XVIII. =====
The situation on the Rhine is grave. We have only been able to pay for 2 of our 7 legions. Should the barbarians attack now we would be unable to stop them.
Please send 200 Ta... vants who are stopping the barbarian hordes from sweeping through Belgica & Gaul towards Italia & Rome... CURATOR OF BELGICA ====
In Nom Galba Imp it SPQR
We are in receipt of your request for bonus payments
acking of the Senate building a number of letters were recovered amid the ruins from members of the Ge... of the Senate. These give a flavour of what they were telling the Emperor/Senate before they finally ... oversight of delayed payment. Many frontier towns were taxed directly and will no doubt be expecting p... m the Treasury. Barbarians are quite restless and we need reinforcements before beginning a pacificati
s in charge of the finance of the province and answerable to the Emperor rather than the Senate. As an equestrian he was lower than the Senators in status but still a wealthy man by the standards of the Empire as a whole. By Senatorial standards his wealth was modest (3 Talents per quarter as personal
them. After the sack of Rome a few of his letters were found on the floor of the ruined Senate house. ... ETTER I =====
Dearest Mater\\
Honoured Pater
I am well and we are being paid, but not, according to what I am being told, by Rome. The local governors are... eek safety here in Germania Inferior. For myself, we have defeated the Germani, & the border zone is n
Germany & Gaul the self-titled 'Procurator of the West' went to Rome when the Western Governors stopped him from receiving the tax incomes. Arriving at Rome jus
ing (the official version of) where all the money went to.
* [[:megagames:ad69:reports|Glitius Decia... ked. These give an idea of what the other players were telling the Senate.
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