Such a speech was never going to go down well if delivered to a population moderately soused with wine, especially as that population had a deservedly bad conscience in any case. What result Caepio was expecting to get is unknown, but anyone without his familial pig-headedness could have expected what he got. The people of Asculum assumed that the game was up, and that Caepio knew about the intended rebellion. Since there was no point in dissembling any more, the townsfolk got right down to business and started the rebellion right there and then. Caepio was the first item on the agenda, and
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