The people stood on the parapets of their city in Enna, built on this high plateau for security. The city had been there for many generations, and the Ennaeans felt safe from the wars being fought in the fields below them and the port cities on the long coastline of their country, Trinacrium.
They had come to accept the Roman name for their country but the Ennaeans were still reluctant to yield to the empire of Rome. Gulian, the primary city elder, cautioned against surrender. He knew that many of the cities on his island had succumbed and pledged their loyalty to Carthage, and he feared that the same would happen to his beloved city. Pinarius, the governor of Enna, was a coward and Gulian knew that he must marshall the forces of his local townsmen to foreswear allegiance to Rome, maintai
