The Universal Record & Senatus Gazette

Divided Hegemony: Carthage (Harri), Greece (tof tof) and Rome (MapMaker) Conclude Great Contest in Draw

A momentous treaty of mutual forbearance has been concluded by Carthage (Harri), Greece (tof tof) and Rome (MapMaker), putting an end to the ruinous struggle for universal empire. Sovereign envoys left the conclave with treaties secured by golden seals and oaths to the Olympian gods. The legal justifications offered by imperial rhetoricians are as ornate as they are thoroughly unconvincing. In foreign ports, merchants and grain dealers adjusted prices with dispassionate speed upon hearing the news.

Cyprus Changes Masters Once More as Greece (tof tof) Drives Out Persia (goldplasma)

The contested citadel of Cyprus counts 2 separate conquests this conflict, yielding on this turn to an assault by Greece (tof tof) against Persia (goldplasma). Little remains unbroken within the municipal precinct after so many violent transitions. Grain brokers at Alexandria quietly revised their price lists, adding a small premium for uncertainty. Experts of the rostra are unanimous that the outcome was inevitable, now that it has occurred.

Swords Never Sheathed: The Unbroken Feud of Egypt (Mitch Cackers) and Rome (MapMaker)

There is no softening in the hostility that pits Egypt (Mitch Cackers) and Rome (MapMaker) against one another, sustained now through 4 unbroken years of campaign and counter-stroke. Envoys who attempted mediation have retired in despair. Slave dealers at the Delos market reported brisk business, as always in times like these. Stone carvers in the capital are already growing weary of chiseling new names upon conquered boundary stones.

A War Without End: Greece (tof tof) and Rome (MapMaker) Lock Horns

Centurions returning on leave to the city swear that the enduring vendetta between Greece (tof tof) and Rome (MapMaker) flared afresh this season, with frontier pickets skirmishing without respite. Old treaties lie forgotten while fresh battlements are thrown up along the riverbanks. The same armies met again at Illyria, with no better manners. The poets, as is their habit, will compose odes for whoever pays the better fee. In coastal trading colonies, harbor masters recorded the movements of foreign fleets without taking part.

The Standard Trampled: Egypt (Mitch Cackers) Stricken from the Ledger of Nations

The last garrison of Egypt (Mitch Cackers) has laid down its arms, bringing an ancient empire to an unceremonious end. Scribes in the provincial capitals have ceased inscribing the name of its magistrates upon public tablets. The populace of Egypt gathered in anxious knots at street corners, searching the horizon for grim portents. 'The pay was late again, and soldiers do not fight for promises,' said a paymaster, closing his empty chest.

The Final Twilight: Persia (goldplasma) Forfeits Its Last Dominions

No fortress or harbor now flies the colors of Persia (goldplasma), whose sovereign existence was snuffed out this season. Former subjects now bring their grain and silver to the tax collectors of foreign princes. The bakers of Persia found their ovens cold at dawn, for no one had the heart to light them. Cartographers at the library have been told to leave generous blank margins on every map until further notice.

The realm of Egypt (Mitch Cackers) shrinks on the wax tablet by 1 city; only 0 cities still pay tribute. The granaries of Greece (tof tof) are filling: 1 new province pays tribute, and the realm now stands at 11 centres. Surveyors of Persia (goldplasma) rub out 1 boundary mark and sigh over a realm of 0 cities. The dominion of Rome (MapMaker) prospers under favorable stars, growing by 1 city to an impressive 12.

It is muttered among the forum colonnades that Rome sent a gift of pure Cretan wine and fifty amphorae of olive oil to the magistrates of Carthage.

Swarms of locusts darkened the sky over the southern farms; garrison commanders set their men to beating pots and pans.

LESSONS IN RHETORIC: Win every argument at dinner. Teacher is Greek and expensive; first lesson free.