A lavish muster has been proclaimed across Greece (GreenGlass), adding 2 disciplined units to the imperial roster. Foreign ambassadors watched the military review from the forum portico with visible unease. In coastal trading colonies, harbor masters recorded the movements of foreign fleets without taking part. The sellers of laurel wreaths report an excellent season, and have not yet decided for whom they are rooting.
A quiet quarter in the counting-house of Persia (Mitch Cackers), which holds 6 strongholds as before.
It is murmured among the shipwrights that Carthage has ordered twenty triremes with a suspiciously shallow draught, fit for the coasts of Egypt.
An earth tremor shook the lower town at dawn, cracking an aqueduct pillar; priests offered bulls to the earth-shaker.
FOUND: One silver-inlaid signet ring bearing an engraving of a dolphin. The rightful owner may claim it from the market praetor.
| Power | Centres | ± |
|---|---|---|
| Rome (Vorden999) | 6 | 0 |
| Persia (Mitch Cackers) | 6 | 0 |
| Greece (GreenGlass) | 5 | 0 |
| Egypt (tof tof) | 5 | 0 |
| Carthage (goldplasma) | 4 | 0 |