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After the Roman ambassadors came and ordered that
Arthur’s lands be returned to Roman control or war will be declared between
Emperor Lucius of Rome and King Arthur, King Arthur rounded up his comrades
and asked them what they thought. King Anguish of Scotland advised Arthur
that he should not obey the Romans, because there is no king or emperor in
the world who compared to King Arthur. He also reminded Arthur of how the
Romans put a lot of stress on his lands when they owned them. They made
them pay exorbitant taxes. King Anguish then promised Arthur
twenty-thousand good warriors to fight for King Arthur’s cause. Soon, every
man seated at the
Round Table agreed to join Arthur in the war against the
Romans.
King Arthur
then called the ambassadors back into the room. He told them to
tell their Emperor that he is owed nothing by Arthur and that Arthur is
ready and willing to march his men to Rome to take over the Roman Empire and
claim all of Emperor Lucius’ lands.
The ambassadors left and reported to
Emperor Lucius of Rome. The Emperor was not happy that Arthur didn’t obey
and was even angrier when one of the ambassadors told him of Arthur’s plan
to take what Emperor Lucius owned.
Lucius
decided that he would, before Easter, pass through the mountains into France
and assemble mighty warriors from
Tuscany and
Lombardy. He also sent
for fifty giants that were used as his personal bodyguards and to break through King Arthur’s frontlines.
Once he assembled his army with men from all of his lands including India,
Africa, Turkey, Syria, Greece, Macedonia, and Portugal, among many others, he
was ready to take over his first objective: Little Britain. But first, he
had to march through the mountains, and while he did, he destroyed all of
lands that Arthur had conquered between him and Little Britain
Written by
Jack Quarton, Class of 07 |
