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Pompey deciding while going to India with an army is impossible decides to conquer the western half of Alexanders empire up to the zargos that's not owned already by rome and maybe more. He takes not the western half of pontos but all of it as a province. He does the same to Armenia, the caucusess, cappdocia, the Bosporus kingdom, Rhodes, the rest of Anatolia, trace, and the kingdom of Petra. He then takes war to the Parthians and conquers Mesopotamia and the rest of Arabia. And for the greatest cash grab of all the Ptolemaic empire. Before his conquest of Egypt he is allowed to campaign for this long because of ally's like Caesar who his daughter he still married. And because of a revolt in North Africa and a Qurralsome pharaoh he is even allowed to conquer Egypt. This and the restructering of the area takes 15 years.

How much more rich and powerful did Pompey make himself? How rich and powerful did he make Rome? How much does Crassus hate Pompey know? Can Pompey get land grants for his soldiers and his eastern settlement ratified? Does a civil war happen against a senate afraid of Pompey? If so who wins and who ally's with who? What happens to the Parthians? How does history in general change?
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