Greetings,
I just wanted to pose a question to everyone. What if Julius Caeser had survived or been able to thwart the assasination of the Ides of March, 44 BC?
From what I have read, Caesar had planned a rather large campaign against the Parthians and Armenians. Assuming (a big assumption) his legions were victorious against the Parthians, would Caesar have:
A) Continued his campaign against the Armenians, circling around the Black Sea (fighting the Sarmatians, Scythians, etc) or..
B) Continued his campaign by taking over the whole of the Parthian empire?
The second option has intriguing possibilities...A Rome-controlled Parthian territory for ..Imagine having almost half the ancient Silk Road under Roman control. What sort of exchanges would have taken place between East/West? What effect would this have had on Rome's evolution? Could Rome even have effectively controlled this vast region?