Dearest Pompey,

I belie the enclosed man belongs to you.

A quick note to tell you I have decided to winter the 13th Legion closer to home, at Ravenna.

So I shall soon have the pleasure of paying you homage in Person.

You wanna get high?

The campaign in the northeast of Persia turned into a hard guerrilla war of almost three years. We chased Darius towards Bactria but missed taking him by hours. The Great King Darius had been betrayed by his own commanders. Fully honouring his corpse, Alexander hunted down these commanders into unknown lands, crossing even beyond the River Oxus into Sogdia. We fought them as far as the unknown steppes of Scythia where only legendary heroes had once trod. The surveyors told us we were now on the borders of where Europe and Asia meet, in fact, we were totally lost. Here, Alexander founded his 10th Alexandria and settled it with veterans, their women and any who would dare the frontier life.

We have worked the self-same gun, quarterdeck division.
Sponger I and loader you, through the whole commission.
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!

He's hackin' and wackin' and smackin'
He's hackin' and wackin' and smackin'
He's hackin' and wackin' and smackin'
He just hacks, wacks, choppin' that meat

Glorious news! At Actium, In Greece, the navy of our Imperator Octavian Caesar, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa has won a decisive victory over Queen Cleopatra and her slave Mark Antony. The Egyptian fleet has been destroyed. Even now Octavian Caesar advances on Alexandria where the witch and her creature take refuge.

Having rejected his loving wife Octavia, Mark Antony has coupled himself to the sorceress Cleopatra, promising her dominion of all Rome! He worships dogs and reptiles. He blackens his eyes with soot like a prostitute. He dances and plays the cymbals in vile Nilotic rites!

Our noble Triumvirate announces the immediate departure from the city of his honor Mark Antony. He will take up his seat in Alexandria as supreme governor of Egypt and the eastern provinces. Tomorrow, at the house of Rufus, an auction of excellent slaves, from pliant virgins to learned Greeks, Rufus has slaves for every budget.

In Gaul, the renegade Mark Antony has laid siege to the city of Mutina. But salvation is at hand! The senate sends an army lead by the generals Hirtius and Pansa. The noble patriot, young Caesar Octavian joins our generals with his own legions to crush the rebels!

By grace of Jupiter, Gaius Octavian Caesar, lawful son of Gaius Julius Caesar, makes this his pledge that he personally will fulfill the terms of his beloved father's bequest to the people.
In the fields of Mars next nine days, all eligible citizens and soldiers will receive 300 sestertii from the hands of Octavian Caesar himself! Let it be known that Caesar's son has sold away all his own property to honor his father's wishes. May such piety bring blessings upon him.

Tomorrow, at the fourth hour, a funeral service will be held for Gaius Julius Caesar.
Under terms of truth and in the spirit of unity and forgiveness, eulogies will be delivered by Praetor Marcus Junius Brutus and Consul Mark Antony. No pr0stitutes, actors or unclean tradesmen may attend.

A fine reward is offered for the return of a slave woman, stolen or absconded, from the house of Marius Dolabella. Under the protection of Pompey Magnus and Julius Caesar, senate sits tomorrow. Be aware. No disorder will be tolerated.

All citizens, be aware that the vassal, Prince Herod, Tetrarch of Galilee, has come to the city. By order of the triumvirate, during his residence here, all mockery of Jews and their one god shall be kept to an appropriate minimum.

Parentalia begins on the Ides. Temples will be shut and no weddings celebrated. Public festivals shall be at the fifth hour on the circus. Wine to be provided by the Capitoline Fraternity, and cakes by the Guild of Millers. The Guild of Millers uses only the finest grains. True Roman bread for true Romans.

Lucullus battles Mithridates near the Black Sea. Antonius sails against the pirates plaguing Crete. Pompey yet struggles with the renegade Sertorius in Hispainia. The resources of the Senate are drained by these conflicts.

In the words of Eminem; "My words are weapons, I use them to crush my opponents". If that fails... Blitzkrieg.

Alan, what's your weapon of choice? See you on the battlefield.

Alan, it's an honour.

Ba'al-Hammon be praised!

For King! For country! That's why you men ought to join this fight!