IOTL, Quintus Labienus, son of pro-Caesarian general Titus Labienus, was a rogue general who opposed the Second Triumvirate (42-31 BCE). He estabilished an alliance with Parthia and raided the Roman Oriental provinces, mainly Syria. He was defeated by Marc Antony’ forces in a battle somewhere near the Cilician mountains, at around 40 BCE.
Whether he was fighting as a pro-Republican general, like Sextus Pompey, with Parthian support or as a deserter general in direct service to the Parthian king is unclear, at least to me.
So, i posit a question: what if Quintus, this “Roman spahbed”, had been more successful in his campaigns across Roman Asia? Could he contribute to a Parthia-wank scenario of sorts, capturing Cappadocia, Cilicia, and Syria for the Iranians? After all, an allied general with proper knowlege on how the Romans fought their battles would have been useful to them.
Whether he was fighting as a pro-Republican general, like Sextus Pompey, with Parthian support or as a deserter general in direct service to the Parthian king is unclear, at least to me.
So, i posit a question: what if Quintus, this “Roman spahbed”, had been more successful in his campaigns across Roman Asia? Could he contribute to a Parthia-wank scenario of sorts, capturing Cappadocia, Cilicia, and Syria for the Iranians? After all, an allied general with proper knowlege on how the Romans fought their battles would have been useful to them.