alien gods who have never illuminated this land with their might? Or are they local gods that have been worshiped by the people in this land for hundreds of thousands of years?

You should all know that when we establish a tribe here, we don’t just want to live a quiet life here. We must take root here, grow here, and build a strong country! Only in this way, when the Roman army harms our interests again, will we have enough power to defeat them!

To do this, we must make the people here believe in us, join us, be willing to become a member of the Nix tribe, and fight with us... So how can we eliminate the resistance of the people here towards us outsiders? ? How can we unite the new ethnic groups from all tribes? ! "

Although Maximus was raising a question, his inclination was very obvious, and there was silence in the hall.

"Chief, I have an idea." Chief Officer of the Department of Etiquette, Kephisophon, said: "According to my understanding, although each race has its own gods respected by the race, most of their gods are not Unique, some gods were even learned from other races.

For example, the Poseidon worshiped by the Illyrians was influenced by us... uh, the Greeks. Otherwise, how could the Illyrians who first lived in the mountains believe in the sea god? Due to piracy activities, they began to have awe of the sea, and because of frequent contact with the Greeks, they accepted Poseidon as their god.

And one of the main gods worshiped by the Greeks, Ares, the god of war...well, according to my research, was not actually a god worshiped by the Greeks at first. He was the god of the northern barbarians at that time...well, the god of the northerners, Otherwise, you see that Ares is reckless, impulsive, aggressive and cruel, but simple-minded. He is often fooled by other gods. He is very different from other Greek gods. It may be because at that time, northerners often went south and had frequent encounters with Greeks. There was a war, and the Greeks were afraid of the northerners, so they began to sacrifice Ares...

And as Nesia just said, several of the main gods worshiped by the Romans were indeed transformed from Greek gods. This was mainly because the Greeks who colonized the coast of Italy long ago had a deep understanding of the internal affairs. The Latins in the mainland had a great influence, and later the Romans highly respected Greek culture...Situations like this are not uncommon among other city-states and forces in the Mediterranean..."

When Maximus heard this, his eyes lit up. He really didn't understand what Kephisophon said, so he was looking forward to his next words.

Kephisuofeng said with emphasis: "Everyone, since each race can transform and absorb the gods of other races and let the people of their own race worship them, then why can't our Nyx tribe bring gods from all over the world to them? How about transforming the gods respected by our people into gods that can be accepted and believed by our entire tribe?”

Just when some people were thoughtful and others were dissatisfied and wanted to refute, Maximus slapped the arm of his chair and praised loudly: "Well said! Kephesofon, you are worthy of our tribe. The most knowledgeable person has proposed a good way that can be accepted by the tribe and make the tribe more united! I think we can try it first, what do you think? "

Everyone, you look at me and I look at you.

After a moment of silence, Cornelius was the first to shout: "I also think this is a good idea!"

Although people living in the Mediterranean in this era were relatively devout to the gods, for these tribal officials in the hall, when they were reduced to slaves and suffered, they repeatedly prayed to the gods they believed in, but they could not afford to pray to them. Any effect, thereby greatly weakening their belief in the gods... At this moment, they clearly saw that Maximus wanted to fully support the suggestions put forward by Kephisophon, and at the same time, Cornelius and others took the lead, and finally Most officials agreed.

Maximus smiled and took the opportunity to say: "Since everyone agrees, then Emmerich and the nine department chiefs will spend time to discuss which gods our Nyx tribe should worship and which temples should be built. How to manage these temples... wait until they all reach a consensus, and then I will make the final review and determination. "

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Carlsipempas returned to the territory of the Ardei tribe this time. Originally, he just wanted to inform Maximus of the important news that "the main force of the rebel army was destroyed in Italy." However, he heard on the way that the big leader was seriously ill, so he turned back first. I went to visit the main stronghold of Ardei, and then, under the persuasion of Cleobrotus, I had to accept the task of "persuading the Nyx tribe to send troops".

Maximus did not embarrass his old friend, although he said that such an important matter as sending troops to assist allies must be discussed at a tribal meeting before being decided.

But at the same time, he also comforted him by saying: The Ardei tribe and he have helped Nicks a lot over the past year. Both Maximus and the tribe are very grateful, and this is a good opportunity to repay the kindness.

After taking a reassurance, Kalsipempas began to do his own personal affairs: he had not seen his youngest son for more than half a year.

But he didn't expect that his son, who was just sent as a messenger, would be arranged by Maximus to study at Nix School.

Kalsipempas, who has been outside for many years, is well-informed. Of course he knows the benefits of reading and literacy, so he is even more eager to see his son.

He even refused Maximus's kindness in sending someone to call his son for a meeting, and rushed to Westeny's school happily.

The door of the tribal school was ajar, and it was quiet inside. Standing at the door was a warrior wearing leather armor.

Originally, there were no soldiers standing guard at the gate of the Nyx Tribe School. However, from time to time, parents of children or idlers would enter the yard and interfere with the teaching. So Kephisophon asked Maximus to send patrol soldiers to the school permanently to ensure that Teaching order, Maximus agreed.

Accompanying Chalsyponpas as a guide was Valles, a member of the Secretariat. He took the initiative to step forward, asked the soldiers on guard about the situation, and then came back and said softly: "Chief Chalsyponpas, Rodginius is now You have to wait until he finishes the exam before you can see him."