Successful Julius Caesar: Macro Impacts on Rome?

Related to my Caesarion thread from yesterday...

WI Julius Caesar achieves his stated goals, and dies after arranging an orderly transfer of power. The specifics don't matter, either something along the lines of the pseudo-monarchy of Octavian, or a revitalized Republic. The important part is that, for the foreseeable future, Rome is spared any major civil war.

What impact does that have on their society? There's going to be many more legionaries and auxiliaries alive and kicking (knock-on effect that they'll need land). There's going to be many more Senators and Equites alive, as well (knock-on effect that their land won't be available to give out). The coffers of the state will not have been drained as much (except in infrastructure projects). Egypt, on the other hand, likely remains a client state for a while longer, depriving Rome of the chance to extract as much wealth.

This whole scenario also implies a victory over Dacia and Parthia. We'll assume outright conquest in the former and favorable terms in the later (return of the Eagles, pro-Roman client kings in the border states). The impact of that on Roman society? Lots of gold coming in from Dacia, after all.
 

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My first thought is that with so much more gold the romanization of Gaul and Dacia might well proceed much faster, especially with so many peoples anxious to get lands. Also the number of males of procreating age not killed in civil wars is impressive, especially in the east, leading to demographic aspects that are worth looking into. The losses of the Dacian and Parthians campaigns would certainly be less than the losses during the civil war (just look at Actium... or the fact that Marc Anthony would not loose his eastern army against the Parthians in such a scenario).

Caesar seems to have planned for many new colonies in Spain and Africa, and a few in Gauls, at least such was the situation when he died. With a longer life he'll plan for many more, but it might not be in the same way Agrippa did it. Also it will happen two or three decades earlier than Aggripa's plan, which may cause stronger local reactions against them. It will also provide a stronger base for expansion in Germany once the area is stabilized. Earlier conquest of Dacia (even if not all of Trajanic Dacia) might also lead to more conquests alongside the Black Sea and a push toward the Erz mountains from both the Danube and Rhine/Germania Magna areas.

What I wonder is wheter this might prevent the Illirian revolt or make it easier to crush ?

So many butterflies !
 
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