บท 570: Old But Steady

"O miserable Romans, why will ye abandon the truth? and why, instead of confiding in God, will ye put your trust in the Italians?"

-  Fall In the East — The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Chap 68

Giovanni's tactics did show some effect, as more and more Thomas' men started coming out of their hideouts in the church and surrendered to the rebels, gulping down buckets after buckets of fresh water.