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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
Senators, please! War has begun, and it need not spill into these very halls!
I have voted "no" on every motion, although I do not fully agree with this decision. With a little help from the true Gods, I will not be haunted by this decision for very long.
Now, please, let some good news pass through this house. I would like to congratulate Quintus Libo on his crushing victory against the Iberian forces. We could not ask for a better first battle.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
A statement about the future? Are you truly this foolish, Oppius? Clerks do not simply wander into the Senate and speak their minds about the future of the Republic. That clerk was in the employ of someone in the Senate, otherwise he would not have been admitted! He was here on the behalf of an unknown Senator and we all know that clerks speak exactly as they have been instructed to speak. Those words were intentionally put into his mouth by a member of this Senate. That member of the Senate has not spoken up to proclaim his clerk's innocence nor has he even had the dignity to claim the man's body!
It appears that Servius' staff have disavowed any knowledge of the man, but I think we all know that the two are connected somehow. Given that the clerk was instructed in his language by a Senator, it would require a rather naive mind to claim that the fatal remarks were simply poorly chosen statements of opinion.
Bring me to trial if you wish; I will proudly boast of my actions before all of Rome. I will never apologize for slaying a traitor. Indeed, a trial would allow me to introduce proper evidence showing that the clerk was communicating a threat from Servius himself. HAH! Perhaps I should accuse myself to hasten the matter!
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
You know Cnaeus, I've heard that wearing a hat made of tin can protect you from all these treacherous enemies of Rome......
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*the old man rises, with difficulty, again*
Senators,
Firstly I must thank the speaker for his praise of my words and assure him that, whilst I am in “employ” as a Speaker for my young master Manius the Victor, I am no mere clerk.
I am an essential cog in the wheel of government if my master is to have his view given whilst he is not present.
My master left lest he say words unbecoming to his rank and station. A wise choice I should say, and one that others here should have perhaps taken.
Senator Cnaeus, a trial for you and your actions, may or may not be called in the next session of the Senate. I need not say anymore on this issue, as the Senate and Senators will decide on this when the time comes and I have no opinion on the matter as I have no instruction on the matter from my master.
I also thank the Senate speaker for installing guards, a wise act and I will dismiss my own at this point on his surety of our safety.
As for all other matters, we shall all see what the future of the Republic holds and if there is to be a true Republic after this voting session. I feel I have said all I can on this matter and anymore would be exceeding what my master would wish me to utter.
*the old man turns, dismisses his guards and sits back down. He rapidly appears to be almost dozing into sleep, before he suddenly wakes himself as his head droops*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[SENATE SPEAKER]: The results of the balloting are now in:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...12&postcount=2
This emergency session of Senate is now closed. As we enter the final season under the Consul's rule, may we all pray for victory in war and peace in the Senate.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*the old man rises with Vigour*
Hear! Hear! And I congratulate the Senate on ignoring the excess of some of its members and only voting for a reasonably sensible precautionary measure in Motion #4.
It seems that the majority of the Senate still have the best interests of the Republic at heart and as the difficult time is past I feel I am no longer needed to speak for my master.
I will return to him with hail and hearty news! The Republic of Rome lives and will continue to do so!
*a low bow and the old man retires from the chamber*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
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Originally Posted by Braden
The Republic of Rome lives and will continue to do so!
On the contrary, the Republic founded by Lucius Junius Brutus is now dead. The Senate has stated that Consuls may violate the laws of Rome at a whim without explanation and without consequence.
As of today, the Senate is obsolete, the Republic exists in name only, and a tyrant once again rules Rome.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
This is an evil day for Rome. The senate has proved to be so under the sway by our current consul that they do not mind that their supreme power has been ignored. I wonder if the consul will even surrender his office or try to continue on as a dictator. I worry even more how this senate will react. Frankly, senators, I now believe the Republic is doomed. Now that we have cracked the facade of our Republic strength, we can not mend it. All it can do now is crumble and shatter sooner or later. I had hoped not to see this day arrive while I was still amongst the living. A curse on you all !
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*A centurion, stumbling and out of breathe, is led into the senatorial proceedings by the newly installed guard.*
News from the front senators! It appears that Quintus Naevius has achieved a stunning victory over the Iberians in central Gaul, and has got one of their generals on the run, Servius has changed his course and is heading north to meet his loyal generals in Gaul at a rapid pace, Narbo has already fallen to Servius's legion! Also, Quintus Libo has been given orders to bypass Trebata entirely, his new target looks like it is either the town of Aleria, or a group of mid sized Iberian war parties attempting to mass north of Comata.
But there is news from the east as well! Gnaeus Hordeonus and Kaeso Ammanius have managed to mislead Lucius Aemilius and Tiberius Coruncanius using directions from the consul. They have instigated the conquest of central Thrace! Sarmisegatusa has already fallen to Lucius's legion, and a vengeant Thracian horde has shown it's face at the mountain pass to the east! And Tiberius's legions near Tribus Iazyges has been goaded into taking the city by Kaeso Ammanius.
Also, Marcellus will take Lepcis Magna this season, Oppius appears ready to begin his march on Tingi, and Flavius Pacuvius has stalled east of Maloucha, it appears the Carthies have been massing an army behind the mountains, and the consul will not have him take the city without first receieving his opinion on whether he could do battle with this much larger force next season should it make a counter attack.
There was apparently much, much more planned for this season's actions that the consul had let be known.
(FlyDude has the save.)
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[NUMERIUS AUREOLUS]: Another foolish and illegal maneouvre!
I quote from the legislation in the Senate library:
Motion 11.8: We will not extend our borders in Europe during this consul's term, except for Maronia.
Clearly, the Consul's act in occupying Sarmisegatusa is contrary to the law passed by the Senate. But since the Consul blithely breaks the constitution, we cannot expect him to obey mere motions.
Aside from being illegal, this maneouvre is nearly as foolish and unnecessary as the attack on Iberia. By occupying Thrace, we abandon the easily defensible Danube frontier and move blindly into the endless woods of Germania and beyond. Our occupation will bring our lands to border the Sarmatians. While campaigning, I had the pleasure of meeting mercenary fighters of this people - fine horse archers who fight in ways that our legions are ill prepared to counter. I tried to persuade the Consul to hire some, but their price was too rich for his blood. Now I fear it will not be long before we meet such men again, under less cordial circumstances.
But I come back to the principle of legality - gentlemen of the Senate, think on what you have done this day by failing to impeach the Consul. You have set the precedent that a Consul may do anything, ignore any motion, override even the constitution. And if you do manage to obtain the required majority to impeach him, what will be his answer? It will be the one that so enraged my patriotic friend Cnaeus - the Consul's answer will be civil war!
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
Servius, I really must protest at this latest turn of events. I would have thought that the impeachment votes would have reigned you in (you did receive a majority of votes but not a supermajority). Yet you blatantly continue to break Roman law!
I do not know how much we can get done by proposing another emergency session. But your ultimate punishment for this offense should be decided during the upcoming session. That is, unless you decide to elect yourself Consul-for-Life.
I now regret voting to keep you in office. My fellow Romans, I am sorry. I made the wrong decision.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
Senators, we are facing a crisis of proportions unknown to our illustrious forebearers. I voted not to impeach the Consul on the grounds that we would regain some sense of dignity and that the Consul would have received the message that his actions have led to chaos at home.
Yet he has taken the opposite message! What are we to do? If we call another emergency session and impeach him, we face a civil war. If we do not, then Rome has become his puppet!
Oh that I were Romulus and had not seen this day come!
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*Manius dashes in to the Senate chamber now*
Senators!
Whilst I thought the future of the Republic now secured by word from my friend and speaker, word then found me of these actions against Thrace.
Whilst, I see the validity of making war upon the Iberians, being so brazen in their warmongering and openly defiant to our own superiority….we have had no such issues with the Thracians of late.
There have been border issues of course, but nothing of a scale even approaching that which Iberia caused.
*Manius now looks very downcast*
So, it is with heavy heart that I withdraw my support for our Consul and this campaign against Thrace…….
…..a step too far can break even the strongest friendships.
What I do ask the Senate though, is to wait on any motions until I have spoken with the Consul in private.
Following that, and if I cannot resolve it as a Friend to the Consul, then I will ask that the Senate follow correct procedure this time and Impeach the Consul only, remove him from office first, then any judgement can be made against him.
*Manius slumps down at his seat and holds his head in his hands*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
Senators,
As I feared, the recent cowardly showing of this senate has convinced Serivus that he can ignore the senate at will. I will not follow into his treasonous footsteps and will thus not act on my own against the senate's wishes, but I warn the senate that I will not long ignore this pathetic attitude. If during the interrim session the senate does not recover its power, I might consider more drastic actions to safeguard the Republic. I might be old, but I am not too old to take the field to safeguard the Republic !
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[NUMERIUS AUREOLUS]: Senators, I may have misjudged you all. It seems there are still enough men here who are willing to stand for what the Republic believes in. Marcellus, Appius and Manius I salute you.
Senators, I have taken the last few days in Rome to look around our lands and it is a sorry sight. The Republic seems to have decayed under the rule of the First Consul. At home, it has suffered neglect. I do not have the exact figures to hand, but the picture is a dismal one. Around eight of any of our Italian settlements are crying out for new Palaces to be built. The number that can train true Roman soldiers is pitiful - around six or less. We are far away from building the Imperial Palace in Italy that my new friend, Senator Marius, informs me would be necessary for us to reform our citizen soldiers and create a professional army. The population of Capua is only around 10,000 or so. While we hold many settlements outside of Italy, it seems they are maintained only by scratch forces of local militia and mercenaries. The moral bankruptcy we have seen in Servius's conduct of foreign policy has been matched by squalor and corruption at home.
Senators, it seems we are now standing together. But do we just stand and talk or do we act? I say to you: now is our time, now is the moment we reassert the power of the Senate over the office of the Consul! We balked at it once, we will not get a third chance. The last impeachment vote was lost, but with the recent changes of heart, a new one would be passed. Consult the record:
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Originally Posted by Senate Record
Emergency motion 2: This House impeachs Servius Aemilius for unconstitutionally taking the Republic to war with Iberia. It immediately removes him from office. (Note: requires 2/3 majority)
Yes : 33
Braden (+3), Death the destroyer of worlds (+5), econ21 (+5), FLYdude (+5), Tiberius (+4), TinCow (+2), Wonderland (+2)
No : 22
Dutch_guy (+5), GeneralHankerchief (+3), Glaucus (+3), Lucjan (+3), Mount Suribachi (+1), Tamur (+1)
With Marcellus, Appius and Manius voting for impeachment, the vote on motion 2 would have been 39 to 16 and sufficient to pass.
With Manius supporting the Consul, the vote would have been 35 to 20 and so would fail.
I will therefore give Manius 24 hours to talk to the Consul. But the only way I can see for this situation to be satisfactory resolved is if the Consul resigns immediately and throws himself on the mercy of the Senate. If he does take that step, I will use all my influence to protect him from repercussions and support his wish for retirement in Palma.
If Servius obdurately insists on clinging to power in defiance on the Senate, I will ask Manius to declare where he stands. If he stands with the Senate, I will ask the Speaker to call a new emergency session of the Senate.
I call upon all Senators here to declare themselves now. Would you support the impeachment of the Consul if he does not resign within a day? All those who would, shout out now! What say you, must the tyrant go? Must the Republic be restored to its former glory? For the love of Rome, Senators, say: Aye!
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*Stands up and raises first in the air*
AYE !
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*Manius raises his head, a sullen look is upon him*
Numerius,
I will bring your attention to the fact that I did in fact Vote IN FAVOUR of Emergency Motion #2, as I had hoped that such an act would “save” my friend from himself.
My fervour was mainly cast against those who would have made my friend the Consul an enemy of the Republic or otherwise criminalised him.
I have sent a letter to the Consul asking him to justify his actions and requesting that he withdraw our armies post-haste.
I await his response currently, however, I feel that the situation can only be resolved “Constitutionally” if the Consul resigns by his own hand.
Impeachment could leave a void that cannot be very well filled, and I hope for a smooth transition of power to a new Consul.
I do not, Numerius, completely accept that the Consul is to blame for what you term a “sorry state” in our homelands. The Consul has had pressure to provide a massive surplus in coin as well as fight wars on two fronts.
However, this is academic now, as the Consul will either resign or will be removed from office…..after that, I do not know what will happen but I do support your words to defend him against any revenge by the Senate.
WE must not forget the triumphs the Consul has achieved during his term of office and I strongly believe that it was the pressures of this vaulted office at such a young age that have created the man he now is….for good or ill.
*with a sigh Manius slumps back down. The old man who was speaking for Manius previously enters the chambers, walks to Manius and places a comforting hand upon his shoulder....he speaks with him briefly and they exchange a comforting smile.*
*Manius stands again, more resolve shows upon his face*
So Members of the Senate.....it also falls to me to shout AYE! to this proposal.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
* A melancholy man stands slowly and approaches the center of the senate, he carries himself with an air of utter defeat, reaching out with his right hand he lets a scroll unfurl itself, it is written slowly, neatly, with great thought and honest, and it is written in the consul's handwriting. The man drops the scroll to the ground and looks as though he were ready to weep. *
"I have failed.." *The man raises a hand to the right side of his face and breathes deeply.* "Senators, this was not supposed to happen."
*Looking about the faces around him he swallows his emotions before speaking again.*
" The actions that have occured in Thrace were not..supposed..to happen. Generals Gnaeus and Kaeso were given the order to mislead their superiors and march into Thracian lands, yes, but only if the motion to kill the consul had passed. However, it seems that false rumors have reached them before I. The Consul had given them the orders to march on Sarmisegatusa and Tribus Iazyges in the event that a motion to slay the consul is passed. He had intended to spread his opponents thin and bolster his own defences while they recuperated and recoiled from the confusion. False rumors about the proposed motion seem to have arrived to these generals before the actual results did...and before I did. I am the consul's personal messenger. I was to deliver this message in all haste to the general's if the results of the motion passed in favor of the consul's protection. " *The man lifts the message from the ground and reads it aloud.*
"My friends, your loyalty has known no bounds in your compliance with my requests in these dire times, and I will make certain that in the memory of the Aemilii, your honor will be held and revered til the end of days. But I write you now to tell you instead not to engage our plans. My life is guaranteed, and there is no need to cross the Danube. The will of the senate has decided that I will not be perceived as a hero in the eyes of patricians today, but we shall let history decide how my rule is seen by our posterity. I applaud this senate on its course at the end of the emergency session, and am glad that there are still so many good men in the Republic that they would not vote to pass the slaying of another Roman man. The greatest crisis in Rome's entire history has been averted, my only wish now is that my reign has seen Rome's military might displayed vocally enough to the world that the next hundred generations of Roman men can see their great Republic work more towards the betterment of itself at home, rather than having to face the constant struggles abroad. I will be retiring soon to my estate at Palma, please, when you have some time, come and visit me, that we may sit and reminisce, and be thankful that the level heads of good Roman men persevered, and this great nation avoided the tumult of civil war.
I do not know, if the time had ever come, if I would have been able to plunge my sword into another roman's heart. My legion has sworn its life to me...but in that respect, I feel that if we had not avoided this great catastrophe, I may have been remembered not just as Rome's greatest conqueror, but also as the man who fell to Roman arms without lifting a finger in his own defence.
My utmost thanks to you both.
In nomine Roma, et pro totus doxa deum.
Servius"
But...I expected these men to be here awaiting the results, not out on the front with their men. I have failed, who knows what will happen now.
*The man begins to break down* If news of Thrace reaches the consul he might assume the actual results to be a ruse and prepare his defences. He might march! *The man becomes frantic, and is detained by the guards, despite his attempts to squirm away from them and head for the door.* "I MUST REACH THE CONSUL! *The man begins to scream.*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[NUMERIUS AUREOLUS]: Senators, the die is cast. We cannot abide to be ruled one more day by such a man as this Servius.
First, he breaks the constitution purely to frustrate the will of the Senate. He is condemned in his own words:
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Originally Posted by First Consul's Report
The senate almost unanimously pushed for eastward expansion recently....I would laugh to see such a poor decision wrought upon this Republic, so it must be shown with the most undeniable facts that I will not let this occur. With Iberia, THERE SHALL BE WAR!
And now, he overrides a Senate motion, causing Roman lives to be needlessly spilled attacking Thracian settlements "to spread his opponents thin and bolster his own defences". Senators, he was ordering good Romans to their deaths just to protect his own neck!
This is treason! This is an outrage! I demand an emergency session of Senate. And this time, gentlemen, let us not waste time on idle debate and conflicting motions. That will only provide the confusion and time the Consul needs to move against us.
Let us proceed immediately to a vote on a single resolution:
Emergency motion 1: This house impeaches the Consul. He is to be immediately removed from office, placed under arrest and tried for treason.
I am calling on the Senate speaker to open a second emergency session of Senate and need now two seconders, so then we can start to vote without delay on this motion.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[SENATE SPEAKER]: (The portly man lumbers to take the stand, sweat falling profusely from his face)
(Softly, hesitantly) Errr... Senators... I... I am an old man and I have a headache....
(Louder with conviction) Senators, in view of the unprecedented crisis facing the Republic, I am opening a second emergency session of Senate.
Senators, I have long stood before you as an impartial man. Despite the occasional charge levelled against me, I have tried earnestly to be fair and objective. I have never favoured one motion over another, one Senator over another, except on procedural grounds.
But Senators, what are matters of the constition and of legal motions, if not procedural ones? On matters such as this, I cannot be impartial. I am on the side of the constitution. I uphold the law. The Consul has broken the Constitution. He has broken the law.
I am tabling Senator Numerius's emergency motion 1. And as soon as I receive two seconders, I will put it to an immediate vote, to be closed within 24 hours.
(Softly) And then, the gods help the Republic.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*Shielding Manius defensively, Manius’s Speaker shouts*
Remove this messenger from the Senate chambers immediately!! We cannot countenance such interruptions or outbursts!
It still stands that the Consul gave such an order and he must be judged upon that order by the Senate!
*Manius appears dazed and confused behind the older man and tries to stand*
The Republic must live and for that to happen a potential despot must be removed from office!
*The older man removes the cowl from his head to fully reveal himself as the master spy and former Senator Decius Curtius*
I have served the greatest Consuls in our history and they would be turning in their graves were they here to pay witness to such excesses on both sides!
*Manius manages to push past Decius’s frame but stumbles forward…he appears overweight and sweaty…but forces his way to his feet in front of Decius*
Manius – I would hear no more of this, do as you will tutor…….father…..but I will be no part of this any more!
*Manius forces Decius out of his way, the old man staggers but regains his footing, and Manius strides out of the chambers*
….a pause Senators…..
*Decius, with a flurry of his cloak, spins on his heals and swiftly takes after Manius*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
SENATE SPEAKER: I have received word from Senator Decius Curtius that he seconds Emergency Motion 1. I also second this motion and so - since the motion now has the required two seconders - I am ordering the scribes to open a vote on it. Voting will close in 24 hours.
This Emergency Session of Senate is now closed. Senators are, of course, free to debate amongst themselves.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
Debate?
*laughs uproariously*
Why, when even the speaker comes out in favour of a motion, what is the point of debate? Tell me Mr Speaker, would a Senator who speaks out against this motion, would he be guilty of treason and would you stand by and watch him murdered in this house with nary a word of complaint?
Just curious.
Now, excuse me, it seems the entire Patrician class has gone mad, and its making my asthma worse.
*Oppius slips out of the Senate*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*Cnaeus gestures to a servent standing towards the back. A few words are exchanged, the man nods, and moves off quickly along the same route Oppius Aemilius took.*
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[NUMERIUS AUREOLUS]: The Senate has spoken and this time, it is with a clear voice.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=73589
We are united. Servius Aemilius is impeached and no longer leads this Republic. I request the Senate Speaker to leave immediately with a warrant for the arrest of Servius on the charge of treason.
(The portly Senate Speaker sways and stumbles, only just steadying himself on his lectern. He shoots Numerius a look of stunned incomprehension, as if to say “Why me, dear Jove, why me?” He sits down, looking red faced and bewildered, sweating profusely.)
If the Speaker does not return immediately with the accused – alone and without of his army - then each one of us must leave this place and prepare to drag the fugitive here in chains. Because then we will know that the Titans have broken free of Tartarus and that the world that we love is about to be engulfed in flame.
(Numerius resumes his seat in the Senate. And a clerk rushes with a flannel of cold water to console the hapless Senate Speaker.)
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
It is done, then. May Vulcan's fires rise up to consume the outlaw, so that no Roman blood need be spilt over this most disasterous of events.
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[SENATE SPEAKER]:
(The Senate Speaker stumbles into the Senate, white-faced, clearly exhausted by the several days he has spent on the road. Numerius looks behind the Speaker, but then his gaze falls to the floor as he realises the old man has come alone)
"Gentlemen of the Senate, I have spoken to the Cons... I have spoken to Servius Aemilius. I attempted to deliver the warrant for his arrest, but he tossed it aside as if it were a poor child's plaything. He bade me be still while he wrote and then, when he had finished, he read out the following - which he ordered me to stay to the Senate:"
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Originally Posted by Servius Aemilius
"A terrible war has been declared on Rome this day. This time not by barbarians, or by Greeks, or by any number of the gods' terrible plagues. This time war has been declared upon Rome by greedy, aged men who in their twilight years have seen the edge of their mortality, and become so frightened that those who will surpass them will also outshine them that they would shove this great nation to the brink of destruction. They have threatened to unleash the destruction of the Titans upon our Roman world, and in due course they have tempered their swords for the coming storm.
I, for one, will not stand to see the people who I have so tirelessly dedicated myself to struck back a hundred years by such foul deeds, and vow to pledge my life in defence of true, Roman values, Roman virtues, and Roman honor.
The corrupted villains who sit in this senate and have allowed it to rot, atrophy and decay in the name of their own personal wealthy and greed will be put to rest! And as the phoenix who rises from the ashes, a new senate will be born, representative of all the men of Rome, and not marred by the endless rule of self serving tyrants. The virtues that once made Rome the envy of all man will be seen again.
And Rome will be the jewel of mankind for countless years to come."
(The Senate Speaker looks bewildered and mutters:)
"Senators, I have failed and may the gods have mercy on our poor country."
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
[NUMERIUS AUREOLUS]: (Numerius jumps to his feet) Senators, friends, Romans! You have your answer! You heard it: “a new Senate”! And you can bet that “new Senate” will not be formed in Palma or Emporiai. Senators, he is coming - Servius’s men in Iberia are but a few seasons march from Rome. The shadow of his armies chased the poor Senate speaker all the way across the Massilia bridge.
Rise you, true Romans! Come on, you “corrupted villains”! On your feet! Summon your horses! Marshall your men! The hour is late and we are long past talking. We must ride now to our units and muster all men of honour to the defence of the Republic.
The path ahead of us may be long, painful and dark. But I swear to you, my brothers, we will come through this victorious. When we next meet in this place, we will embrace and drink to the health of those who brought low the traitor and his legions!
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Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations IV
*Letter from Quintus Libo*
I never thought I would see the day when Roman turned on Roman. You senators have declared war on a man who led the forces of Rome further then any other. A man who was a star, guiding us in our hour of darkness. When enemies were on all sides, he lead us out, and now we stand on the threshold of world domination. This man deserves our thanks, and instead we offer him knives. I must stand with this man. Servius, I pledge myself to you so all the fools here in the senate may here me. Hear me, and know that a new age is coming. Rome will rule the world, she will be immune to any threat, on day. But we must make it so. We will have it no other way.
Signed,
Quintus Libo