Conflict of Orders

1. Reports of magistrates, promagistrates and those expired their term in office the past year
2. Old business
   1. On the construction of mercantile infrastructure
   2. Propraetor Quinctilius Varus request for a declaration of war on the Ilergetes
   3. Discussion on the policy of our Republic in regards the provinces
3. New business
   1. Other new business as presented

LEX DE CONSTRUENDO EMPORIUM ROMANUM (Law for the Construction of the Roman Emporium)
Sponsors: Amulius Valerius Marius, Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus, Marcus Aurelius Cotta, Marcus Decius Bellicus, Marcus Silvius Pastor and Postumus Caesonius Tacitus

CONCERNING the mercantile infrastructure of Rome, a number of Roman citizens have aired grievances that the current mercantile infrastructure is insufficient to meet the steady growth of commercial trade being conducted in Rome;

WHEREBY a survey of the lands surrounding the Forum Boarium have deemed it virtually impossible to expand the mercantile facilities;

WHEREBY Roman surveyors have identified an ideal plot of land, southwest of the Aventine Hill and alongside the banks of the Tiber;

WHEREBY these surveyors have calculated the estimated cost of construction for an Emporium at the above location;

WHEREBY the Aediles and Quaestors of Rome have voiced their approval to the proposition set forth below and have attached their signatures of endorsement;

THEREBY the Senate, on behalf of the People of Rome, deems it necessary to begin construction on the Emporium following the conditions below:

I. The construction of an Emporium, to cost 220,000 Denarii, along the banks of the Tiber is hereby authorized;

II. Improvement works, costing 65,000 Denarii, such as removing silt from high traffic areas, and general improvements to Ostia to facilitate the piloting of ships through the mouth of the river, as well as docking capacity for ships which choose to send their cargo up the river via towed barges, are hereby authorized;

III. The funding for its construction will be secured through a number of pro bono donations from the sponsors of the present bill publicly pledged as: 110,000 denarii from Marcus Silvius Pastor, 65,000 denarii from Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus, 55,000 denarii from Marcus Decius Bellicus, 49,000 denarii from Amulius Valerius Marius, 4,000 denarii from Marcus Aurelius Cotta and 2,000 denarii from Postumus Caesonius Tacitus;

IV. The project will bear testament to the generosity of its donors through inscriptions on visible places of their names and respective contributions;

V. The Censor, or in his absence the Aediles, will be tasked with conducting and surveying these works;

Written into the annals in the consular year 194BC of Gaius Cassius Vecellinus and Titus Furius Pavo.

Casus Belli:
For multiple betrayals of Rome and for the cessation of their alliance and tribute the Ilergetes have shown their duplicity and warmongering as a perpetual threat to the Republic.

Forces Marshalled by the Republic:
One Veteran Legion
One Latin Socii Ala

Expected Opposition:
Moderate Strength tribe
Likely 20-35,000 barbarians

Potential Enemy Allies:
Unlikely, the Ilergetes raid all of their neighbors and have continually sought to expand, still there is the possibility they raise mercenaries or young warbands join them against Rome.

Potential Allies:
The Bergistani will be asked to aggressively raid Ilergetes borderlands to distract some of their forces from marshalling against Quinctilus Varus's army.