Chapter 764 Additional Chapter: Final Notes on the Book

I believe that many readers think that this ending is a bit hasty, and they may be very confused about the fate of the two Roman states, the East and the West.

This is not a difficult problem to understand. From what Luca said to Leo in his own narration, "Forget those good brothers in the West. They are not worthy of sympathy or nostalgia."

History is always a cycle of the old and the new. When the old passes away, the new will inevitably take its place.

The highlight of the whole text is the spear and the shield, which are in themselves a contradictory opposite yet inseparable contradiction. Just like a Roman soldier, one hand must hold a spear and the other hand must hold a shield, so that they can achieve both offense and defense.

In a broad sense, the entire Western Rome can be seen as a fighting warrior, with Flavius ​​Luca, the Spear of the Empire, being the spear in his hand, and Flavius ​​Aetius, the Shield of the Empire, being the shield in his hand.

Spears were used to attack cities and crush all enemies entrenched in Rome. Shields were used as protection, and people were always ready to launch a counterattack against the barbarians crushed by the spears.

However, even though the spears were sharp and the shields were strong, they still could not change the weakness of the people holding the spears and shields.

After Luca became Augustus, all this changed qualitatively, and now Western Rome had lost its spears.

In Eastern Rome, new spears and shields emerged surrounding the issues of the court, namely Licinia and Luca. Licinia turned into a spear and constantly suppressed all opponents.

Luca became a shield, protecting the nobles and even his friend Andrew, and weakening Licinia's power overtly and covertly. However, Luca could not trip Licinia, because her existence was extremely feared by the nobles and was indispensable for Luca to maintain his rule. At least the spears of the Flavius ​​family could point at all enemies who opposed the Flavius ​​family.

In the end, the main theme of the whole book is still as stated in the introduction: even if it is fleeting, this is his life! So next, I may not write historical novels anymore. As for what the next novel will be, readers are kindly requested to wait patiently.

See you in the next book, friends.

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