The Senate Building Rome, 483 AUC.

As the Senators arrive in the building they see Dentatus is already there, for all they know he may have been there for days. He is looking even older than last time, surely he won't last another year. When the room was full he rose and addressed Romes men of influence.

Fellows, Rome's rise to greatness continues unabated. The evil mercenaries who took advantage of the fearful people of Rhegion are no more. Perhaps some of you watched as Rome took her revenge?




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Now we must forget the past and look to the future, once again we have a new responsibility and must decide how to handle it. Also we still haven't addressed the role of Ariminium, do we control her directly, or should the residents have a degree of self-government?
Our ambassadors arrived in Epiros within the last few weeks and agreed a peace deal. I am told they are hard at work on more than one front, their war with the Macedons goes well, indeed they control the Macedon homeland, birthplace of Alexander. They are also working to subdue the Illyrian coast, Dalminion is already under siege and may fall within the year. We need to decide is this advantageous for us, Epirote control of the region should control piracy in the Adriatic, or is it an Imperialistic streak we need to subdue? Some of you have already spoken of the need to engage in this theatre, Dentatus nods at Arnza Perperna, Personally I think it a reckless thought, how many legions would we need to take and garrison the region? It is, however up to you as the engineers of the will of Rome. It seems to me there are three fronts, Sicily, Gallic Italia or Illyria/Greece. Involvement in the first front would bring us into conflict with an old friend and trading partner, one would lead us to fighting savages and the other strikes me as madness. What do we do?

He sits with a sigh, nodding to the Senate to air their opinions.