We have two choices:

I. To attack Messana and thus Carthage.
II. To attack Syracuse.

Noble Senators, those vile Carthaginians have driven out Italians. This is a shocking act of barbarity for a civilized republic as Carthage.
However, undue haste may be our downfall. If he advance without a fleet, we may be isolated in Sicily. And if we build a fleet, we may be overrun in Sicily.
I most humbly suggest that we declare war immediately on Carthage! Lest anyone say that Rome was a city of cowards.