Alas, I am getting on in years and I fear that I may perhaps be the last emperor of Great Rome as those damn barbarians, the Visigoths, have been bombarding our borders for quite some time now.

I also fear that I may not live to see my retirement. That is why I have asked you, the most competent of my governors, to re-build the city of Syracusae, the city I have selected for my retirement. There is small island of the eastern coast. I want to you to build suitable accommodations, a palace nothing less, on it for me to retire to.

If you complete this task I will turn the entire empire over to you. However, I can't make any guarantees that there will be one waiting for you. That is why I may ask you to supply me with an army now then. It is your best interest to save your future empire. Oh by the way, you will need to defend your own borders. Do not hesitate to build a formidable army.

Good luck and do not fail me!

Caesar Romulus Augustus