Conflict of Orders

News does not travel by itself. News is disseminated through a network of town criers, who read the news of the day to passers by. If you have news you wish spoken to the people of Rome, you may pay this guild to read your news aloud. For 2000 denarii, you may submit your piece of news and have it read aloud throughout Rome. Commissioning your news to be read aloud will add a 5 point dignitas bonus to any dignitas gaining action.

GAIUS! QUINCTILIUS! VARUS!

May the name echo in eternity for his compassionate acts of civil service! News from Nova Carthago where the most honorable and wise GAIUS! QUINCTILUS! VARUS! has from his own funds expanded the harbor and market of the stunning new settlement of Nova Carthago! May his deeds shine prosperous light upon the city forevermore! And may the generosity of his purse be forever remembered in Rome!

BUT THAT IS NOT ALL!

GAIUS! QUINCTILIUS! VARUS! has also blessed Nova Carthago with a bath complex! No doubt he longs for the people of Nova Carthago to understand the benefits of Roman rule but introducing to them one of our most blessed public traditions! May the god shine their benevolent light upon GAIUS! QUINCTILIUS! VARUS! for his dutiful actions as governor!

And now on to more mundane matters. The Guild of Clothes Washers has requested that the men and women of the city stop wasting their piss in the gutters, and go to their local latrines! Urine is needed for the cleaning of cloth, and a recent sharp drop in supply has been noted! Waste! Not! Your! Urine!

Romans! Listen well, for news travels to us from the shores of Sardinia!

POSTUMUS! CAESONIUS! TACITUS! Has taken upon himself the visage of Mars, and has swept the raiders back into the sea! The deceit and devastation dealt upon Caralis has been repaid threefold! Under his wise leadership, a military force has advanced through Sardinia, avenging those who were lost in the bloody barbarian raids! Now Sardinia can once again rest easy in the knowledge that a more righteous rule has been imposed upon the disordered land! Praise to POSTUMUS! CAESONIUS! TACITUS! and all of his tribe!

And now on to other news. The public is encouraged to remain calm and civil despite the protests that seem to be sprouting in our fair city. A reminder that disorder will not be tolerated, and that trade must continue as usual!

Fellow citizens! Honored guests and allies! I bring news for all!

MARCUS! SILVIUS! PASTOR! Has from own pocket graced Rome with a building grander than grand! With the building of the Emporium Romanum, Rome will be better served with a port that can service the needs of its citizens! The Emporium will allow our Republic and our City to better live off of the fruits of our labors abroad! Give thanks to MARCUS! SILVIUS! PASTOR! for this blessed public work!

The town crier looks down his scroll oh and also, MARCUS! SILVIUS! PASTOR! Has given to the people of Sicilia a theater of Bacchus. Truly a man of deep pockets and deeper generosity.

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Important edit. Theater, not temple.

The newsreader looks somewhat flustered today, and his attendants seem to be stifling laughter throughout the day.

Right, well, here it goes:

Citizens of Rome! Marcus Decius Bellicus! His armies ever victorious! Let it be known that there are none who can destroy the Boii as our Bellicus deploys. Truly Bellicus is a symbol of strength and his actions are keeping them at an arm's length! Send him armies in Hispania, or find Rome to become the barbarians stadia!

The newsreader looks disgusted at his own words and proceeds to other news, not that anyone notices, as chuckles and derisive laughter deafen the forum

Romans! Citizens! Consul GAIUS CASSIUS VECELLINUS, protector of the Republic, keeper of the Gods, urges all who may know of the vile Bacchanalian cult to come forward and promises ample reward for those who have information pertinent to cleansing our dear Republic of the filth who seek to bathe our beloved Gods in their corrupt ways! GAIUS CASSIUS VECELLINUS has sworn that he will do his upmost to see this crisis resolved! Give thanks on this day and the next!

Fellow Romans! Righteous citizens! Heed my words! Consul GAIUS CASSIUS VECELLINUS has decreed that those of vile spirit who have taken part in the so-called Bacchanalian rites are to report themselves at once to their local officer of the Republic! Lists are soon to be distributed that will name those who have been found or are rumored to be part of the vile conspiracy to upset the very Gods themselves! Take note citizens! The Republic will not accept further corruption within or without the walls!

After the newsreader takes his deserved break, a scroll is glued upon the wall of the forum with the following decree:

"That the Bacchanalia have for some time been going on throughout Italy and are now practiced in many parts of the City you have, I am sure, learnt not only by report, but also by the nightly noises and yells which resound all over the City; but I do not think you know what it all means:

In the first place, then, women form the great majority, and this is the source of all the mischief. Then there are the males, the very counterparts of the women, committing and submitting to the foulest uncleanness, frantic and frenzied, driven out of their senses by sleepless nights, by wine, by nocturnal shouting and uproar.

When the rite assume this promiscuous character, and men are mingled with women with all the licence of nocturnal orgies, there is no crime, no deed of shame, wanting. More uncleanness is wrought by men with men than with women. Whoever does not submit to defilement, or refrains from violating others, is sacrificed as a victim. To regard nothing as impious or criminal is the very sum of their religion." - Consul Gaius Cassius Vecellinus

Once again, the newsreader appears somewhat uncomfortable as he starts to read out the days news

Romans! Bellicus the pious has donated so that the people may be satiated at the games which frames our Apollo's games! 10,000 he has given so that the people will be driven to participate and congregate for the festival most aestival! Praise be!

The newsreader drank an entire pot of wine before continuing

Good citizens of Rome! Heed my words! I come bearing news of the generosity by POSTUMUS! CAESONIUS! TACITUS! who has built a beautiful amphitheater in Caralis, to the delight of all its citizens! Every day Rome's light marches forward, and every day, deligent governors such as POSTUMUS! CAESONIUS! TACITUS! honor the name of Roman!

Citizens of Rome! TITUS FURIUS PAVO returns from a successful campaign against the scoundrels of Sparta! As he returns, the senate recognizes his great deeds and calls for a triumph in his name! All citizens are asked to come and witness this glorious triumph! Hail TITUS FURIUS PAVO and his success on the battlefield!