Episode 13.3.a
>The Praetorium of the Societas Potentium, Aegyptus, 80 CE<
"Your speeches were well made!" says the probator.
"Consider, Recentii, how shamefully the Gracchi died. Consider how basely Scipio Aemilianus was murdered. These are the rewards of power. Once we are dead, only our deeds remain, and above all our deeds remains the manner in which we met our death. That is what keeps us in memory. Those who hold to the way of the Lapis must never forget it: power alone gives us honor and glory.
"To the first manus, whose task was the harder, I give the first sword of the Lapis." He reaches into a long chest that has been standing hidden behind a column and draws out swords, and the iron of them glitters in the lamplight. He gives them to the first company.
"To the second manus, whose task was the more glorious, I give the first spear of the Lapis." From the same chest he pulls long spears, their points keen and bright, and gives them to the second company.
"Now," says the probator, "it is time for the second speeches!"
manus prima: Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Gaius Marius, Marcus Tullius Cicero
manus secunda: Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, Gaius Julius Caesar
Prompt: Confer with your team. (You will compose and deliver the speech in the next session; this prompt is for preparation.)
