The Second Alexander

Wow, this is a very cool and original tl. I am a big fan of Roman Republic/Empire tls (can you tell by my site name?) and this one seems off the a great start. I am interested to see how much of Parthia will be conquered, seeing a Rome will have trouble controlling so much territory.
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Glad you Enjoy:cool:
 
Orodes executes Surena? After halting the Roman progress? Is this panic or an idiot ball?

He only halted it for a few hours. Plus he lost 6,000 Persians. Im not sure if this was common or not to execute a General after a defeat.

Banishment more realistic?

Either way ITTL Orodes wasn't a nice guy :mad:
 
So we will see a Repubblican Roman King of kings soon... I guess Carrae will be a better result for Rome...:p
 
Yeah, but wasn't Surena still his best general? I'd still say it's short sighted...

Ironically, I think that Orodes II would be more likely to have Surena executed if he won a resounding victory (like he did at Carhae). A victorious general posed more of a threat to the regime of Orodes than a defeated one. A defeated general could just be exiled, cashiered, or otherwise disgraced.

The Parthians had their roots as a nomadic society. The Parthian King was not an absolute ruler like the Persian Padishah, he was the head of the seven great Parthian Clans. The Parthian King was more like the head of the Carolingian Empire than the old Persian Shahs.

By the way, great TL, keep it going. Just because Orodes II wouldn't be likely to execute a general, it certainly does not mean that he couldn't.
 
Ironically, I think that Orodes II would be more likely to have Surena executed if he won a resounding victory (like he did at Carhae). A victorious general posed more of a threat to the regime of Orodes than a defeated one. A defeated general could just be exiled, cashiered, or otherwise disgraced.

The Parthians had their roots as a nomadic society. The Parthian King was not an absolute ruler like the Persian Padishah, he was the head of the seven great Parthian Clans. The Parthian King was more like the head of the Carolingian Empire than the old Persian Shahs.

By the way, great TL, keep it going. Just because Orodes II wouldn't be likely to execute a general, it certainly does not mean that he couldn't.

Good points. Ill change it to exiled.
 
Interesting TL.
If Crassus conquers Mesopotamia, Caesar's conquests in Gallia would be nothing.
The Triumvirate , and the Republic, could survive.

I hope that this TL isn't dead.
 
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