Dux Regvlvs re-enters the Curia.

"Senators, I have heard news that a triumphus has been proposed for Cotta. May I ask why King Blasio seeks to make such a prestigious reward bleak and honourless? If we're giving out a triumphus for killing some rag-tag pirates, where is my triumphus for taking out the rebels in Massalia? When will Blasio's triumph be held for taking out those rebels he's aiming to put down? If he had hiked from town to town all alone by himself, then the proposal would at least make sense, but when using three whole legions, it's an affront to the gods to even utter the word.

I wholeheartedly agree with Tiberius, in other words. He should neither get a triumph, nor should we give him the land. He has not deserved it, and I will not accept that my men died in their great feats of valour only for him to take all the credit. All he did more than me or Dux Longus was to plan the operation - a plan that was too tightly scheduled and which caused a lot of tired legs and unnecessary casualties in The First, I may add. My three year old son could have done that."