Great Illyrian Revolt

I'd like to pose a question to all the users here; well rather 2 questions. How could you feasibly avoid the Great Illyrican Revolt from coming about, and would this result in a succesful invasion of the Marcomanni lands in Bohemia, or even affect the rebellion in Germania.

My second question is, could the revolt feasibly be successful and liberate Pannonia and Illyria? Could the Romans be defeated; after all they did have such a hard time putting down the revolt.
 
I do not think that there were ways to prevent the rebellion. To delay it yes, but not more. The Romans would give the tribes and their kings more power, something Rome did not share usually.

Initially the troops which revolted were meant to assist Tiberius in a campaign in Germania, so what if they betray him during a battle with a strong Germanic force. They destroy Tiberius' army and then head south.

But a true victory is unlikely as the Romans had greater manpower and more allies, they could rely on. To make it successful it would mean to convice the Romans, that fighting the rebels campaign would be more costly than a victory. Also if the revolt succeeds it would give other peoples' desire for independence a big boost. Things the Romans could ill afford.

That days the Roman high command did not doubt a possible collaboration between the Illyrian Rebels and Arminius. So there could be a collaboration if Arminius revolts earlier or the Illyrians a little bit later.
 
Well maybe avoiding it isn't as necessary as preventing it from getting as large as it did. The Romans won a hard fought victory at the Battle of Sirmium early on, but took so many losses that they could not follow up on it. Make Sirmium a more decisive victory and allow Caecina Severus to follow up on it, and the Romans can end the revolt right there methinks.
 
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