germanicus12
First Citizen of Rome
June 263: War Declared
As Carthage approached Messina and began preparations to assault the city, they were taken aback by the presence of a Silver Eagle flying over the city. Outside the city the Consul Brutus and a small bodyguard stood near a creek under a white flag. The Carthaginian General approached curious about this turn of events and what the Roman might have to say.
The Consul Brutus first acknowledge the Carthaginian by smiling as he approached with his small group of bodyguards, he knew he had the man by the hair and he would not let go. His small 10,000 strong unit was no match for the powerful 24,000 man Legions of Rome, and as the Carthaginian reined up and acknowledged the Roman with a wave of his hand, Brutus noticed sweat on the General's brow and his eyes kept darting to the walls, where only the 1st Legio was standing. Talks began with Rome demanding that Carthage withdraws from all of Sicily and Carthage demanding that Rome back out and leave this to Carthage. With neither side willing to back down the day appeared lost and surprise gone for surely Carthage would be establishing defensive networks.
Suddenly a glint appeared in the horizon, Brutus spotted it first and smirked, "Well my friend, you should have taken my offer." He wheeled his horse around and raced for the gate. On the walls archers suddenly sprung into action and sent a volley towards the confused Carthaginian. The General wheeled his horse around and noticed what caused the sudden change in behavior, it was a trick. The General cursed at the wall before racing back to his army with what was left of his bodyguard.
Consul Paxos stood ontop his horse, before him stood the unorganized lines of the Carthaginian army in siege preparation work, behind him his 3 Legions were marching in good order and were forming into battle formation, the 3 Silver Eagles were shining brightly in the setting sun. Paxos was enjoying the moment, his Legions were performing well for recruits that have not seen a major battle, a testament to Roman military training. He noticed the small dust cloud moving down the hill towards the Carthaginian camp and raised his hand, he looked besides him and saw that his Legions had formed. He dropped his hand the Eagles dipped forward and suddenly arrows filled the sky followed by javelins before a great red wall surged forward.
Paxos and Brutus met at the gate of Messina, the Sicilians were filling the streets and were cheering as the Legions marched in. The Carthaginian army was shattered and all of Sicily lay at the mercy of Rome. But back in Carthage another army was being formed and what was once a quiet sea has now been filled with warships from both sides as skirmishes are fought and lost.
Rome: -1,800 men, Legio II 550; Legio III 800; Legio IV 450.
Carthage: -5,500 dead, 2,500 captured.
In Rome, the Senate managed to agree to open trade relations with other powers, though Senate has yet to appoint a man to be their trade envoy to other powers, the more bolder Senators have negotiated their own terms for their Regions or Cities and as such Macedonia has begun receiving Roman goods. +250,000 for Rome, +10,000 for Aurelius, +7,500 for Cato per month.
Meanwhile the Senator Primanus has established an internal trade network and bought a vast amount of Horses and wagons and has begun taking goods from the port cities to the internal cities netting him a small fortune for creating land trade lanes to cater non-port cities and towns. +15,000 a month.
Senator Primanus has also sent a Caravan south to Sicily, with the destruction of the Carthaginian army outside Messina, Primanus' Caravan was able to purchase 500 new slaves to resell in Rome or other cities earning him the trait Slaver.
The remaining slaves await more caravans or ships to buy them.
The Prophet Julious has gone to Mount Vesuvius to mediate while his followers spread the word around Rome. He also gains 1,000 Sesterces from an unknown source. +1,000.
OOC:
Mod Notes:
@Amesjay: If you want an appointment you must ask for one in Senate. Only they can appoint Administrators and commanders. Also Stables can only be built by Administrators in Cities, but when they are built you can buy horses from them and use their stables to hold your horses. Consider this akin to a Public Garage.
For your Estate you and all Senators start with a Small Estate, but you must inform me where this Estate is, which City and Region. And yes your 10 Bodyguards and 2 spies are in the stats.
I think that is it... I will update the stats later. Also, if you are a Senator, get active in the Social Group, even if a discussion has been beaten to death start another, Rome has no shortage of laws that need to be passed or laws that need to be upheld in the case of Julious followers being arrested 2 updates past. I would like to see the Social Group be full of discussions along all topics. Simply put if there is something you think Rome needs to do, take away, enforce or otherwise do something about, do not hesitate to start a debate.
As Carthage approached Messina and began preparations to assault the city, they were taken aback by the presence of a Silver Eagle flying over the city. Outside the city the Consul Brutus and a small bodyguard stood near a creek under a white flag. The Carthaginian General approached curious about this turn of events and what the Roman might have to say.
The Consul Brutus first acknowledge the Carthaginian by smiling as he approached with his small group of bodyguards, he knew he had the man by the hair and he would not let go. His small 10,000 strong unit was no match for the powerful 24,000 man Legions of Rome, and as the Carthaginian reined up and acknowledged the Roman with a wave of his hand, Brutus noticed sweat on the General's brow and his eyes kept darting to the walls, where only the 1st Legio was standing. Talks began with Rome demanding that Carthage withdraws from all of Sicily and Carthage demanding that Rome back out and leave this to Carthage. With neither side willing to back down the day appeared lost and surprise gone for surely Carthage would be establishing defensive networks.
Suddenly a glint appeared in the horizon, Brutus spotted it first and smirked, "Well my friend, you should have taken my offer." He wheeled his horse around and raced for the gate. On the walls archers suddenly sprung into action and sent a volley towards the confused Carthaginian. The General wheeled his horse around and noticed what caused the sudden change in behavior, it was a trick. The General cursed at the wall before racing back to his army with what was left of his bodyguard.
Consul Paxos stood ontop his horse, before him stood the unorganized lines of the Carthaginian army in siege preparation work, behind him his 3 Legions were marching in good order and were forming into battle formation, the 3 Silver Eagles were shining brightly in the setting sun. Paxos was enjoying the moment, his Legions were performing well for recruits that have not seen a major battle, a testament to Roman military training. He noticed the small dust cloud moving down the hill towards the Carthaginian camp and raised his hand, he looked besides him and saw that his Legions had formed. He dropped his hand the Eagles dipped forward and suddenly arrows filled the sky followed by javelins before a great red wall surged forward.
Paxos and Brutus met at the gate of Messina, the Sicilians were filling the streets and were cheering as the Legions marched in. The Carthaginian army was shattered and all of Sicily lay at the mercy of Rome. But back in Carthage another army was being formed and what was once a quiet sea has now been filled with warships from both sides as skirmishes are fought and lost.
Rome: -1,800 men, Legio II 550; Legio III 800; Legio IV 450.
Carthage: -5,500 dead, 2,500 captured.
In Rome, the Senate managed to agree to open trade relations with other powers, though Senate has yet to appoint a man to be their trade envoy to other powers, the more bolder Senators have negotiated their own terms for their Regions or Cities and as such Macedonia has begun receiving Roman goods. +250,000 for Rome, +10,000 for Aurelius, +7,500 for Cato per month.
Meanwhile the Senator Primanus has established an internal trade network and bought a vast amount of Horses and wagons and has begun taking goods from the port cities to the internal cities netting him a small fortune for creating land trade lanes to cater non-port cities and towns. +15,000 a month.
Senator Primanus has also sent a Caravan south to Sicily, with the destruction of the Carthaginian army outside Messina, Primanus' Caravan was able to purchase 500 new slaves to resell in Rome or other cities earning him the trait Slaver.
The remaining slaves await more caravans or ships to buy them.
The Prophet Julious has gone to Mount Vesuvius to mediate while his followers spread the word around Rome. He also gains 1,000 Sesterces from an unknown source. +1,000.
OOC:
Mod Notes:
@Amesjay: If you want an appointment you must ask for one in Senate. Only they can appoint Administrators and commanders. Also Stables can only be built by Administrators in Cities, but when they are built you can buy horses from them and use their stables to hold your horses. Consider this akin to a Public Garage.
For your Estate you and all Senators start with a Small Estate, but you must inform me where this Estate is, which City and Region. And yes your 10 Bodyguards and 2 spies are in the stats.
I think that is it... I will update the stats later. Also, if you are a Senator, get active in the Social Group, even if a discussion has been beaten to death start another, Rome has no shortage of laws that need to be passed or laws that need to be upheld in the case of Julious followers being arrested 2 updates past. I would like to see the Social Group be full of discussions along all topics. Simply put if there is something you think Rome needs to do, take away, enforce or otherwise do something about, do not hesitate to start a debate.
