My apologies if this has been discussed before, but I've been giving thought to the Roman Republic and their campaigns in the east and have a few questions.
1. How much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East did the Romans actually conquer and annex. I know Pergamum and possibly Rhodes were inherited from their previous rulers. Others I'm not sure of.
2. In the time of the Empire, Roman forces made it as far as Seleucia and Ctesiphon, while Trajan's forces made it as far as Susa, the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
How far east could a Republican Roman army have made it? What options are there?
1. I've read that the Roman armies were in a high state of readiness after the Second Punic War, hence their successes against the Macedonians and Seleucids. If the Romans had decided to use the territories gained from the Treaty of Apamea as a springboard for further invasions how much territory could they get from the Seleucids? And how long could they hold on to them?
2. After the Mithridatic Wars, the Romans annex as much of Greater Armenia and Armenia proper as possible before the Parthians gobble up the rest.
3. Caesar survives the Ides of March and his campaign against the Parthians comes to fruition.
1. How much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East did the Romans actually conquer and annex. I know Pergamum and possibly Rhodes were inherited from their previous rulers. Others I'm not sure of.
2. In the time of the Empire, Roman forces made it as far as Seleucia and Ctesiphon, while Trajan's forces made it as far as Susa, the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
How far east could a Republican Roman army have made it? What options are there?
1. I've read that the Roman armies were in a high state of readiness after the Second Punic War, hence their successes against the Macedonians and Seleucids. If the Romans had decided to use the territories gained from the Treaty of Apamea as a springboard for further invasions how much territory could they get from the Seleucids? And how long could they hold on to them?
2. After the Mithridatic Wars, the Romans annex as much of Greater Armenia and Armenia proper as possible before the Parthians gobble up the rest.
3. Caesar survives the Ides of March and his campaign against the Parthians comes to fruition.