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🟡 THE HYDRA HEADACHE “The Senate made answer to Cineas as Appius advised. They decreed the levying of two new legions for Lævinus, and made proclamation that whoever would volunteer in place of those who had been lost should put their names on the army roll. Cineas, who was still present and saw the multitude hastening to be enrolled, is reported to have said to Pyrrhus on his return: "We are waging war against a hydra." Others say that not Cineas, but even Pyrrhus himself said this when he saw the new Roman army larger than the former one; for the other consul, Coruncanius, came from Etruria and joined his forces with those of Lævinus. It is said also that when Pyrrhus made some further inquiries about Rome, Cineas replied that it was a city of generals; and when Pyrrhus wondered at this, he corrected himself, and said that it seemed more like a city of kings. When Pyrrhus saw that there was no expectation of peace from the Senate, he marched toward Rome, laying everything waste on his way. When he had come as far as the town of Anagnia, finding his army encumbered with booty and a host of prisoners, he decided to postpone the battle. Accordingly he turned back to Campania, sending his elephants in advance, and distributed his army in winter quarters among the towns.” Appian, the foreign war

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🟤 VIA APPIA The Via Appia, or "Queen of Roads," is one of the most significant Roman roads, connecting Rome to Brindisi in southeastern Italy. Constructed in 312 BC primarily for military purposes, it quickly became a vital artery for trade and communication. The road consisted of layers of compacted stone and volcanic rock. The Via Appia passed through several important Roman cities, Rome itself, Capua, Beneventum, an important crossroad and a significant military base; Tarentum, a major port city in southern Italy; and finally Brundisium, a crucial port for trade and military operations in the eastern Mediterranean.

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🔶 THE FARTHEST ROMAN OUTPOST? In Farasan Islands close to modern day Yemen two latin inscriptions were discovered in 2003. The first inscription attests the presence of a vexillatio of the Legio Traiana Fortis in 143-144 AD moved from the roman province of Egypt under the emperor Antoninus Pius while the second inscription attests the presence of the Legio VI Ferrata in 139 AD moved from the roman province of Arabia Petrea under the emperor Hadrian. This would make the Farasan Islands the farthest Roman outpost (until at least the third century), being nearly 4,000 km (2,500 mi) from Rome itself.

🔺 THE FATE OF ROMAN PRISONERS OF WAR “Their general Hannibal, whose greatest virtue consisted in cruelty, made a bridge over the river Vergellus with the bodies of the Romans, and thereby led over his army, so that the Earth might experience the wickedness of the Carthaginian soldiers, just as Neptune had beheld the barbarity of their sailors. Those of our men who were taken as captive, he wore out with heavy burdens and long marches, and then left them on the road, with the lower part of their feet cut off. Those whom he took into his camp, picking out the nearest of kin that he could find, he compelled to fight in pairs, and did not relent in his thirst for blood until just one of them was left as victor.” (Hannibal 247-183/ 181 BC: Carthaginian general. Invaded Italy via the Alps, won key battles against Rome (Cannae), but ultimately lost at Zama and died in exile. Renowned military strategist). Valerius Maximus