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Suppose that Mithridates VI of Pontus is able to defeat Rome in the First Mithridatic War and push them out of Greece and Asia. Can he keep Rome out and keep his empire together in the long term? Will it fall apart when he dies or will his successors, assuming they're able enough, be able to keep it going, and if it's the latter what might that empire look like? And what about Rome? Will Sertorius and Spartacus be more successful? Is the defeat good or bad for the survival of the Roman Republic? What's the effect on the careers of Pompey et al?
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