The Curia

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Cotta, who fits a trip to the Senate daily through his current busy routine, stands.

Messenger, relay this response to your master:

I agree the Consul. We should not respond to this drunken madman; our honour is not offended. We have proven to Italia, and to the world even, the might of our armies. We do not need to blindly charge into this potential catastrophe after so many weeks of hard planning. We will attack the city of Bononia first. Then, once we have concolidated our gain there, we shall respond to these insults at full strength.

To the consul, I agree. We shall procede with our initial plan; Legio II Latium will move out first and gain support for the attack on their way north. Legio I Apulia will set out a week after, and the two legions shall surround and conquer the enemy in a two pronged attack through their territory, quashing any resitance.

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Congratulations to Titvs Valerivs Maximvs and Appivs Clavdivs Nero for their election to the Legio II. Though I am a bit disappionted, as you surely can understand, I dare to hope, that there soon will be another chance for me and my cousin too. Until that day, my Field-Chirurgeon shall serve the citizens of Roma and, as a sign of friendship, my Armourer will be at free disposal to Legatvs Cotta if needed, as long as I don't need his services myself.

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I thank Avlvs Aemilivs Mamercvs for his good sportsmanship and congratulations to the new Tribunes. I dearly thank him also for the borrowed services of his staff. I extend this also to his cousin Caivs, who regretably also did not make it into the Legio II Latium. I wish them the best of luck for future postings.

Senators, I shall now leave to catch up to the Legion. We will return to better last weeks parade through Rome's streets, in triumph, be that within the month of in ten years time.

Cotta nods to Aemilii, before turning sharply on his heel and exiting the Curia.

[Il_Duce]

Congratulations to Titvs Valerivs Maximvs and Appivs Clavdivs Nero for their election to the Legio II. Though I am a bit disappionted, as you surely can understand, I dare to hope, that there soon will be another chance for me and my cousin too.

Thank you for your kind words, friend. Just remember-- Glory comes to the patient.

I must now travel to the Legion and begin work. I shall have my personal assistant sit in for me as a scribe and message reader. I can only hope I will bring glory to Roma, and all of you here in the Senate.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Quintus rises..

So I heard that Bononia fell. I hope our Consul sacked it well because we need money! Better yet.. I hope he enslaved their population!

So.. What was the fate of the people of Bononia??

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Asina, smelling of a strange mix of blood, sweat and horse, entered the Curia.
he was grinning.

"Tribunus Quintus, initially, I meant to just occupy Bononia as their people cooperated so well and let our soldiers crush theirs under our sandals; however they were not very cooperative when I declared it captured by the Republic; so I had to expel those people who were causing trouble.
anyway, our income this season would see a great increase from the previous few; the increase in trade and the small-scale looting of Bononia has gave us a substantial amount of money"

Asina proceeds to ask his assistant who had been at his seat for the past season on what happened when he was away