And now comes word that Macedon has back-stabbed us and launched a surprise attack!

Words fail me to describe the sheer treachery and deceit of these foul Greeks! I give thanks to the Gods that I am in this theatre and will soon have command of my own legion. For I swear by Jupiter Optimus Maximus, I shall not rest until all of Greece has been pacified - at the point of my own sharpened Gladius.

There shall be no peace deals, no temporary cessation of hostilities. There can be no peace in Greece except a pax Romana.

Once more Conscript Fathers, I thank Jupiter that He has chosen me to be in Greece at this time, that I may inflict His vengeance upon the Hellenic peoples.