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[johnhughthom]

The Senate Building Rome, 485 AUC.


Nervi once again faces the Senate.

Both Legions are now encamped without the walls of Bononia, there is a sizable force within but we outnumber them and it is unlikely they will face us unless they have no other choice. The Consul believes it unlikely they will sally this year and an assault would bring grievous losses so we play the waiting game.


The Senate Building Rome, 486 AUC.

The Senate hums with the noise of a hundred conversations. Nervi is about to rise when a messenger rushes into the building and hands him a note. Nervi reads it and smiles.

Senators, the Gallic raiders from Bononia have been pacified. They tried a surprise attack and were destroyed, the town is now under Roman control. Cadwalador, the chieftan who ordered the raids on our farms, is in Roman hands awaiting justice. It shows the idiocy of these barbarians that they tried to attack a Roman force twice the size of their own.


As I said they tried to catch us by surprise and were almost upon us as we were still getting into position.

Our skirmishers were able to repulse the first attack and the battle was a foregone conclusion from then. There were a number of those naked devils from Hades we have heard stories of, it seems those stories are true and these men really are superhuman, they were surrounded and cut down though, Roman farmers are more than a match for devils it would seem.

After they were gone it was little more than a mopping up session.

There are still Gallic tribes in the region we will need to pacify, Segesta to the west, home to the Ligurians and Patavium to the north east. There is also Mediolanium to the north west, under a tribe of the Aedui confederation. Which brings me to my next point, Gauls love to fight. They will fight other peoples if they can, but they are more than happy to fight each other. I am told the Gauls over the mountains are embroiled in a bitter civil war. Why then should Romans die fighting Gauls, shouldn't we encourage them to fight each other? Apart from the Aedui the other major confederation is the Arverni, I believe we should seek to ally with one or the other. My personal preference would be the Aedui, the Arverni believe their King to be a living God. Could we really do business with such superstitious fools? The problem with allying with the Aedui is they hold Mediolanium, I believe a "cash donation" would convince them to hand the area over to us. It would also allow them to engage further in their civil war. As always though the way forward is up to you men of Rome, I only seek to enlighten you and ease your difficult choices.