Hunting the Eagles
“Fighting broke out the instant the mule-drawn wagon had left Tullus’ control; legionaries scrambled aboard, seizing money bags or slitting them with their daggers. Showers of denarii and sestertii rained down on the frenzied crowd as men hurled handfuls of them at their fellows.
Tullus looked on in disgust. ‘They’re a disgrace to the uniform,’ he muttered to Fenestela.
‘If they’d been paid what was due, this whole situation mightn’t have happened,’ said Fenestela.
It was an uncomfortable truth,... thought Tullus, but rebelling against their commanders, not to mention murdering centurions, went too far against the grain. Military discipline had to be maintained, or the world would descend into bloody chaos.
Retribution would also have to be taken for what had happened.
Tullus wasn’t looking forward to that.
The day after the legionaries had been paid, Germanicus ordered the Fifth and Twenty-First back to Vetera. Bony Face and the rest agreed, bringing the mutiny to an end, and in theory allowing normal life to resume.MoreLess
Tullus looked on in disgust. ‘They’re a disgrace to the uniform,’ he muttered to Fenestela.
‘If they’d been paid what was due, this whole situation mightn’t have happened,’ said Fenestela.
It was an uncomfortable truth,... thought Tullus, but rebelling against their commanders, not to mention murdering centurions, went too far against the grain. Military discipline had to be maintained, or the world would descend into bloody chaos.
Retribution would also have to be taken for what had happened.
Tullus wasn’t looking forward to that.
The day after the legionaries had been paid, Germanicus ordered the Fifth and Twenty-First back to Vetera. Bony Face and the rest agreed, bringing the mutiny to an end, and in theory allowing normal life to resume.MoreLess
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