#mentius

Pro Honore Roma!

No longer will the Empire of the Tiber suffer the indignation of the Gorean theft. Insects steal our women to a distant planet, using their craven human lackeys to do so. They would not dare steal our men, for our men would teach them what true men really are. Even the lowliest plebian has more spine than the proudest Gorean, who boasts his freedom while serving every whim of walking weevils and convincing himself of his superiority by humiliating his women.

Worse yet, the Gorean steals Rome's culture! Without giving due deference to our traditions, gods and society, the Gorean imitates many of our customs. Like an ape mimicking the mannerisms of a philosopher, the Gorean does not understand Roman ways, but wears our colors, uses our architecture and even bastardizes some of our sayings. Their copy of Roman society results in a small-minded, soulless replica, with limitation and doctrine replacing our creativity and virtue.

We will tolerate it no longer! Our culture, our women, our ways will not be stolen. Here, at Mentius, Rome makes her stand!

Mentius is our beachhead against the star bugs and their fatuous lackeys, the Gorean "man." Even with their many-faceted eyes, the "Priest Kings" could not see us coming. Our augurs and strategists discerned the means and timing of their raids, and cohorts under the command of Quintus Caecilius Metellus fell upon them. Their star gate and technology were seized and have been turned against them. Our brave cohort entered, with colonists to support them, and have turned this humble mud hole into the beginnings of a proper Roman city.

Mentius, we call it, a variation of our word for intellect. For in stepping beyond the gulf between stars, onto this new world, our knowledge takes a great leap forward.

Scholars, scientists and philosophers have arrived here, in Mentius, to study its alien ecologies and to ponder existence on the very brink of the cosmos. Physicians and merchants support the health of the city and its people, keeping commerce flowing. And our warriors are poised to not only defend Rome's presence in the world of Gor, but to advance it.

Mentius is not here to stand idle. We did not risk the lives of the legion of Quintus Caecilius Metellus just to peek beyond the walking weevils' star gate like a voyeur. No! We are Romans, and where Rome goes, so goes conquest. We go forth to find, punish and crush the rapine foe.

Let those who oppose us pray to their false, earwig gods and fall before the might of Mentius - the might of Rome. And may those true warriors that we encounter embrace their liberation and join us as allies. All are welcome under our banner.

Take heed, Goreans! Now is the time to throw off the shackles of your deluded philosophy and embrace the Roman ways you have imitated.