Re: decemviri sacris faciundis: A Romani AAR
The Punic Aggressors.
Rome, early 239 BC.
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The Senate, the city and the entire Roman world was in uproar at the news from southern Italy. Legion IV, garrisoned in the region, had been attacked by Carthaginian forces. The unprovoked attack, coming completely without warning was obviously an attempt to take Rome by surprise while it's attention was focused so far away on Brittania. The two Legions garrisoning Italia were green recruits with no battle experience, even more worrying for Rome was the lack of obvious leaders for the defence against Punic aggression. There were many men in Brittania gaining leadership experience, the were needed there though and would take too long to return anyway. Lucius Cornelius Scipio and Cnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina were the only men with real battle experience, both were in their sixties though. Surely too old to lead men into battle.
The Brittania campaign was well on course, only the wild men of Caledonia remained to be pacified before the whole of the main island was under total Roman domination. No decision had been made as to whether the prophecy had included Hibernia in it's demands. The plague had gone from Italia, no new cases had been found in three years. The Gods were happy, the expedition seemed to have served it's purpose. Those on Brittania had not heard the news of the new crisis gripping Rome however, and may not do so for some time, sending news through Gaul was highly hazardous and the sea route would now be just as hazardous due to Carthage naval supremacy. The two Legions fighting the barbarians would have to continue, while the rest of the men of Rome would be fighting a different enemy.
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