Update 2: The action on Mare Nostrum.
We begin our day in a glorious sunny villa in Southern Italy in a lovely little town called Nova Pompeii. The wedding of the Emperor Galen and his lovely bride was winding down, several prestigious merchants and patricians attended despite threat of war and rebellions. As the day wound down, a messenger barged in smeared in dirt and sweat, obvisiouly raced hard from wherever he left, the Legionary despite how exhausted he was stood at attention and saluted, after which he handed a bloodied letter into the Emperor's hand.
After reading the message the Emperor looked around several times enjoying the party before heading for the door. As the Emperor looked up at the door, he could see a party of Legionairies standing outside the door, knowing full well that their messages do not warrant enough importance to interrupt the Emperor right now, the Emperor still sighed, even on such a wonderful day, he still had an empire to protect.
News from Sicily was great, Stables grow and fine horses have begun to arrive in port by the shipload, soon every Cavalry officer and General will be riding fine Sicilian horses.
Also churches have been constructed and while the Pope has yet to send priests or even clergy's, the people line up at the doors staring in awe of the beauty of the churces and several bang on the doors requesting to see the interior and speak to a serveant of God. The doors never open and people angry begin to cause trouble. Four of the beatiful churches are burned to the ground before the Provincial Legions arrive to arrest the troublemakers. The Priest would have to arrive soon or Sicily may face one of the largest riots ever to hit the Italian mainland in Corsica and Sardina. Already the Legions beef up prepared for the upcoming fight.
Parades are held in the streets of Corsica, Sardina and Sicily, and due to the recent actions of the Legions against the riot in Corsica, enough volunteers arrive to create 1 Legion.
But despite all this troubles, the Great Dockyards are still ahead of schedule in their construction efforts. The Dockyards rival those of Ostia (Rome), and Constantinople. Even those in Alexandria, the Dockyards can fit dozens of war galleys and still have room for 5 trade ships and scores of merchant navy vessels. Truly one of the great wonders of Rome should it finish.
Facing the threats to the north, Germania and her legions continue to battle the recent pushes by the Goths and Huns. Several pitched battles have ignited and while the Romans won, they lost lots of good men, the Veteran Imperials long gone, the inexperienced Volunteers and Draftees put up a valiant fight without the assistance of Provincial veterans, the Legions stopped the attacks and forced the barbarians to stop 40 miles from the capital of Germania. The war is now at a stalemate as the legions fight a delaying action against 200,000 barbarians. They never counterattacked, being pushed every step of the way, the poor Legionairies were surprised at the tenacity and speed the barbarians moved against their positions. It was only the fresh levies that stopped the tide and evened the battleground. 5 Imperial Legions have been ordered back to Germania with orders to remain in Germania until the threat has disapeared or the Emperor recalls them back.
Britannia continues to fight a costly war, the Imperial Legions long since left, as the Emperor beleived the Governor dead and many wealthy Romans long since left. Hadrians wall has been breached again and Britannia is now in her death throes, unless the Governor comes back to lead his legions, the Emperor will place the Provincial Legions there under his command and ship them to Egypt.
Meanwhile in Spain, the Provincial Legions marched in major towns as heros. Which angered the population as the Legions never even fought in a battle yet, nevertheless it did not deter the Governor from making a Medal of Valor out of pure gold and sending it on a fast ship to Egypt as a gift to the Bull Legion, an Imperial Legion that was raised in Spain and renowned for its fighting tenacity.
At least the people calmed a bit at the news that tax rates dropped a few gold, there have been no trouble of gold flow or gathering to date.
Finally, the battles shifted from land to sea.
As the Persian fleets patrolled their region they encountered pirates radiating out of Constantinople which the Persians quickly engaged and defeated. But as the Persians were busy in the Black Sea and Asia Minor, the Romans were not idle themselves, the mighty Roman navy reorganized itself under the command of a new Admiral to make reinforcing a new region easier than before. Out of this, the first battle between Persia and Rome was started by Rome on the high seas just south east of Greece and Anatolia. The battle lasted only 2 hours and ended in a resounding Roman victory which freed up the supply lines feeding Alexandria by sea. Even though the Persians suffered bitter defeat, they can still enjoy a laugh at the sight of several Roman ships collapsing under their own wieght from catapults trying to launch projectiles. But these were only testing ships, those with Balliste proved very effective and the Romans quickly capitalized on that.
With the Persian supply line to Egypt cut off by patrolling Roman fleets the Persian army outside Alexandria is forced to raiding the countryside for what food they can find. Meanwhile 5 new Imperial forces arrive from Italy via the new supply line, this is followed by new equipment, wine, clothes, and everthing a Legion needs to fight.
The fighting in Anatolia and Egypt only saw small skirmishes here and there and no pitched battles. As all the action was focused on the sea and trade lanes.