... a bunch of letters arrive...

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Catana yesterday. Nothing important happened except some farm-border disputes. Sir. All is ok, in general the mood is friendly but the local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. Sir. We'll depart tomorrow morning and arrive in Tauromenium the evening. Catana a.d. XIIII. Kal. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Tauromenium yesterday. Nothing important happened except some neighbourhood-quarrels. Sir. Some rumours: Romans enslave Sicilia. But all is ok, in general the mood is friendly but the local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. Sir. We'll depart tomorrow morning and arrive in Messana meridianum. Tauromenium a.d. XII. Kal. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Messana yesterday. Nothing important happened except some estate judgements Sir. Some graffities: Sicilia is enslaved. But in general the mood is friendly. The local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. Especially the colonists expected more of your Antigone. They call her your concubine. Did it really happen when you arrived here in February? Sir. We'll depart tomorrow morning and arrive in Panormus the third day. Messana a.d. X. Kal. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Panormus today. Nothing important happened. Some farm-border quarrels. Sir. The mood is friendly but the local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. Sir. And they still wonder about the earth-rain some months ago. Perhaps you should finance a combined cleaning and purification of the city. Sir. We'll depart in two days and arrive in Segesta that day evening. Panormus a.d. VII. Kal. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Segesta a day ago. Nothing important happened. The common. Someone needs to spend a year to renew the termini - a good chance to eternise your name! Sir. All is ok, the mood is friendly but the local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. Sir. We'll depart in some minutes and arrive in Lilybaeum this evening. Segesta III. Kal. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Lilybaeum yesterday night. Nothing important happened. Tomorrow I'll deal with some infield-problems. Sir. All is ok, the mood is ok. But they don't seem to like us at all. Perhaps some more Roman inspired cultural enjoyment to stimulate Romanisation and latinisation of the citizens. A play of Plautus. Sir. We'll depart tomorrow and arrive in Agrigentum the evening. Lilybaeum Pridie Kal. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived here in Agrigentum yesterday evening. I put my name on some new termini. Sir. All is ok, the mood is friendly, the new colonists control the city. Sir. I became Augur today. Sir. The local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. The colonists still remember your engagement in Rome's cultural scene the last years. Perhaps a comedy about your relationship with Sesquiculum? Sir. We'll depart tomorrow morning and arrive in Henna the evening. Agrigentum a.d. IIII. Non. Dec.

Minucius Palus s.p. Curius Hibernicus Sir. Proconsul. Sir, We arrived in Henna today. Nothing important happened. Tomorrow I'll meet the heads of Henna and settle some farm-disputes. Sir. All is ok, the mood is friendly but the local inhabitants would appreciate some more cultural enjoyment. Sir. We'll depart tomorrow and arrive in Syracusa Nonas Decembris. Henna a.d. III. Non. Dec.