Interactive Romani AAR.

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Quintus Livius Postumus give his speech.

"We must not march on Sicily. Doing so will violate our treaty with Carthage and thus result in war. Given that at the moment we have no navy, and depend heavily on Carthage for trade and income, war would be an unwise decision. Carthage's attack on Messana must be tolerated for now. We simply are not ready for a war with a nation as strong as Carthage at this point. I believe it is unlikely to succeed anyway. Instead, after we capture southern Italia, we should focus on expanding to the north, against the Celtic tribes in the Po valley.

As for Rhegion, if the commander feels he has enough troops to storm the city, he should do so. Traitors should be destroyed as quickly as is possible. Of course, if the roman forces are not strong enough to succeed, then starving the city is acceptable."