Interactive Romani AAR.

[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.

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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."