Curia Hostilia, Consulate of Ahenobarbus Agelastus/Crassus

[Winter]

Cicero Denouncing Catiline, by Cesare Maccari

MAGISTRATA IN ANNO 473 A.U.C.
(Magistrates in the year 486 ab urbe condite - 280 B.C.)

CONSULES
MARCVS DOMITVS AHENOBARBVS AGELASTVS ET CAIVS FLAVIVS CRASSVS

CENSOR
MARCVS ATIVS BALBVS

PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
TVRNVS RVTVLVS SAEVUS

PRAETORES
SPVRIVS HERRENIVS ET LVCIVS SICINIVS SCIPIO

TRIBUNIS PLEBIS
LVCIVS AVRELVIS LEPIDVS ET MARCVS CLAVDIVS CLARVS

QUAESTOR
MARCVS FLAVUS

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Save advancement schedule for this term:
Monday 19th, Friday 23rd, Monday 26th, Friday 30th

[Hesus de bodemloze]

Quintus enters the senate house and looks around. He asks to speak to the gathered men.

I congratulate the new civil servants with there newly gained honour and offices.

Quintus walks to his seat and sits down.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Marcus Domitius Ahenobarbus Agelastus strides into the Curia. His face shows not the slightest indication of joy at his victory in the elections, nor does he feel any. The Consulship was made for the patricians, is for the patricians, and always should be for the patricians. His never-smiling face sweeps the Senate Hall as he sits in his curial chair. Brusquely, he speaks:

Senators, let us get this term on the way. I shall provide a report on the status of our Republic, and then our discussion may begin. Welcome to a new year, Conscript Fathers.

[Lord Kal]

An unusually taciturn Crassus glances across wryly at his counterpart. Suddenly, he stands.

"Allow me to echo the wishes of our other Senators and to add that may this new era for Rome bring us prosperity, order, and glory.

Now, we must have the reports from my friend Ahenobarbus and the Quaestor."

[RVFVS]

Casear slowly enters and sits down near the edge and sits to listen.

[Winter]

Tribune Lepidus sits and listens intently. An old enemy of his class has just ascended to the most important office in the Republic, and Lepidus studied his every move on the Curile Chair. He would figure this man out before he opened his mouth to speak...

[We shall fwee...Wode]

The Censor moves in gracefully but with an arrogant swagger, clearly bouyed that a true roman can still attain high office through virtue. He simply raises his hand to acknowledge the house before he takes a seat next to Lepidus.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Sicinius walks intently to his old spot near the door flanked by lictors. Taking a moment to study the senate, Sicinius notices something more resolute in their demeanor. Although the morning was wet and foggy, the confidence felt in the room was tangible.

[Ozy]

Herrenius enters the Curia quickly, raising the steps and sitting on the last row of the Curia's seats. He then speaks,

"Congratulations to all the Officers that have won their position for this term! May the Gods bless US with the wisdom and determination needed of men worthy in our position."

As he watched all of the men around him, he wondered, "Will this year bring fortune, progress and prosperity to Rome? Or will it bring death and injustice to the capital of the Civilized world?" Only time would tell.

He takes his seat, and waits for the dirty and brutal arena the Senate is to start to work.

[RVFVS]

Caesar rises after listening to a few sappy Senators tell the various electees how happy they are for their recent wins. Caesar was angry at his lose but he was young and had alot of time to win elections.

"Indeed, congratulations my dear friends on your elections. Now that we have finished with the pleasentries I insist we begin with reports and updates on the situation. If our various magistrates could give us these updates, I am sure the Senate and, I confess, myself would be delighted."

Caesar sat down and leaned close to Lepidus. He smiled and whispered.

"We might as well give our new magistrates gold metals. Oh congrats by the way. Tribune Lepidus."

[chaplain118]

Turnus opens the doors to the curia, he still carried the bloodied knife from the sacrifice. The omens were good, much of the entrails from the lamb carried a healthy color. Laying the knife on the trays carried by one of the freedmen, Turnus took his seat.

Senators, Jupiter has been benevolent enough to show us favorable portents for the future. Let us seize that opportunity and expand Rome's power across the known world.

[We shall fwee...Wode]

Let us stop with the social niceties. You men have heard the rumours from the south, that the Tarantine people have called to their aid the Molossion King Phyrros with the aim of defeating us and our allies. Yet we act as though there is no threat and that by flattering each other we avoid any useful action or debate. We require an urgent report from our Consuls on the threat of this army!

[Hesus de bodemloze]

Quintus rises and speaks

We should send out spy and question merchants to sory out what is happening at the Tarantine and Molossions. If thy are preparing for war we should raise more troops and send a consul to deal with them. I suggest whe send Marcus Domitius Ahenobarbus Agelastus for this mission.

Quintus looks at the men gathered in the room in search of some support for this proposel.

[Elendil of Númenor]

Quintus found his support quickly as Celsus rose to speak. After some minor formalities, he continued.

"I agree. We should send out a spy to our southern borders and see what is happening. If war is indeed imminent, then we can raise an army to deal with the threat - but before we can do so, we need our financial and military report from our quaestor and consul."

[We shall fwee...Wode]

OOC: We need to get a move on, we only have money for the first turn and that ends tomorrow!

[Hesus de bodemloze]

Quintus raises again and speaks

If we will find our selfs in a war we should raise taxes to support our Public Exchequer.

Quintus takes place in his chair and waits for the other senators to talk.

[Snowball]

Marcus walks into the Curia, knowing he is late he says not a word as he sits down, only listening to the men speaking. Trying to determine their character. He had no misconceptions about the fact that he would be unpopular in this crowd of greedy, overly proud and useless old patricians, nor did he care about that. He wished only to help the people, his sentiments were the same now as they were when he served in the army. All for Rome.



OoC: Its on!

[Valerius Tiberius]

Marcus Manlius rose up from his chair

Senators! Pardon me for my short absence, but though it was short, I missed the time to vote!
But I see a this vote has lead to a good result, my congratulations to all of you!

I say we start bussiness immediately!
We quickly need reports on our financial, economical and military stand.

How are the cities? Which ones are the most important to protect, expand?
Where do the riches lay? On what sides are we threatened by enemies?

These first reports are crucial and must be delivered quickly!
A fast overview of our Empire is welcome also.

So everyone, the Quaestor and Consuls in particular: let us go down to bussiness and lead Roma to Victory!

OOC: since last term wasn't finished and we changed mods, my age for this term is still 29, next term i will be 30 and so on. btw, Xavier, I see you changed your name. Can my 'life story' stay the same though?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Suddenly, a freedman enters the Senate Hall and hands the Consul Agelastus a scroll, the report which he had been preparing at home. He takes it from the man and unfurls it downward, holding it with one hand so that all the senators can see.

I have now prepared the report for this first season of the year, and though it is already nearing a close, we have some time still to discuss what to do in the coming season, and thereby be prepared. Here is an overview of the current situation of our Republic, including an undetailed indication of each of our main cities' contributed wealth, the position of our armies and fleet, and the situation a hundred or so Roman miles away from the border in both the north and the south:



Our fleet is docked in Capua, a force of triremes and biremes, the latter being the majority. The need for it, particular at this time, is rather little, especially with the instability of our economy, which I shall leave to our Quaestor to explain.



Next, we see the situation in the south. Armies of the Epirots are already marching up the roads towards our lands, and an Epirot fort has already been built across the border, and garrisoned with a medium-sized army. Pyrrhus, their King, is in command of the largest army Epirot army shown in that diagram, the one furtherest south. One legion is situated at that border to guard it. It's composition is listed at the bottom of the diagram.



The north is rather different from the south. No invading armies appear on the borders. Instead, there are cities ripe for capture which do not have even the basics of defences. However, there is still a legion situated there to guard the northern border against pretty much nothing, for the moment. That legion composition is the same as the one in the south.



Last of all, I would like to show you all our state of diplomacy at this current time. We are at war with the Epirots, the Koinon Hellenon and all the independant states that exist in the known world. On the other hand, our alliances are made with Karthadastim - better known as Carthage, Numidia and the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt. I propose we send a diplomat to end the war with Greece. There is no point in it at the current time.



Agelastus now prepares to sit down. But before he does, he makes one more point:

And just a note, our cities are garrisoned with only one unit of Coloni Militari each. This means that should our southern border fall to Epirot invasion, then our entire country will most likely be overrun due to lack of garrisons, and the time needed to build up a garrison. Therefore, for those senators who seem to prefer expansion over defence, I recommend you think again.

[Pontifex Maximus]

I move for the immediate disbandment of the fleet. Additionally, a consul should take command of the northern legion and march on Arretium.