The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations

[Death the destroyer of worlds]

While my feelings about the barbarian Gauls are not as strong as that of senator Augustus Verginius, I agree with his motion 5.5 nonetheless.

We have killed countless Gauls. Thousands upon thousands. The final tally will be made soon, but it is probably in excess of 5000 dead warriors.
At the moment they are crushed, utterly and decisively. Yet still I attacked them, even this spring, as they can rise just as quickly and threaten us again. They need to be beaten down consistently. The only time we can trust them is when they are on their knees. I say we raid their territory as if we were demons from the infernal hells themselves.
Not, my senators, because I am bloodthirsty. But because it must be done. If we merely guard our borders, the next generation will once again be faced with the horror and menace of hordes of thousands of wild tribesmen.

There are however some issues I would like to raise.

Even the savage tribesmen will one day realize the futility of resisting our might. Therefore I propose motion 5.6

Motion 5.6 : We will offer the Gauls the possibility of becoming a protectorate on a regular basis during our pogrom against them (offering any cities we capture and they have not retaken yet back, except Gergovia)

Also, there is a strategic (walled) town just west of Massilia. I propose motion 5.7

Motion 5.7 : We will strive to take possession of this single Gaul settlement Gergovia, as it will be an ideal base for our raiding of Gaul. This settlement we will keep.

I also vehemently oppose motion 5.2 as it now stands. It will be a ludicrously costly offensive, which will cripple our strained economy.

Motion 5.3 is one I would like to second, but again, we can hardly support the transportation fleet we have now.

Motion 5.4 I can sympathize with, but I do not see the point. We have walls, and armories already, and (almost) every city that can build roads has them already. A better proposal would be to stimulate the growth of our villages in Cispine Gaul so that they can build roads. This is why I stimulated colonization efforts there.