Rome pulls it out (what? maybe a finger...)

OK, so who had how much on which army at what odds?

Sure enough, the Romans (mostly because of their new Gallic overlords...) pull the proverbial cat out of the proverbial hat. What? A rabbit? That makes no sense at all--have you ever stuck a cat in a hat and then pulled it out? Do you know how angry it is? Rabbits? Faugh!

Anyway... with some luck and some good timing and a Gaelic-speaking mounted arm, the tricksy Romans manage to beat the Bruttii 4-0. No camps or generals went down, so no extra losses. The Bruttii are 3 Ax and a Ps poorer. The Gauls gain 2 prestige and so do the Romans (honours were even in today's Calabrian-killing event).

The Bruttii fall back on Bruttia 2 (*cough* assuming that Syracuse lets them through...) and we move on to Syracuse's turn.

Battle report here.