Interactive Romani AAR.

[Vasiliyi]

Varinius Glabrus stands agian, giving Anrza a look.

"One legion to conquer the Balkans? Are you mad? I tell you my friend, I fear nothing, but the phalanxes of the diodachi are powerful and it will take many years and men to subjugate them. Instead, why don't we take 2 legions to Spain, attack them from 2 different directions and force them under our yoke. One smaller legion can be posted between Gaul and Spain to defend it. I see no problem here."


(not being a jerk here, just roleplaying)

[johnhughthom]

(not being a jerk here, just roleplaying)

Jerkiness is positively encouraged in this AAR.
There are an awful lot of these interactive AARs now, maybe too many.

[the man with no name]

Jerkiness is positively encouraged in this AAR.
There are an awful lot of these interactive AARs now, maybe too many.

You maybe right

Varinius Glabrus stands agian, giving Anrza a look.

"One legion to conquer the Balkans? Are you mad? I tell you my friend, I fear nothing, but the phalanxes of the diodachi are powerful and it will take many years and men to subjugate them. Instead, why don't we take 2 legions to Spain, attack them from 2 different directions and force them under our yoke. One smaller legion can be posted between Gaul and Spain to defend it. I see no problem here."

Varinius Glabrus stands to address the senate.

"My dear senators. We may have lost a great deal of men in Gaul, but we are not defeated. That said, I believe we should stay clear of Gaul at all costs. The land there is pitiful and they are an extremely ferocious people, they will not be easy to subjegate. Perhaps, we can turn our attention to Spain? Many a merchants have returned from there praising the land with its rich minerals full of gold and silver.

Upon building our needed barracks I think we should definatly create 3 legion.

Legio I
Stationed in Sicily
1 polybian equites
1 hastati
1 princepe
1 trarii

Legio II
Stationed in Mediolanum, to defend us from marauding gauls.
2 Hastati
2 Princepe
1 Trarii
1 Equite,
Possibly some regional troops such as the ligurians.

Legio III
Our marching army, which is to be sent at our enemies
4 hastati
4 princepe
2 Trarii
1 equites
1 Pedites extrodinarri
1 Gen
(as many regionals as needed)

This ofcourse my senators is up to debate, and my claims are not to be taken against me.

"I second this notion except to maybe have a couple more units in Legio I and Legio II, in case there is a more suprising force sent against us."

[Karo]

Marcus Iulius Rufus stands up
"I agree with the plan for the legions, but the idea to attack the Balkans with one legion is stupid. Do you want to sacrifice our men for nothing. Is this what you want? And I think we should attack Spain and conquer it. Those lands are very rich and those mines will be a very great help when we are going to attack Hellas and conquer it."

Sits back down

[Vasiliyi]

Varinius Glabrus stands once more, smiling with his success.

"Thank you senators for supporting me. Anrza, the will of the senate and your will seems to not match. Greece would be too difficult to subjegate, surely you see this now?" Turning to the julius, "My dear friend, what do we have to fear from sicily? The legion should remain small, It will help us save money, and yet we can call a large number of troops from the Peninsula at a moments notice. We have no notion of rebellion, and there seems to be no one capable of attacking it by see, as such an endaever would be very costly." This time he turns to the man in charge of Rome "My dear man, you failed to mention what our relations with Kart-Hadast are. Are they still angry with our expansion into their sphere? Or are they willing to accept trade with us again? I think Trade right, if we don't have them, should definately be pursued."

Smiles at all the Senators, and sits.

[Ghaust the Moor]

Anrza stands again

"It appears the senate misunderstood me. I have no intention of conquering greece, or the balkans for that matter. I speak of capturing the dalmatian coast. This will finally rid us of those Illyrian pirates and will allow us a sutable launching point with which to attack the greeks at a future date. I don't think conquering greece would be a sutable thing to do right now. We should focus on extending our power south, and fortifying our position to the north."

Anrza sits once more.

[johnhughthom]

This time he turns to the man in charge of Rome.

There isn't really anybody in charge of Rome, at times I will try to have people with enough "gravitas" to dominate the Senate and use as a focal point but he won't actually be "in charge."
Sorry if I have neglected this the last few days I have been busy in work, (will be for another week ) I intend to try to get it up and running over the next few days. Some of you may have noticed I resurrected my old Romani AAR, I will run it concurrently with this from the same save. Don't worry though, the decisions you guys make will stick, I won't do things to suit the other AAR (who knows some of your characters may get into "Life of a Roman" or my character from that may appear here).





The Senate Building Rome, 412 AUC.


The Senate is it's usual noisy self, Senators talk, argue, complain and shout amongst each other. All that is missing is laughter, there has been precious little of that in Rome lately. The noise ceases almost instantly as two men stride into the building. "I thought they were still in Massalia!" one Senator exclaims, shocked to see them here. The two men talk lightly, the younger man gestures to the other to take the rostrum, "No, you are Consul. You go." The younger man nods and takes to the stand. He looks around the building and Caius Aurelius Cotta, hero of Rome, triumpher over Carthage addresses his peers.

"Senators, on the way to the Senate I spoke to some friends regarding what has gone one here, it seems there is wisdom but little leadership. Scipio and I have returned to Rome to try to help you lead us out of this dark chapter in our history. There are decisions we have to make, difficult choices to overcome, but we will overcome.
Scipio and I have spoken at length about the make up of our legions, did some weakness help lead to the Disaster? We believe the Legions must be uniform, Legio I must be the same as Legio IV, our allies we can pick and choose but part of our success has been a general can take any Legion and he will know what he has. Unfortunately Scipio and I don't agree on how the Legions should be made up. I prefer to have Legions in pairs, each has 1 Accensii, 1 Velites, 1 Hastati and 1 Principe with 1 Triarii shared between them, the ranking man will take the Triarii if they split forces. Scipio prefers a Legion to be 1 Accensii, 2 Velites, 2 Hastati, 2 Principe and 1 Triarii. You my friends need to decide whether Rome implements the Cottan Legion or the Scipione Legion. We also fail to agree on how many we will need, I feel four he feels three. In terms of were they are stationed we agree one needs to remain in Sicily, our client rulers there are getting old. Progression to a new government can be upsetting to a populace so a Legion will need to maintain order. As to where the other go that will be down to yourselves.
So then I propose each man states whether he prefers the Cottan or Scipione Legion, how many we need and how we send them out, of course for the next few years they will need to stay in Italy to keep order in these dark times. Please feel free to suggest alternatives to our proposals, as Senators of Rome we are sure you will not be shy about doing so"

[Ghaust the Moor]

Anrza stands to address the senate.

"Much apologies consul, but I feel that the Scipione legion is the best fit for our uses.The consuls choice is a very weak force and if a large enough enemy attacks, we will suffer. I believe we should go with four legions, like the consul suggested however. This will allow for quicker expansion, and give us more of a chance at victory. I feel that one legion should sail for Dalmion and crush the pirates. Then the other two legions will expand north into Gaul. At the first available moment the first legion will rejoin the second and third. Now, those are my thoughts on the matter. Please let me know if I misunderstood anything. (I think I did)"

Senator Perperna sits once more.