Episode 11.2.b
>Alexandrīa, Aegyptus, 80 CE<
"bene," inquit Tertius. "magnum auxilium mihi dedistis. nunc hoc auxilium nōbīs prōdest. sī rēctē dē Societāte Potentium sentiō, et ferē semper rēctē sentiō (cūr? nōlīte rogāre), Potentēs praetōrium suum magnā cūrā ēlēgērunt. locum voluērunt quī multum valet: et ad Lapidem, et ad fortūnam Rōmae...
"sed ecce! nunc sciō quid agere dēbeāmus. habeō exemplum parātum. hoc exemplum nōbīs dē Societāte Potentium dīcet, nam Potentēs ōlim in Āfricā fuērunt.
"prīmum, dīcite mihi: quid scītis dē bellīs Pūnicīs? quōmodo coepērunt? putātisne Societātem Potentium causam habēre?"
Prompt: Tell Tertius why Rome got into the Punic Wars, and what they might have had to do with the struggle between the conservative Societās Potentium and the progressive Mīlitēs Lapidis.
