The Romans - A Brief History of the Romans

The Romans were forced to deal with trouble from an unexpected source, their own legions. The consuls for that year began to hear mutinous rumors comin from the campanian legions and took steps to nip the conspiracy in the bud. Their plan was to quietly reassign the men identified as conspirators and shuffle groups of soldiers around so no hard plans could be laid. But the conspirators quickly caught on, and rather than reporting to their new assignments, they collected at an arranged point and began to actively plot a rebellion. They were soon strong enough, numbers wise, but lacked a leader to make them a cohesive unit. In a classic display of counter productive ego and pride, nobody was