What if Spartacus after its victory against the Gellius legion turns to the Alpes instead to Southern Italy?
Also, it's not like Dacia, Dalmatia, or Germania were unoccupied at the time...
usertron2020;3244471 Also said:I suspect usertron meant Germania was occupied by Germans, etc.This was the late republic, pre-Ceaser so basically it was Italy, Dalmatia, Greece, most of Spain, Southern France and some of Turkey.
Though that fact about his lack of control is quite intresting.
What if Spartacus after its victory against the Gellius legion turns to the Alpes instead to Southern Italy?
Exactly. Given the choice of working for a living or looting, the majority of the horde preferred the latter. Moreover, Spartacus did not exactly lead them. On more than one occasion the army drew up for battle with different faction apart from each other so the Romans were able to defeat them in detail.usertron2020 said:If Roman historians ever told the truth about anything, it was the nature of Spartacus and his "legions". He simply had no control over them unless they were under serious/immediate threat. As long as they were moving through Roman territory, looting and pillaging all the way, Spartacus could "lead" them.
In reply the Romans put ten legions in to chase him and his horde into the mountains. A while later they are forced to come out to be defeated and crucified.Todyo1798 said:A better idea for this would be what if Spartacus had succedded in attacking Sicilly. Lets say that instead of letting the pirates just go off to "gather their fleet", he took a hostage and mangaed to get them to come back. He invades the island cutting of Romes grain supply.
Indeed. This is a point that is quite often overlooked: Spartacus’ so-called “army” was more of a massive, disorganized, rioting mob then a proper military formation. There is also that fact that there was a substantial element of Italian, and more specifically, Samnite, rebels and insurgents in Spartacus’ force. Lucanian and Bruttian bandits, the rural poor of Campania and Samnium, and old Samnite rebels, veterans of the Social War, formed a large, and more possibly better trained part of the army, but likewise they had more interest in looting and pillaging Roman and Italian cities then in making a credible escape attempt. If Spartacus goes north, he will either be intercepted by the legions of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus returning from the Sertorian campaign in Spain, or the army will disperse among the Norici and Helvetian tribes of the Alps.Exactly. Given the choice of working for a living or looting, the majority of the horde preferred the latter. Moreover, Spartacus did not exactly lead them. On more than one occasion the army drew up for battle with different faction apart from each other so the Romans were able to defeat them in detail.
A better idea for this would be what if Spartacus had succedded in attacking Sicilly. Lets say that instead of letting the pirates just go off to "gather their fleet", he took a hostage and mangaed to get them to come back. He invades the island cutting of Romes grain supply.