Roman Civil War ToT PBEM playtest

[St Leo]

The aeon-weary farmers of Aegyptus are interested in trading the art of Pachydermy for something developed in the Barbarian lands unless, of course, they are still impressed with simple things like milking-horse-mares and finding-mountains-where-they-left-them out there.

[fairline]

Parthia has marshalled her troops to garrison our borders against invasion by the Roman infidel. Any attempt to cross the Euphrates will be viewed as an act of war. Likewise, Roman incursion from the lands of their Armenian ally Artavasdes will be met with force.

In the south, the undefended barbarian cities of Susa and Chorax have been taken by our forces.

The Emperor of the Parthians is off to indulge in the festivities for the God Mithras. The Empress informs me that I won't be at home to any invading Roman scum until the hangover has worn off on 27 December.

[Alex Woehr]

Greetings!

Greetings, my fellow Romans! Greetings to the Barbarian masses! Greeting from Pompey the Great and the citizens from Hispalis!
Beware Gaulish ruler, I am alrerady mobilized against any attack from Legio!

To my friends in the Senate, I have sent my finest troops to subjugate Mauritania for you.

I bid you Farewell until next month.

P.S. Here's the file. Sorry Mike, I could not find your email address so I could send it to you.

[Michael Daumen]

Here you go.

[The ANZAC]

Any particular reason why you posted a sav instead of net file? It's just a little odd...

Anyway, another Anatolian city captured

[Civfan]

The Syrian Post newspaper reports:

- Imperial Legions train in the camps.
- Commerical deals were made with the people of Isreal.
- An advertising campaign stating Crussus is the most beautiful person of his age is under way.
- Rumours have it that Crussus is in Syria to get married.
- The most selling toy of the christmas season this year is the talking Crussus doll. Crussus states that hes made a huge fortune selling these dolls.

-Crussus will always be remembered in history. Hes sure of that. Thats why hes selling these dolls stated a merchant.

Well thats all we have to report this year.
In other news ....

[Kull]

The Gauls were making perhaps a wee bit TOO merry with the mead....

[St Leo]

Gaza Taken

The Barbarian city of Gaza has fallen to the glorious armies of Cleo. Jerusalem will be a tougher nut to crack. We might give up on that entirely and move south to Petra.

A shipment of slaves from the capital is being moved to Hermopolis.

[The ANZAC]

Civfan: just FYI it's Crassus

[The ANZAC]

I'm going to be away from the 29th to the 5th. St Leo, could you handle my turn if it comes up? I'll PM the password if so.

[St Leo]

If you think it's a good idea to let me handle it, I could do it.

Michael: Just FYI, it's Caesar. The Classical/Ciceronian (as opposed to Church and plain English) pronunciation is "Kaiser".

[The ANZAC]

Thanks. Password PMed.

[fairline]

Parthia sends slaves west. Nothing else happened.

Parthia warns Crassus to withdraw his troops or face the consequences

[Alex Woehr]

I regret to inform you that Pompey has temporarily taken leave on a Mediterranean cruise as part of the celebrations of the winter solstice and will not be back until next month. As his foreign minister, he has requested that I fill in for him. There are only a few minor newsworthy items to mention:

-I am pleased to report a record minimum of oxcart accidents on the roads over the holidays.

-A minor disturbance occurred in the city of Cordoba believed to be incited by holiday revelers.

-Sales for the recently introduced "Crassus" doll fell sharply after the appearance of the "Pompey Action Figure" on the shelves of local trade markets. Sales representitives for the Crassus Toy Company declined to comment.

Until next month . . .

[Alex Woehr]

OOPS!

Oops.