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Brian Swartz · 08-20-2014, 02:16 AM

I sure your fellow consul won't get you killed ... much.

Summer, 273 BC

The consuls escape via a narrow corridor of safe transport between Messana and Tauromenion, and then back to Publio's fleet across to Italy. Arretium begins construction of an Oppidum, the next vital infrastructure project.

Autumn

Aiakid forces mass at Tauromenion, further complicating matters. Meanwhile, newly recruited spy Aulus infiltrates Messana, reporting four Carthaginian generals in the vicinity, and also that the previous estimates were inaccurate in terms of their strength there. Just under 40,000, some of them apparently newly recruited mercenaries but some previously undetected, are present near the city.

Meanwhile, Muli has arrived at Ariminum, his new posting, and construction of the Oppidum upgrades begins there as well.

As the season comes to an end, a surprise Carthaginian attack at Rhegion demonstrates that the 'strategic withdrawal' was a most fortuitous choice ...

08-20-2014, 02:16 AM	#193
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	I sure your fellow consul won't get you killed ... much. Summer, 273 BC The consuls escape via a narrow corridor of safe transport between Messana and Tauromenion, and then back to Publio's fleet across to Italy. Arretium begins construction of an Oppidum, the next vital infrastructure project. Autumn Aiakid forces mass at Tauromenion, further complicating matters. Meanwhile, newly recruited spy Aulus infiltrates Messana, reporting four Carthaginian generals in the vicinity, and also that the previous estimates were inaccurate in terms of their strength there. Just under 40,000, some of them apparently newly recruited mercenaries but some previously undetected, are present near the city. Meanwhile, Muli has arrived at Ariminum, his new posting, and construction of the Oppidum upgrades begins there as well. As the season comes to an end, a surprise Carthaginian attack at Rhegion demonstrates that the 'strategic withdrawal' was a most fortuitous choice ... Last edited by Brian Swartz : 08-20-2014 at 02:16 AM.