WI: Crassus wins the battle of Carrhae

Augustus had only one child, a daughter (Julia) from his second wedding.
Julia marry thrice and had five children (three sons and two daughters) from her second marriage. Augustus adopted both the eldest boys (Gaius and Lucius Caesar) and made them his heirs but both boys will die before Augustus and he was almost forced to choice Tiberius

After Gaius and Lucius Caesar both died, Augustus adopted Tiberius and Agrippa Postumus. It's debatable whether Augustus himself or Tiberius and/or Livia were the ones who gave the order to kill Postumus, who would otherwise have inherited alongside Tiberius.
 
After Gaius and Lucius Caesar both died, Augustus adopted Tiberius and Agrippa Postumus. It's debatable whether Augustus himself or Tiberius and/or Livia were the ones who gave the order to kill Postumus, who would otherwise have inherited alongside Tiberius.

Poor Augustus. He set the policy of either childless Emperors or Emperor's with crazy heirs.:D
 
Chapter III - Pompey Troubles 53 - 52 BC

Back in Rome, Pompey, his wife having died only months prior, still was in a stupor of grief. Julia had not been his first wife, nor would she be his last. But, it frayed the relationship between Caesar and Pompey, since Julia had been Caesar's daughter. Caesar, knowing full-well the alliance was paramount, gave to him his grandniece. Octavia the Younger, while being forced from her congenial marriage to the Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, a man worthy of the Consulship.

Pompey wished to decline, but, without a suitable alternative, went with Octavia. Their marriage, while not the happiest of affairs, reaffirmed the old alliance, now in it's sixth year.

Meanwhile, the Gallic tribes rebelled once again in the year 53 BC, lead by a brute of a barbarian called Vercingetorix, who rallied the Gauls under his leadership. The revolt was a particularly bloody affair by all accounts, with Caesar at on time leading at least nine legions in the field against the rebels. Several pitched battles followed, and the legionaries were in no mood for prisoner taking. In one particular battle at the town of Avaricum, Caesar's men spent 25 days on short rations, and ended up butchering as many of the forty thousand enemies as got within their reach after routing them.
 
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