Interactive Romani AAR.

**johnhughthom** · 04-14-2009, 22:44

The Senate Building Rome, 480 AUC.

Manivs Cvrivs Dentatvs stands to address the Senate of Rome.

Fellow Romans, we stand at a crossroad in our history. Pyrrhos has abandoned his allies in the south and seems to have realised he cannot defeat Rome, the treacherous men we sent to help Rhegion still hold the city and the every present threat from the north is as real as ever. We will have two legions raised next year and we need to advise the Consuls who will lead them. Which threat is the greatest and what can we leave for the time being? I have opinions and I will air them later, right now it is up to you to express the will of the Senate of Rome.

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**Vasiliyi** · 04-14-2009, 23:37

Lucius Aerulius Cotta stands up, looking around for people to hush down a bit and begins to speak.

"My fellow romans! It is time we undo all things that have been done by our enemies. First we must invest in proper roads for the the province of Roma and Capua, the last few mnai of our treasury should go to installing a provisional government in Arriminum. Second, What good is our navy if we have no enemies in the west Mediterranean! Disband those rotten ships and let our treasury be filled with extra coins for real needs. Finally, let us unite our legions into one massive force and assault Taras as quickly as possible, to deny our enemies their lands in Italy. I have said my piece."

The senator sits down and waits.

(Is there gonna be any houserules, and what difficulty are you playing on)

**johnhughthom** · 04-14-2009, 23:43

Check my Romani AAR in my sig, the first page has my usual Romani house rules. I won't necessarily stick to them all in this if the decisions made here go against my usual style (I have personal rules on the raising and number of legions for example). Playing H/M, huge unit sizes.

**the man with no name** · 04-15-2009, 01:01

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

Check my Romani AAR in my sig, the first page has my usual Romani house rules. I won't necessarily stick to them all in this if the decisions made here go against my usual style (I have personal rules on the raising and number of legions for example). Playing H/M, huge unit sizes.

I is confuzzled with teh difficulties. Hard battles and Medium campaign or vice versa?Anyhow...

(Julius Ceaser stands up) "I agree with the previous said, and I add that we should take ALL of the Italian Penninsula, including the northern parts like Segesta if not more. I also agree with 2 things said, 1. that we should negotiate a peace treaty with Epirus after we take Taras and discuss trade rights with them too and 2. that we should disband our navy because it drains our resources. That is all." (sits down)

**johnhughthom** · 04-15-2009, 23:11

Dentatus rises once again, after letting the Senate debate.

Well gentlemen, it seems we are in agreement and the Epirotes in Taras are the chosen target. We must decide then how we should advise the Consul to go about taking the city. Should we try to use our agents in the city? Do we assault or seige and try to starve them out? We also need to come to a consensus on whether we need both legions to take the city, or could one move toward Rhegion to assault there after we take Taras, as we seem agreed the rebels need punished after we rid Italia of Pyrrhos' influence. Personally I would be inclined to use our small fleet to move our northern legion south more quickly than it could march, but if the Senate feels it is too expensive we will sell it to merchants.
The barbarian questions in the north seems to have provoked some division, perhaps we should consolidate our position to the south before discussing the Gauls? My informants in the region assure me there is no imminent danger of any raiding.
I return the floor to you, wise men of the Senate.

**Vasiliyi** · 04-16-2009, 05:05

Lucius Aurelius Cotta stands once again.

"Bah! The roman legion fights its enemies with its feet! The legion from Arretium marches to Rhegion! The first Legion should starve out those greek bastards. Why should good Roman blood be shed? Our second legion should move on to Rhegion. This should take care of one front. Our north is safe, the tribes of the celts are leaderless and they wont work together against us. We will discuss the north later, as we do not want to over extend ourselves, Julius."

Lucius looks at the senators and and sits.

**penguinking** · 04-16-2009, 06:46

Quintus Livius Postumus nods approvingly during Lucius Aurelia's Cotta's speech, and rises to voice his agreement.

"I agree with Cotta. The first legion should starve the city of Taras, while the second legion is carried by our fleet to Rhegion, and will storm the city. Once the legion has disembarked the fleet can be disbanded. The northern border is currently secure, and I see no point in disrupting it until we are done in the south."

**penguinking** · 04-14-2009, 23:42

Qvintvs Livivs Postvmvs rises to speak.

"Our first priority must be to capture Pyrrhos' holdings in Italia. For the moment the Tarentines are weak and without aid, so it is vital we defeat them before they can recover. Once this is done, I propose that peace be negotiated with Epirus, on the condition that they renounce all their claims to territory in Italia. There is nothing to be gained from fighting Epirus once Taras has fallen, and trade with them could benefit us.

"The next objective must be Rhegion. The continued existence of the foul traitors is a constant stain on Roman honor. Once peace has been achieved with Pyrrhos, there will be nothing to stop us from sending both legions to destroy them. This will prove to our allies that Rome is capable of protecting them, and that she will brook no treachery. Peace must be made with the barbarians to the north until our objectives in the south have been met. Our navy is a pointless drain of resources and should be disbanded immediately."