Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations III
The fleet cannot be everywhere at once and has been heavily tasked in the wars with Macedon & Greece. Most of the western fleet was in harbour for repair & reinforcement, or on their way to such.
Furthermore Melite is but a stones throw from Africa - the Carthaginians could probably swim there with little difficulty.
"I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."
Senator Augustus Verginius
Re: The Will of the Senate - Senate Deliberations III
[NUMERIUS AUREOLUS]: The Carthaginians seem to be landing in force. It would be wise not to under-estimate them. The Praetorian army already en route to Sicily may not be enough now that we know the threat of landings is real and not merely hypothetical. I wonder, what are the Consuls thoughts on our appropriate response?
And specifically, which Lower House generals are the Co-Consul intending to task with fighting the Carthaginians? I hastened to add, I ask only out of curiosity, I have no particular personal stake in this question - I suspect I am currently the furthest general from Melite in the whole Republic.
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