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After listening to Caesar run through some finer points of the mission the centurion was finally dis food and wine froive it on to his unit The rain abated not as Oppius etting as the least of the soldier&039;s probleed He recalled one of Caesar&039;s last co completed hisat all Caesar could display both warmth and a steely coldness within the space of a sentence

Rather than try to soften the blow for Teucer by giving him a - and disclosed their imminent mission - as soon as he returned

"With friends like you, who needs ene the air with curses - in Latin and his native tongue "It&039;s a suicide et out of it?"

"Caesar&039;s not one to take to take no for an answer," Oppius replied, shaking his head The centurion recalled how his co-consul, Bibulus, once tried to defy Caesar during their terue to such an extent - at one point even stooping to dump excrement over his fellow consul - that Bibulus remained in his house for the rest of the year The people had called it "the consulship of Julius and Caesar", such was his do his oay

"And he wants just the two of you to head into eneent?" Roscius asked Part of hi excluded, but part of hi able to be there for Oppius

"I was all for volunteering you to join us but Caesar repeated that less is h the land, rather than a haeon our way to success"

"Caesar is a bastard for ordering you to go on such ahi the unit with a veritable banquet of food, to be washed doith plenty of wine

"Caesar is Caesar," Oppius responded, shrugging his shoulders

Within the hour however, after several cups of wine, the fourtheir co their cups also to Oppius and Teucer Roscius joked to the Briton if he could have his gladius if he didn&039;t come back, rather than inherit his bad luck Fabius alone was quiet during the drinking session and banter Oppius took hi g Oppius also took Roscius aside however and asked him to keep an eye on the youth - and make him practice his archery - until he returned The Roave each was firht