WI Gaius Caesar, the eldest son of Roman General Agrippa, didn't die in 4 A.D. Gaius Caesar was the heir to Octavius, and would have succeded his grandfather Cauesar Augstus (through his daughter Julia Caesaris) in 14 A.D.
Aussey said:Why cant Julia just becomes Caesarina of the Romans?
Because the Romans were a rigidly patriarchal society. How else do you explain their success?Aussey said:Why cant Julia just becomes Caesarina of the Romans?
The problem is, there were no female monarchs to be hated in Roman times. It was simply not considered "proper" for females to lead back then.Aussey said:Name one female rmonarch that was hated, besides Queen Mary I of england & Wales. And she was only hated by Protestants. So besides her....
DominusNovus said:Because the Romans were a rigidly patriarchal society. How else do you explain their success?![]()
Ok. I grant that they treated women with much more respect than many of their cotemporary civilizations. However, you never saw any women on the Coursus Honorum (I'm sure I spelled that wrong, the 306 special, my apartment's special drink, will do that to you).Faeelin said:The romans weren't patriarchal at all, sorry.
Imajin said:The problem is, there were no female monarchs to be hated in Roman times. It was simply not considered "proper" for females to lead back then.
The problem is, there were no female monarchs to be hated in Roman times.
Not that the Romans would think much of Boudicca as an example considering that her reign consisted of killing lots of Romans. Then again, that objection applies to pretty much all of them (with the exception of Zenobia); just because the Romans were aware that other people accepted female rule doesn't mean it was a proper thing for Rome itself. Boudicca's revolt was pretty much directly caused by Roman misoginy since as far as they were concerned a woman couldn't inherit the Iceni, and thus annexed their lands.Zenobia, Candice, Dido, Cleopatra, and that Iceni chick.
?So how old would he have been in 14 AD, assuming he lives till then?,So, with a PoD in 3AD, Gaius becomes emperor after Augustus. What happens next?
The problem is, there were no female monarchs to be hated in Roman times. It was simply not considered "proper" for females to lead back then.
This thread isn't about whether or not Rome could have had an empress damn it, it's about Gaius Ceaser surviving and the Julian dynasty along with him.I know that she wasn't a monarch in the modern sense, but Boudica of the Iceni revolted against the Roman invasion in 60 AD and she did quite a job. Maybe that's why the Romans detested her so much.