UPS - Did that same group of senators though, also, not only advocate, but push through a motion demanding the conquest of Carthage, the conquest of Rhodes? The only part of those motions that was non-expansionist was the part that said no more expansion in Europe. Surely now you can't expect Asia to somehow instantly become part of Europe. The consul has clearly defined his plans for europe. The current borders are to be held, fortified, and maintained in Europe. Our European holdings which have been given specific note are those in Gaul, Germania, and the Danube.

The consul is not out in Afrika sticking his own life on the line so that senators back here can engage in petty, nonsense arguments over the definition of what lands encompass Europe, and what lands encompass Asia, when the very land we are expanding into is called Asia Minor.