What if instead of being a disaster the Parthian campaign of Crassus goes off swimmingly. He goes thourgh Armenia instead of his otl route but even better is that the Parthian are completely unprepared for the invasion and he keeps ambushing Parthian forces and taking unprepared cities. The Generals sent against are completely incompetent and he keeps routing them. It gets so bad that he ends breaking Parthian military might for a generation. When he come to peace with Parthia he is given the empire west of the zargos which he accepts. Even attempts to rebel in the newly conquered territory never get off the ground because of bad luck like the Rebels being outed by the Romans. The conquest and pacification of Mesopotamia happens in record time.
What happens next now that Crassus like his other two triumvers is a great conqueror? Does the civil war still happen? How rich is Crassus after the conquest of Mesopotamia? What is his standing in Rome? How does it compare with the other two triumvers conquests? How much better is Rome with a pacified Mesopotamia? What the future of Rome with crassus alive and Mesopotamia conquered?
Bounus scenario: Pompey after hearing about the success of Crassus in the east decides to go on a conquering spree starting in 52 bc starting in northern Spain going thourgh Mauritania, Numidia, and finally ending in eygpt where he tries to conquer new provinces for Rome while making him self as rich as possible. These conquest are all successful but takes five years to finish and pacify. He arrives back in Rome the same time as Crassus returns from the east. What has changed in that time? What happened to the opptimites with no Pompey to turn to? What has ceasar probley been up to while his other two triumvers were off doing richer conquests? Who is now first man in Rome?
What happens next now that Crassus like his other two triumvers is a great conqueror? Does the civil war still happen? How rich is Crassus after the conquest of Mesopotamia? What is his standing in Rome? How does it compare with the other two triumvers conquests? How much better is Rome with a pacified Mesopotamia? What the future of Rome with crassus alive and Mesopotamia conquered?
Bounus scenario: Pompey after hearing about the success of Crassus in the east decides to go on a conquering spree starting in 52 bc starting in northern Spain going thourgh Mauritania, Numidia, and finally ending in eygpt where he tries to conquer new provinces for Rome while making him self as rich as possible. These conquest are all successful but takes five years to finish and pacify. He arrives back in Rome the same time as Crassus returns from the east. What has changed in that time? What happened to the opptimites with no Pompey to turn to? What has ceasar probley been up to while his other two triumvers were off doing richer conquests? Who is now first man in Rome?
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