Publius Claudius Nero approaches Dionysus and the delegates as he begins to introduce himself:

"Greetings men of Athens, I thank you for meeting with me on such short notice. I appologize for the wait of my arrival, I've never been east of the Italian penninsula so this land is foreign to me.

I am glad that you seek peace, because that is the intent of this diplomatic mission. Rome has asked me, the Senior Consul to come here as an expression of the importance of this mission I am on. I have essentially been asked to determine for Rome whether or not the Pan-Hellenic league is taking an aggressive war like tone with Rome, and to decide if any action is needed, or whether you are taking a peaceful tone. I am pleased to see that thus far it seems that you are taking the latter approach.

Now I will begin to talk specifics. For starters, I do not mind if you wish to request to be the official spokesmen for the Pan-Hellenic league. There are many city-states encompassed within the league, so it will make things go easier if you do get such permission from the cities.

As far as treaties go, I do in fact have a treaty to offer you fellows. Before I provide the details, I wish to say that I realize that Greece has been largely ignored by Rome in the past year, and I realize that may put a damper on your opinion of this treaty proposal, and other aspects of our offer to you. However I wish to impress upon you the information that we in Rome have paid close attention to Greece, we did not just overlook you. The general we had sent here originally decided spending time with his wife was more important then setting arrangements with you. Rome requested him to do this many times, but finally we had to remove him and have me take his place to show our sincerity.

This in mind, here is what I would like to do. Currently I am following a Senatus Consultum which was passed in Rome to go about our diplomatic talks. The first part of the Senate Consultum dictates to me that I must be allowed to run a Greek-wide vote on their status with the Pan-Hellenic league. In other words, I am requesting that I be allowed to administer a vote in every city in Greece as to whether they wish to be part of the Pan-Hellenic league or not. While I am supposed to administer it, I would welcome one of you fine gentlemen to view the voting process with me to ensure that I am being fair. Rome has decided that any city which votes to leave the Pan-Hellenic league will be allowed to do so, and be offered a treaty with Rome stating that (Nero unrolls a scroll):

i. They become a Friend and Ally of Rome.
ii. They pay 7% monthly tax to Rome.
iii. That they provide and protect fair access to their internal commercial and property markets to Roman citizens.

More importantly to you, any city which votes to remain part of the Pan-Hellenic league be offered a treaty of the following:

i. They become a Friend and Ally of Rome.
ii. They pay 7% monthly tax to Rome.
iii. That they provide and protect fair access to their internal commercial and property markets to Roman citizens

In closing friends, the only problem I can forsee with our diplomatic talks is two things. The first is I fear some of the cities here in Greece may want to take a more hostile tone towards Rome. If that is the case in the future we may need to explore actions against them, and if you were to accept the clause in being a friend and ally of Rome I hope you would accept that. Secondly, I am not sure how you feel about running a vote as to which cities want to stay in the Pan-Hellenic league especially if you are to be granted the title of spokesmen for it. I realize you may not want to lose cities in the league, but at the same time, you men are Greeks, the fathers of democracy. I think to some extent a vote would be refreshing, and even if you don't feel that way about it, it would be good to see what the members of your league think.

So friends, this is why I am here, and these are my objectives. Now that you know what I can offer you, and why I am here, at this time I would like to floor any questions or concerns you may have at this time. While certain parts of the Senate Consultum are non-negotiable, let me hear what you think of this all so far so we can play the rest of it by ear."

Nero then stood patiently to examine the reactions of the Athenians.