That was also one of the reasons why Bodiam and Petaru are rebelling: The Theonian court is more popular in Bruttii, almost leading to the disappearance of the tribal chieftain's authority and may lead to the disintegration of the tribe.
On the other hand, besides the Temple of Hades and Hera, there are other temples in Consentia, such as the temples of the goddess Maara, Brutus – the protector of the Bruttians, and Heracles. Thus whenever there is a celebration, the Praetor – whether he believes in that god and goddesses or not, must offer a ceremony in these temples to show respect, which was a strict rule made by the Senate for the praetors. For example, there is also a Temple of Asinu, the god of Lucania, in Gruntum.
There is also a training camp outside the city of Consentia, while the Military Departnt in the inner city was mainly to check and register the people of each tribe who can fight. Inspect their weapons and equipnt, notify and urge the Bruttians on the roster to participate in the training, check and count their achievents, and cooperate with the city hall to give them rewards, such as land.
This departnt also has to perform so confidential tasks, such as understanding the strength and growth of the various tribes and secretly encouraging those tribesn to stand on their own, which is another important reason for Petaru's dissatisfaction.
The outside of the city was originally where the great chieftain of Consentia – Pian, forcibly relocated the small tribes of Bruttii. But after Theonia took over the city, the small tribes were divided into their own rule and settled outside the city. Besides acting as a barrier to protect the periphery of Consentia, they also fend off the harassnt of wild animals, such as wolves, to the city at night, bringing peace to Consentia.
And now, the outside of the city has the largest livestock trading market in the whole of Magna Graecia, where not only rchants from within the Union cos, but even the Scylletians, Terinians, and Crotonians would go out of their way just to buy here as the prices of the Bruttian horses and other livestock were a bit cheaper than the big market in Thurii.
The arena is also located here, where rugby, football and horse races are often held, and the Bruttians are no less obsessed with these gas than the Thurians as they could even vent their normally repressed wildness on and off the field.
A theatre was also built outside the city, but the Bruttians was less interested in it than the arena. You could even describe it as bleak for a while. However, those who dared to open these theatres in Consentia were very smart and soon found that the Bruttians were not interested in irony, humour, wisdom and human destiny of the Greek drama, but in the stories of the Greek gods, especially the adventures of Heracles, a mighty god, who used his courage and wisdom to constantly defeat powerful enemies and taking countless beautiful won, which were much more attractive to the Bruttians. After all, they are descendants of Heracles in the Bruttian legends. Hence, the theatre owners began to stage many stories regarding the Greek gods, developing nurous fans of the play with their simple language and dramatic storylines and giving the Bruttians an understanding of the Greek culture and traditions.
The school was also located outside the city. Initially, it was as unpopular as the theatre when it was established but has now beco quite popular due to the increasing number of independent Bruttians. Consentia has allowed Bruttians who have left their tribes to live in the outer area, purchasing land at a low cost and even allowing them to rent with the repaynt period of up to ten years. Due to this, more and more Bruttians broke away from their tribes, and most chose to live in Consentia because it was the centre of the Bruttian region. And the increase of population in Consentia's urban area, in turn, contributed to the prosperity of the city. After the independent Bruttians opened their eyes, it was only natural for them to go to school in order to make a better developnt for themselves and their children.
Now the outer area of Consentia was almost filled with Bruttians, with the inns and restaurants are completely filled with custors every day. The Praetor of Consentia had even proposed to the Senate for the city of Consentia’s continuous expansion outward.
Different from the expansion of Thurii, the expansion of Consentia ans that the more Bruttian population under the direct managent of its city hall, the more stable the Bruttian region would be. After all, half of the soldiers of the fifth legion ca from the various tribe, while the other half ca exclusively from the Bruttians under Consentia.
This is also another main reason for the rebellion of Bodiam, Petaru and Kaduk. For the tribe, their tribe mbers are like water; with abundant water, the tribe can have a good harvest, but with Theonia secretly pumping away the water, the farm could only wither. So how could Petaru wait for their death?!
And it is precisely because the Theonian Senate moved the various tribes out of the city that Kaduk dared to sneak back to Consentia as he didn't have to risk being investigated by the city guards.
Kaduk's tribe’s location was on the Crati River near the city of Consentia.
It is a land abundant in water and grasses, a reward given by Davos to Kaduk. With the Bruttian region achieving peace and unity, there is no longer a need for wooden walls, fences around the tribal settlent and soone to watch at night. Only the hounds are left outside the huts to watch out for wild animals trying to take their livestock.
Kaduk, who returned here several tis a year, was surprised and relieved to see that the usually scattered hounds were not around.
With his n in tow, he got around one of the thatched huts and walked towards the largest courtyard in the centre.
“Knock! Knock! Knock!…”
“Who is it?”
“Open the door. The great chieftain is back!”
“Who?”
“Open the door. It’s ! Kaduk!”
Perhaps after he heard a familiar voice, the one in the courtyard opened a crack in the door, held up an oil lamp to look outside, and hurriedly opened the door.
“Great chieftain, why have you returned at this ti?!”
Kaduk went straight in without answering him.
After his n ca inside, they hurriedly closed the door, stood around the yard, and looked around with vigilance.
“Where is Vito?” But no sooner had Kaduk uttered this sentence, a surprised voice sounded in front of him, “Great chieftain, you are back! Why did you not inform in advance so that I could send soone to greet you?”
Vito stepped out of the living room with a surprised look on his face.
After saying that, he lit the fire pit in the centre, brightening the whole courtyard.
Kaduk frowned at the excited Vito, “Keep your voice down! Go and call Daru, Girian and Kerak, as I have sothing important to say!” Kaduk said in a serious tone. He had appointed Vito, who was famous, gentle and lack of courage among his n, as the tribe's chieftain so that he wouldn’t lose control of the tribe while he was far away from Consentia living in Thurii, serving as a statesman. At the sa ti, he appointed three loyal chieftains to assist Vito in managing the tribes, and if there are any important matters to be discussed, the four of them will make the decisions. But in fact, it is often difficult for the four to reach an agreent, so they have to send soone to Thurii to ask him to make the final decision. That is why even though he is far away in Thurii, he still controls the tribe.
“It's already so late. What are you going to discuss with them anyway?” Vito was puzzled but also a bit reluctant.
“Go and call them! Why do you need to ask so many questions!” Kaduk beca a bit impatient.
“Tarik, quickly call all three of them.” Vito could only helpless give the order to his subordinate.
“Yes!” Tarik imdiately carried the oil lamp and was about to go out –
“You go with him.” Kaduk said, pointing to one of his followers, who was still on guard at the mont.
The two then opened the gate and went out while Kaduk led Vito into the eting room.
“Great chieftain, what's the important thing that happened?” Vito asked suspiciously.
Kaduk looked at him and said, “We must lead our people out of here before tomorrow morning!”
“Why?!” Vito was startled.
“Because the Syracusans are coming! Now the Theonia Union is almost finished! For the survival of our tribe, we must hurry to join Syracuse!” Kaduk tried to look grave, but his voice seed too exaggerated.
“…we…are we going to betray Theonia?…” Vito's expression drastically changed as he trembling said.
“WHAT BETRAYAL?!” Kaduk imdiately beca furious, “This is Bruttii, the place where our ancestors lived for generations! The Theonians forcibly occupied this place by force and took away our freedom! Now, we will just break away from Theonia's control, but once Syracuse completely defeats Theonia, we will take this land back!” Kaduk swung his fist and said in a tone filled with hatred. Over the past few years, the repressed life in Thurii had made him angry. At this mont, the light from the brazier reflected on his angry and twisted face, which looked ferocious and terrifying.
“Defection is defection, and the severest punishnt under the Theonian Law is death!” A voice rang out abruptly at the back of the eting room. Then the light from the brazier cast a figure on the wall.
Kaduk beca shocked when he heard these words and subconsciously stared at Vito. But this short and fat old man actually moved away from Kaduk with unprecedented swiftness.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen n poured out of the room. Then the man at the front had his face illuminated – it was Hielos.
“Run, there is an ambush!” Kaduk was shocked. He imdiately turned and ran back while he loudly reminded his n.
However, the door was pushed open. Then heavily ard soldiers rushed in.
“Take them all!” Hielos coldly ordered.
Soon, Kaduk and his n were captured.
“Hielos…I…I rushed back to deal with the tribe's urgent matters, but you broke into my tribe's eting room without any reason, wounded my n, and tied up…quickly…release ! Otherwise, I will charge…charge you for your cri to the Senate! Which…would alarm my people, and once they see how you treat their chieftain, they will certainly cause a riot. And once there is a huge riot, I am afraid that the position of the Praetor of Consentia that you just got will be taken back by the Senate! Release , and we will talk it over.” Although Kaduk had his hands tied behind his back and pinned to the ground, he still tried making threats stubbornly.
“If you have any grievance, wait until you are escorted back to the Senate to complain.” Said Hielos as he didn't want to speak with him anymore. He then turned to Vito and said, “I will report your rits to the Senate, but your primary task now is to stabilise your entire tribe. There must not be any unrest, and I will also send soone to assist you to stabilise the situation. At the sa ti, the Senate will pay attention to your performance and decide whether to let you succeed in this traitor as a statesman of the Senate. Work hard.”
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