The Republic! a rising power to be feared by all. The Romani war machine has stained the Italic peninsular with blood and now turns it's gaze upon the riches of Carthage. Long held treaties have been torn to shreds, the dogs of war unleashed. The Romani must adopt a policy of total annihilation of the Carthaginian's to gain victory, and this in the shadow of the powerful rulers of Syrakousai who will be waiting for a sign of weakness to make their own claim to Sicilia!.