Rhotae

Rhotae is a former Palaic hill-fort in the shadow of the basalt slab of Mount Erithrys, once known as Rotash. It fell to the Empire shortly afer Lageta. The Palaic chief here, when he heard of what happened to his neighbor, slaughtered a dozen imperial citizens under his protection. The eccentric long-haired general Sarapios led the punitive column that took Rotash and burned it to the ground. 'Lageta we took treacherously but with little bloodshed. Rotash we took honorably, with great bloodshed,' he supposedly said afterwards. 'Both will be remembered as a stain on our name. The victor always takes the blame, but keeps the gold.'