Who Benefited The Most

"Your majesty, only the emperor of Imperium Romanum can grant people the position of Stratēgos…"

These words created an explosion in the minds of the guards standing around in the tent, they looked at one another and then looked at Apostolos standing behind their sovereign's back with eyes of disbelief. To them this sentence felt like Apostolos is reminding the Caesar to remember to seek approval from Constantinople about the new appointment of Stratēgos, which is an act that the Caesar dislikes or even despise due to the multiple restrictions Constantinople is trying to impose on him limiting his expansion, especially with the nasty performance of those envoys and supervisors sent by Constantinople for this battle.