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Summer, 273 BC
Mus has 7240 men remaining, Laevinus 8880. There are somewhere around 25k(rough estimate) Carthaginianis in and around Messana.
Reinforcements-wise, there are about 2500 that could be in Sicily by the end of the summer(mostly Oscan javelinmen but also some cavalry) and oscan infantry about 1500 more in the fall. The main force(the praetorian army that was sent south some while back) will not get here until about the end of the year, probably winter or maybe even next spring. That one is several thousand men strong. At this point the 'front' is about a year and a half from Roma, but it may be possible soon to use Publio's fleet to shorten the travel time, but it will still take several months, probably three seasons under optimal conditions.
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