could work... A member of the Brutus,Scipio,or Fabian family would work as well cause if my knowledge fails me they were some of the oldest and rich patrician families of Rome
Speaking of Cato... what do you think of making Cato the Third Triumvire post-Crassus? This will allow him to keep his North African Republic, and solve the problem of how not to have him destroyed quickly. Of course, there is a matter of convincing Cato, but with right triggers, even someone as apparently fanatical as him can be persuaded. Perhaps if he thinks that this is the only way he can possibly preserve anything Republican?
Intriguing as that possibility seems, there's way way too much personal hatred there, as well as ideological. The stoic Cato saw Caesar as the antithesis to everything he believed. Oh, and Caesar also slept with his half-sister...
Intriguing as that possibility seems, there's way way too much personal hatred there, as well as ideological. The stoic Cato saw Caesar as the antithesis to everything he believed. Oh, and Caesar also slept with his half-sister...
Nvr would cato swallow his pride.. he lived by the story where Brutus ordered his sons killed for supporting Tarquinus Superbus... If he was willing to kill his own sons for what he believed in how would Caesar and Pompey..
I guess but i think he would believe that the gods were on his side and just gamble it all and try 2 win and protect the republic outright
But if AJ can somehow make Cato the third member of the Triumvirate it sure as hell would make this TL a lot more interesting
Intriguing as that possibility seems, there's way way too much personal hatred there, as well as ideological. The stoic Cato saw Caesar as the antithesis to everything he believed. Oh, and Caesar also slept with his half-sister...
There's another wrinkle here. The POD is actually in 55, not 54 BC. Crassus doesn't die until 53. So I could, perhaps, even keep him around a little longer. Given that he was a Sullan and thus probably an Optimate, this could have...interesting results.
You're going to have to get rid of Carrhae, though - and that's a tough battle to pull the Romans out of, or to have the Romans win.