Calling all Romanophiles...

Which latter republican Rome TL sounds the most interesting and/or feasible.

  • The White Faun

    Votes: 15 32.6%
  • Sparticus in Sicily

    Votes: 9 19.6%
  • Julia marries Brutus

    Votes: 7 15.2%
  • Pompei's son by Julia not still-born

    Votes: 28 60.9%
  • Cato creates republican North Africa

    Votes: 12 26.1%

  • Total voters
    46
  • Poll closed .
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...

LOL i didnt know that but i should have guessed tho.. that caesar got around:D
 
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...

True, but the fact that Cato was essentially a fanatic when his ideologies were brought up could mean he might have to swallow his pride, if only because it might be the only way for him to save the things he believes in. It might just take some careful politicking on Caesar's and Pompey's part to accomplish that... almost, but not quite ASB territory, given how pragmatic the Romans appear to have been.
 
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..
 
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..

But that's my point! He might have to swallow his pride if only to maintain the Republic in some shape or form. It would be tantamount to killing Brutus' sons from that perspective.
 
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
 
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


Well, I have a soft spot in my heart for both Cato and Cicero...

Let's leave it at that until the TL starts.
One hint thoug: Cato did something important in 56 BC or thereabouts which I'm thinking of using.
 
The White Faun and Cato's Republic...

These two TLS, while probably not going to catch up, have done very well this go-round. I could do a run-off, try to do them in a somewhat more limited story form, or wait until the Pompey's son TL is done then take a crack at one or both. I'm open to suggestions...
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.


I have a way to, as it were, go around Carrhae. Still trying to decide if I want to take it. It would be another small butterfly, but I think perhaps an interesting one.
 
And the Winner Is...

Not unexpectedly, Pompey's son by Julia not still-born, with Theodoric's suggested modification that Julia not msscarry in 55. The TL will be called the Heirs of Caesar, and can be found here:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=1759326&posted=1#post1759326
Since at least 28 of you voted for it, I'm hoping to have at least 28 readers, and those of you who are interested in that rascal Cato might just want to come along for the ride. I'm pleased that The White Faun did so well, because it's one I'm definitely planning to do at some point.

Thanks for taking part in the poll, and Ihope all of you come to read "TheHeirs of Caesar."
 
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