Germanicus did give a whooping to the Germans, including Arminius after Teutoburg. Which lead to Arminius' downfall...
The Germans could be whooped here and there but they were more difficult to be subdued
Germanicus did give a whooping to the Germans, including Arminius after Teutoburg. Which lead to Arminius' downfall...
Antony could still be a player though. He wanted power, and although he was very vulgar, IIRC, the troops liked him. He was a good commander too, so you have to imagine he'd get some command. He could start a civil war a little later.
Another consequence would be the probable survival of Ptolemaic Kingdom, also the political survival of Cleopatra could be butterflied (in OTL it was the Caesar intervention in the internal affairs of Egypt that decided the fate of Cleopatra)
So instead of Julius Caesar, Pompeius Caesar or Crassus Caesar or Antoninus Caesar?
It almost sounds like the evolution to a Roman imperium was inevitable (one of the few instances of historical inevitability) given Gallic-Celtic inability to come together nationally in opposition to Rome and the way the Roman Republic was evolving. It would be great to see the Ptolemaic Empire survive though. Perhaps Rome under Pompey or Crassus would devote it's energies more to comquering Allemania and Vandalia to the Vistula instead of Egypt. The defeat of Julius Caesar might make Rome take it's northern frontiers a lot more seriously than it did OTL.
So instead of Julius Caesar, Pompeius Caesar or Crassus Caesar or Antoninus Caesar?
ITTL, might Antony throw his lot with Pompey, since he would still need a patron? Would Pompey accept him?
With that in mind though, Antony was a staunch Caesar supporter and that may turn Pompey off. Not to mention, if Pompey chooses to remain out of military affairs, which he may very well do, Antony is even less attractive to Pompey because he is only really useful on the battlefield.
But with Caesar and Crassus both gone, would not Cato, Cicero and company turn their attention towards Pompey as the threat to the Republic? In that case, wouldn't Pompey be on the lookout for allies?
Yes, but Antony isn't a valuable ally. He owed his entire career to Caesar, and was still entirely dependent on Caesar at this time. He was just another one of Caesar's legates to everyone else at the time, albeit a very talented one on the battlefield. Pompey needs more of a political ally-he's not Caesar, and so he's certainly not going to cause his feud with the optimates to turn into a full blown civil war. Antony's only use to Pompey would be on the battlefield.