I don’t think I ever used Octavianus. I’ve just been using Octavian, the anglicization, for convenience since that’s what people tend to know him as. I can change it to Octavius though to make the distinction more clear
True, you used Octavian but still that name is wrong and would be better change it with Octavius… unless you plan to have him been adopted by Caesar in the near future as in that case would make sense using already the other name
Ok, that’s totally fine then. I’ll go ahead and just change it to Octavius later in all the chapters
I mentioned that he launched a bunch of horses at the enemy lines. I’ll probably go ahead and add that in though, along with making some edits to the whole battle part. I kinda wrote that on the fly tbh
Fixed, thanks for pointing that out. Also, interesting detail. I actually hadn't thought much about Cleopatra, so I'll make sure to include it. I'll probably have them travel to Antioch together in the summer of 43 BC. Also, Caesarion's fate here has the potential to be interesting. There's no way he's going to rule Rome obviously, and I wouldn't be shocked if the story about Cleopatra's petitions was just propaganda or embellishment. He'll probably become pharaoh of Egypt after Cleo's death, though that's far in the future, and I don't even have that planned yet. Also, quick question; since you mentioned the season, do you think it'd be plausible to have Caesar travel around a bit during the winter? I'm pretty sure he did this during his campaign in Gaul, and I was just going to have him go to Thrace and Asia Minor to sort out some stuff before returning to Dacia in the spring. He won't be going back to Italy or anything crazy.
If he's going by boat, I'd say it's less than likely; but if he can travel easily enough by land, then sure.
Ok, I’ll go ahead and change that part then. Again, Roman military strategy isn’t exactly my forte. I tend to be more well versed in the cultural and political side of things. If any of you have other criticisms on military stuff, I’m fine changing things
I’m going to be doing an interlude on the goings on of the Roman world soon, probably as a bookend to the Dacian War. Currently Mark Antony is technically running it, though not really, while the Senate is building a bunch of Caesar’s projects and new canals, along with some land reform, down in Campania and around Latium proper. There’s going to be a whole update on the political situation in Rome while I’ll also touch on Lepidus in Spain and things in Syria while I’m at it.
The Romans were big on camps, roads, scouting and logistics. Caeser was famous for his units marching further, upping the artillery in his legions, and for rapid adaptation during battles. He beat his former top commanders like Titus Labienus,
Wait, when did Caesar fight Hirtius or Decimus Brutus (aside from the latter stabbing him)? Labienus and Varus were the only two of those four that sided against their former commander in the civil war itself.
