Ekşi Duyuru

yalnız onlar yıkıldıktan sonra roma hemen yıkılmadı ki.

Scipii: My family, the House of Scipii, are beloved of the gods. A proud boast, but true all the same. In return we have served Rome, ruled well, led her armies to glory; it has cost us dearly, despite the love of the gods. Sometimes the hatred of men is stronger. Our dead lie in many graves, put there by Carthaginian swords...and a few Greek ones. Even Roman blades have taken Scipii lives; that, we do not forget, or forgive. So, now our time has come. The spirits of the dead cry out for blood. I will lead our family in this undertaking. The gods will grant us vengeance. When Sicily is Roman, when Carthage is crushed, when the other Roman families are gone, when the world is mine...then I will stand before the gods and be worthy of their love. And worthy to rule Rome!

Julii: Gods...I hate Gauls. My grandfather hated them too, even before they put out his eyes. Did you think I'd be out here on the frontier without good reason? Yes, Rome needs a strong frontier. No, Rome doesn't need unwashed barbarians at her gates! So, that's why I'm here, the leader of the Julii: to bring Roman order to stinking Gauls. Revenge? That'd be good too. This war against the Gauls won't last long, and when it's done, I've got plans. This is all about power, power in Rome. Going down that road means dealing with all my rivals: the Senate, the Greeks, those Carthaginian elephant-riders, the Scipii and the Brutii families too. After all, the man who controls Rome rules the world...and one day, I will be Emperor.

Carthage: Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake...and I had a terrible vision. I saw the fall of our city: bleached bones under a harsh sun; Carthage, gone! Why would Baal send such a vision? He is not cruel; he has watched over us. We have had victories aplenty in war. Our merchants sail to all corners of the world. Yet even now, I fear. I cannot help it. We are the envy of lesser men. They tell terrible lies about us. They do not understand, so they lie. But the Romans, they are the masters of falsehood. War will come, I am sure of it. So. I will have no more false visions...and I think the children will be quiet tonight.


Bunlar da dönemin duygularını yansıt

Burada, aslında Roma için iki problem var. Öncelikle Kartaca Akdeniz'in karşı tarafında ve kuşatmasının zorlu olacağı kesin. Zira Roma, karacı bir devlet ve askeri operasyonlarda,normalde donanmasına değil lejyonlara güveniyordu.

İkincisi sizin sorduğunuz denge meselesi ile alakalı, Akdeniz'de ilk çağda korsanlık yaygın hem de çok yaygın. Kartaca Roma'ya düşman bile olsa güçlü bir devlet ve sahip olduğu otoritesi sayesinde korsanlığı engelleyebilecek kapasitedeydi. Roma, Kartaca'yı yıkıp da, kendisi o bölgede tam hakimiyet sağlayamazsa, Akdeniz ticaretini, korsanların sekteye uğratmasından çekiniyordu.