The Tale Of Rome

He was a Consul of Rome at the age of 23. He would be Consul five more times, and dictator twice. And he lived to be 100. This is our small tribute.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 32 — Marcus Valerius Corvus.The year 342 was hotter than others, and the legionaries garrisoned in Campania felt it firsthand.Unlike the inhabitants of Capua, and other cities, in the soft and fertile plains of Campania, Roman soldiers lived with the hard life of a legion, as their job — given to them by means of their oath, was to protect the people, and to defend Roman territory, and not necessarily in that order. And that was what the soldiers were doing — day in, day out. Left there, to garrison the southern fringes of this new Roman land, they all fulfilled their duties, but inside they all wanted to be in Rome.Yep.Further north.Where it’s not so hot, by Mercury!That’s right. While some of them left for Rome, where they would get a triumphal ma