Another week passed.
Sulla deployed soldiers to pursue Marius the Younger and Norbanus.
Sertorius?
General Sertorius, when he escaped the city, did not stop fleeing from the city of Rome and boarded a merchant ship heading to Hispania.
Information about Sertorius was leaked by an ambitious merchant seeking to ingratiate himself with the new victorious regime, and Sulla quickly found out.
A cold gleam appeared in Sulla's eyes. Sertorius had played an important role in the attack on Rome, and he was someone Sulla wanted to kill.
The search efforts were focused on Norbanus and Marius the Younger.
On the other hand, the situation in Rome would once again begin a bloodbath.
This time, the massacre in Rome would be more organized, leaving no loose ends.
A list was drawn up of all the nobles and elites involved or closely related to the former regime.
Sulla planned a revenge, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Countless relatives, children, and friends had been massacred by Marius, Cinna, and Carbo; those loyal to Sulla and Sulla himself had waited for this moment for an unknown length of time.
Septimus seemed to already see the blood-soaked landscape of Rome, a vision he could not stop and would not try to avoid.
If his own family were killed, he would probably take revenge with even greater fury.
On the day of vengeance, the gates of the city of Rome were closed, and the centurions with groups of soldiers had lists of enemies ready to act.
Sulla, in his armor in the middle of the square, observed his legionaries seriously.
"The Senate declared us traitors, and we showed them our power!" Sulla roared fiercely.
"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"
"Show the rats hiding in the city of Rome our fury," Sulla ordered in a loud voice.
The soldiers split into groups, heading in all directions of the city of Rome.
Sulla's new massacre was more organized and was directed at the noble families and elites who had, by chance, escaped the chaos of the looting during the siege.
Many families had not left the city of Rome.
Security outside the city of Rome was very uncertain, and no one could guarantee that the patrols of Sulla's army would not extort caravans leaving the city.
The danger of bandits also abounded.
The few nobles who escaped were sworn enemies of Sulla, such as Marius the Younger, Norbanus, and Sertorius; it also included a group of intelligent nobles who were related to key figures of the former regime.
Out of curiosity, Septimus intended to meet Julius Caesar, but he learned that the young man had escaped the city.
The butterfly effect of Septimus had once again influenced the original history.
The original trajectory of Julius Caesar's life was to escape the city of Rome after refusing Sulla's request to divorce his wife, who was the daughter of Cinna.
The chaotic looting of the city of Rome forced the perceptive young Caesar to flee the city earlier.
Caesar's decision was correct because his name appeared on Sulla's list.
The city of Rome began a new purge.
Septimus observed with interest without intervening; the clone army had been completely forgotten and remained in the military camp.
Septimus's life consisted of entertaining himself with the Purchel siblings, torturing enemies, and counting the looted money.
Crassus, the richest man in Rome at his peak, possessed only 170 million sesterces, or a little more than 40 million denarii.
The wealth obtained during the looting of the city of Rome could amount to half of that quantity.
Septimus's income from the trade of white sugar, alcoholic beverages, and paper was also recovering.
Sales channels were established in Greece, Macedonia, and Syria. In addition, a large number of foreigners came to the shops in various places to buy goods, and some Roman nobles and elites also saw a business opportunity in selling the products in Egypt and Africa. Currently, the monthly income of the Septimus family is around 1.2 million denarii.
It was an incredibly terrifying figure for any merchant!
The purge of Sulla's army progressed smoothly, and as a result, a large amount of property was confiscated.
During the following days, Sulla's army organized a large amount of confiscated properties and began to look for buyers.
Sulla's army had expanded and needed a large amount of money for the daily maintenance of the legions.
Sulla had already confiscated a large number of properties to auction them and finance the war effort.
The nobles and elites who were not purged were terrified; having your name written on Sulla's list meant death.
Panic spread throughout Rome, and property prices collapsed to unimaginable levels.
Like Beijing or Shanghai in later times, Rome was notoriously expensive. When Sulla was young, rent in Rome cost 3,000 sesterces per year, equivalent to about 750 denarii. This illustrates how expensive rent was in Rome; a Roman soldier earned only 112.5 denarii per year.
Rome was truly expensive, and living there was difficult.
Now, Roman properties were so cheap that they practically could not be sold, and many were not even sold at auction. Crassus became the richest man in Rome precisely thanks to acquiring Roman properties, and Septimus took advantage of the opportunity to amass another fortune.
Septimus bought a large amount of property throughout the city of Rome at bargain prices.
While Septimus was buying a large amount of property in the city of Rome.
That afternoon, the military camp of the clone army received an invitation from Sulla.
Septimus headed to the city of Rome with his personal guards.
The city of Rome was noticeably quieter, and the streets were almost deserted.
The few people walking through the streets of the city were looking to buy grain for their families.
The blockade of the city had been lifted, and grain merchants resumed trade.
The main source of grain came from the city of Syria, where Sulla's influence and control were stronger.
As for Egyptian grain, due to rampant piracy in the Mediterranean, it was very difficult to transport it to Rome.
The amount of grain entering the city of Rome was not enough to satisfy the entire population, but maintaining basic order was not a problem.