Interactive Romani AAR.

[miotas]

Tut, tut, you dissapoint me miotas.

Maion

Hey, the greater they are, the more horourable it is to destroy them right?

I'll work on bringing them down from the inside

[the man with no name]

As said earlier we MUST not march on Messana for we cannot afford a war with carthage. I say that we march on Segesta and Bononia, even though they have alot of men to kill, so we starve them out.

[Ghaust the Moor]

Can new people Join? If so

Name: Arnza Perperna
Age: 31
Tribe: Etruscan/Cisapline gallic
Description: Tall with curly red hair. His father had been an invading gaul, that when rampaging through Etrutria, fell in love with a local woman. He stayed in rome after the horde left and built up his wealth as a sea merchant, trading with the Greeks and Carthaginians. His son was born ten years after meeting his mother ( He had bad luck with children, His previous 4 children ended in death by disease) Arnza was taught about the bussiness of mechantile, but at the age of 12, Arnza forced his father into letting him study law in rome. He studied there for many years and eventually was assigned a spot on the senate. He is currently in training for becoming a captain.

[Vasiliyi]

I think were still recruiting, right johnhumgtom? Welcome.

[johnhughthom]

Indeed, anybody is welcome to join at any time.

[Karo]

Marcus Iulius Rufus stands up again

"Are we going to leave a city that is requesting our aid? What has become to us if we are going to leave a city stand alone in their hour of need? Is this the Rome our forefathers dreamed of? And is this a lesson we want to give to our off springs? How will history judge us if we leave our allies and friends alone against the evil expansionist of Carthage? And what has become of us if we choose money above friendship."
he scratches his beard and looks to the senators sitting
"Senators, why do you fear Carthage? don't you believe that our legions can crush them? Don't you trust our mighty armies to conquer all of Sicily? And what is there in the north except Barbarians? In Sicily we'll find wealth and glory for Rome. I know you fear that we'll lose money from this expansion. But they will pay us back when we conquer their cities and pillage it."

[johnhughthom]

How will history judge us if we leave our allies and friends alone against the evil expansionist of Carthage?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The Mamertines were hardly old allies of Rome, they wanted an alliance to protect them against Carthage.

[johnhughthom]

The Senate Building Rome, 482 AUC.

Manivs Cvrivs Dentatvs strides into the room, dust still on his cloak from a recent journey.

Friends, good news. Taras is now under the control of Roman forces. I have just returned from the city, I spent a great deal of time speaking with the Consul and local elders. The Epirote forces came out to meet us, despite being heavily outnumbered.


The victory was achieved, though a disappointing number of men were lost. I won't be recommending the Consul for any honours.

The question we need to answer is this, how do we handle this new responsibility? Should we enforce Roman laws and order upon these people? Should we allow them to rule themselves, with some proper Roman "help and advice" when necessary of course? Or do we try something in between the two? My preference is to allow local friends of Rome to rule, perhaps further down the line when the locals are more loyal to Rome we could implement something more direct. We also need to decide how the new settlement in Ariminium should be governed, do their laws come direct from Rome or do we give them a level of autonomy?
The second Legion is encamped in sight of the walls of Rhegium. My agents within haven't sent any word for months, I can only assume they were discovered and murdered. The only sensible option is to starve them out, I am sure none of you would advocate an assault on a walled city when we have another option.
I believe many of you have spoken out in favour of closer trading ties with other nations, who do we approach? We also need to decide on our relations with the Epirotes, they have been kicked out of Italia and pose no threat. Do we need to continue hostilities?
I give the floor to you wise men of Rome.

The old man sat down to listen to the words of his peers.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I forgot to change the camera from general cam, so didn't get any good battle pics.

[Karo]

The question we need to answer is this, how do we handle this new responsibility? Should we enforce Roman laws and order upon these people? Should we allow them to rule themselves, with some proper Roman "help and advice" when necessary of course? Or do we try something in between the two? My preference is to allow local friends of Rome to rule, perhaps further down the line when the locals are more loyal to Rome we could implement something more direct. We also need to decide how the new settlement in Ariminium should be governed, do their laws come direct from Rome or do we give them a level of autonomy?
The second Legion is encamped in sight of the walls of Rhegium. My agents within haven't sent any word for months, I can only assume they were discovered and murdered. The only sensible option is to starve them out, I am sure none of you would advocate an assault on a walled city when we have another option.
I believe many of you have spoken out in favour of closer trading ties with other nations, who do we approach? We also need to decide on our relations with the Epirotes, they have been kicked out of Italia and pose no threat. Do we need to continue hostilities?
I give the floor to you wise men of Rome.

The old man sat down to listen to the words of his peers.

Marcus Iulius Rufus stands up
"It's great news that Taras has fallen the men who have fallen must be remembered as heroes. I believe we must let those pesky Greeks rule themselves, with the guidances of Rome of course. For now it will be the best thing to do. And now the Epirotes are out of Italy we must make peace with them and get the trade going with them and the rest of Hellas. And we need to trade with the rest of the world and let them know about the greatness of Rome."