"Oh hear me people of Rome. House Augustine want to whip you into a unthinking frenzied mob. To redirect your anger towards the Estrucans so you do not look at them as they deprive you of your freedoms and rights as Roman citizens. House Augustine would have you grow such hatred towards the Estrucans that all you care about is killing them. But I ask you, where would it end? For after the last Estrucan has died, what will House Augustine use next? Perhaps another tribe, and then another? They will wage war upon the world and send the Sons of Rome out to die just to keep eyes away from the true issues? Nay I say! The Estrucans need to pay for the crimes inflected on Mother Rome, but we need not slaughter them senselessly! That will not solve the root of our issues!
Instead of the wasteful slaughter that House Augustine calls for, I call for a new path! The Estrucans shall be crushed under our might, but instead of death they shall enter slavery for the people of Rome! To that end, I purpose a new deal to my fellow senators!
When the lands of the Estrucans are ours, It shall be split into many equal plots! Then, each citizen that moves to the east shall gain for free one of these plots of land, to work as they please! Each of these homesteaders shall also receive at least one Estrucan to help his family work there new lands and increase their livelihood! This will not only help the homesteaders, but also install strong Roman traditions in the Estrucans and teach them the ways of civilization!
The remaining Estrucan slaves shall be sent to work on the grand Aqueduct to bring the fresh sweet mountain waters to Rome!
This way we can solve the over population, the lack of land, and the lack of water issues instead of ignore them as House Augustine would wish you to do!"
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