The Will of the Senate - First Consul reports

[Death the destroyer of worlds]

20. Spring 255 BC

Appius Egnatius marries Drusilla, the daughter of Luca Mamilius. I send him to Roma to learn his new duties.


Luca Domna is born, the son of Vibius Domna and his wife Gratidia.

The only city I did not want to revolt is of course the only one that does. In the plundered Seleucid cities anarchy rules the streets.




A lone Roman warship is attacked by pirates, but destroys them with little loss.



Appolonia finished construction of a Roman Auxilia II building. Corinth and Byzantium finished construction of a Roman Naval Architecture I building. Athens finished construction of a Roman Auxilia I building. Luvavum finished construction of roads. Chalkida finished construction of a shrine to Jupiter. Bylazora finished construction of a shrine to Mars. Debeltos finished construction of a shrine to Ceres. Salona finished construction of a minor temple to Jupiter. Kydonia finished construction of a minor temple to Saturnus.

Paestum recruits a cohort of Triarii. Agrigento and Lilybaeum both finish construction of a light aphract. Corinth, Athens and Byzantium finish construction of a superior light aphract.

I, praetor Lucius Aemilius and tribune Gnaeus Hordeonius, arrive at Oduba and reform the Field Army II out of the ragtag of forces which have gathered here. In the distance, my watch towers report that the Thracian crown prince Arapeithes the Bloody-Handed, who has caused me the most grevious losses so far, has gathered another large army.


Our operation to replace mercenary garrisons with regular Italian auxilia continues. A small, but steady, flow of mercenary units is moving towards Eastern Greece. Our reinforcement Roman soldiers are one season away from Maronia.

I order the assassination of a Thracian diplomat.


Tribune Numerius Aureolus and the Legio V Alaudae manage to escape from Asia Minor to Byzantium intact. They have orders to hold the city untill we can build enough ships to block the Bosporus.

Near Crete, our naval reinforcements that are sailing to the Bosporus spot a Ptolemaic fleet, loaded with troops. We can hardly let them pass unchallenged.




The survivng Ptolemaic ship is so badly damaged that it sinks, and all the Ptolemaic troops drown. Another great naval victory !

In the West, admiral Appius and his battle fleet catch up with the remains of the Cartheginian battle fleet and sink them without mercy. Then he sails back towards Sicily.



The Iberians have placed a consular strength army in the middle of our territory.


After a long debate with my military advisors I order legate Valerius Paulus to take command of the newly formed Italian Legion and march it to Gaul Narbonensis to reinforce Augustus Verginius. A new legion should be ready to march in two seasons.
Tribune Manius Coruncanius continues to lead the Consular Army on its march towards Sicily. They should arrive next season. Tribune Marcellus Aemilius has almost caught up with them.
Oppius Aemilius moves to Paestum.
Tribune Vibius Domna moves to Corfinium.

In the North, tribune Quintus Libo and his German Legion capture the Thracian town of Viberi. I planned to give the town to our allies, the Germans, but they do not want it. Annoyed, I plunder everything except the market and the German Auxilia building and order him to abandon the town and march on Vicus Marcomanni, another Thracian town. Our scouts report a stong Thracian force is barring his way.
(OOC: In retrospect, this might not have been all that clever. If the town revolts into a German town our alliance will be broken and we will be at war with the Germans.)



In the East, we go on the counteroffensive. Tribune Cornelius Saturnius and the Legio I Italia Victrix recapture the rebelled town of Tylis.


A part of the soldiers of the Legio I Italia Victrix is transferred to the Field Army I, commanded by praetor Tiberius Coruncanius, as it begins its march to recapture Maronia. He will need a strong army should the Seleucid empire attack with a consular strength army. A small Seleucid force stands in his way and is easily dispatched.



The transport fleet carrying tribune Servius Aemilius and his Cartheginian Legion has almost arrived at the shore of Africa at the city of Lepcis Magna.


Our main military forces at present :
The Legio I Italia Victrix, under the command of tribune Cornelius Saturnius, is stationed in Tylis.
The banner of the Legio II Sabina Quintia is being carried by the commander-to-be of the Consular Army, tribune Marcellus Aemilius.
The Legio III Sicilia Aemilia, under the command of tribune Flavius Pacuvius, is stationed in a fort next to Comata.
The Legio IV Gallica Firma banner is currently in the temple of Mars in Roma.
The Legio V Alaudae is currently carried by legate Numerius Aureolius in Byzantium. The actual legion is stationed outside the city in a fort.
The banner of the Legio VI Phoenix is currently carried by Gnaeus Hordeonius, a tribune in the Field Army II.
The Consular Army, under the temporary command of tribune Manius Coruncanius, is about to enter Sicily.
The Field Army I, under the command of praetor Tiberius Coruncanius, is on the march near Maronia.
The Field Army II, under the command of praetor Lucius Aemilius, is standing outside the town of Oduba.
The German Legion, under the command of tribune Quintus Libo, is on the march near Viberi.
The Cispine Gaul Legion, under the command of tribune Quintus Naevius, is stationed in a fort near Jenuensis.
The Gaul Narbonensis Legion, under the command of legate Augustus Verginius, is stationed in a fort near Gergovia.
The Italian Legion, under the command of legate Valerius Paullus, is on the march near Roma.
The Cartheginian Legion, under the command of tribune Servius Aemilius, is about to land in Africa.

I have no correct estimates of our financial revenue. At the last report, our income had dropped by well over 10.000 denarii to a measly 14.000 denarii. This immense setback is caused by the loss of trade with the Seleucid and the Ptolemaic empire.

A complete list of all the battle statistics can be found here. The summary :

Generals killed :
1. Acting Consul Amulius Coruncanius
2. Acting Consul Publius Pansa (who still awaits transfer to the Mausoleum)
3. Tribune Gaius Rutilius
4. Tribune Herennius Genucius

Factions destroyed :
- Illyria
- The kingdom of Macedon
- Gaul
- The Greek Cities

Our total losses during my term :
Total enemy casualties : 23780 men
Total Roman casualties : 5896 men
Average kill ratio : 4.0 - 1
Total enemy ships sunk : 23 ships
Total Roman ships sunk : 4 ships

We have conquered 18 provinces, namely Chalkida, Salona, Delmatia, Kydonia, Hyrapytna, Bylazora, Ratiaria, Philipii, Comata, Gergovia, Luvavum, Debeltos, Oduba, Tylis, Byzantium, Nicomedia, Prusa and Viberi.
We want to get rid of Nicomedia, Prusa and Viberi.
We have conquered and lost Maronia.
We have lost Melite.