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 ====== After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough ====== ====== After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough ======
  
-    * By Fantini Blake ([[offtopic:Velasco]])+    * By [[offtopic:Velasco]]
     * [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=226529|Link to forum thread.]]     * [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=226529|Link to forum thread.]]
  
-"**After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough**" is a TL following the development of Roman and Asian affairs in a scenario where Cleopatra and her son Caesarion survive and Octavian dies prematurely.+"**After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough**" is a TL following the development of Roman and Asian affairs in a scenario where Octavian dies shortly after arriving in Alexandria, resulting in the survival of Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and her children.  
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 +==== Awards ==== 
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 +It won the [[alternate history:2013 winners|2013 Turtledove Award]] in the category **"[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7241982|Best New Ancient Period Timeline]]"**. 
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 ==== Points of Departure (PODs) ==== ==== Points of Departure (PODs) ====
  
-The major POD is the death of Octavian upon his arrival in Alexandria (30BC). The malaria which afflicted Marc Antony's troops spreads to Octavian's camp as Antony's men defect to him. Caesarion is captured and brought to Octavian, as happened in real life, but Octavian dies before he does. Word arrives of a plot back home (also historical) on behalf of the sidelined triumvir Lepidus. Caesarion is made a Roman citizen and included in Octavian's hastily amended will, which leaves Octavian's right-hand man and colleague Agrippa as his main heir. In Agrippa's hands Caesarion is a useful tool to manipulate the mob and get them on board with Agrippa, now **Caesar Vipsanian**. Cleopatra is deposed as Queen of Egypt and handed over to Artavasdes, a former ally Antony had betrayed shortly before Actium.+The major POD is the death of Octavian upon his arrival in Alexandria (30BC). The malaria which afflicted Marc Antony's troops spreads to Octavian's camp as Antony's men defect to him. Ptolemy Caesar, better known as Caesarionis captured and brought to Octavian, as per real events, but Octavian dies before deciding the boy's fate. Word arrives of a plot back home (also historical) on behalf of the sidelined triumvir Lepidus. Caesarion is made a Roman citizen and included in Octavian's hastily amended will, which leaves Octavian's right-hand man and colleague Agrippa as his main heir. In Agrippa's hands Caesarion is a useful tool to manipulate the mob and get them on board with Agrippa, now **Caesar Vipsanian**. Cleopatra is deposed as Queen of Egypt and handed over to Artavasdes, a former ally Antony had betrayed shortly before Actium.
  
 A minor POD is a second marriage for Ptolemy XII Auletes at the time of his return to Egypt (circa 54BC).  A minor POD is a second marriage for Ptolemy XII Auletes at the time of his return to Egypt (circa 54BC). 
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         *20BC: **Ptolemy Caesarion IV** & **M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus V**.         *20BC: **Ptolemy Caesarion IV** & **M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus V**.
                *Vipsanian captured at Nisibis.                 *Vipsanian captured at Nisibis. 
-               *Vipsanian made Rex Sacrorum in attempt to fulfill Syblline Oracles and defeat Parthia.+               *Vipsanian made Rex Sacrorum in attempt to fulfill Sybilline Oracles and defeat Parthia.
                *Caesarion marches against the Seduni, Salassi and Veragri.                 *Caesarion marches against the Seduni, Salassi and Veragri. 
                *Senate overturns Lex Atonia, Corvinus names Publicola as Dictator and Crassus as Magister Equitum.                 *Senate overturns Lex Atonia, Corvinus names Publicola as Dictator and Crassus as Magister Equitum. 
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        *18BC: Civil war continues;         *18BC: Civil war continues; 
-              *Livia Drusilla is imprisoned by Publicola - violating the sacrosanctitas granted her back in 35BC. Her husband Crassus and co-conspirators assassinate Publicola. Livia severs off his head and shows it to mob, “Pacem restituio!” (I restore peace!). +              *Livia Drusilla is imprisoned by Publicola - violating the sacrosanctitas granted her back in 35BC. Her husband Crassus and co-conspirators assassinate Publicola. Livia severs off his head and shows it to the mob, “Pacem restituio!” (I restore peace!). 
               *Corvinus escapes Rome and lays waste to Campania, seizes Neapolis and Puteoli, sails to Sicily.               *Corvinus escapes Rome and lays waste to Campania, seizes Neapolis and Puteoli, sails to Sicily.
               ***Titus Pomponius Atticus II** and **Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa II** consuls.                ***Titus Pomponius Atticus II** and **Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa II** consuls. 
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               * Caesarion celebrates his quintuple triumph over Assyria, Armenia, Media, Babylonia and Parthia               * Caesarion celebrates his quintuple triumph over Assyria, Armenia, Media, Babylonia and Parthia
               * 2nd Settlement: Caesarion receives 'maius imperium proconsulare ' and 'tribunicia potestas', a number of honors including his own cult as Divus Invictus.               * 2nd Settlement: Caesarion receives 'maius imperium proconsulare ' and 'tribunicia potestas', a number of honors including his own cult as Divus Invictus.
-              * Birth of the Comitatus: Caesarion as the senior partner, ruling eastern Meditterranean. Junior partners given six year terms: Drusus (Gaul, Germania, Raetia), Tiberius (western Mediterranean) and Antyllus (Caucasus, Armenia and Mesopotamia). +              * Birth of the Comitatus: Caesarion as the senior partner, ruling eastern Mediterranean. Junior partners given six year terms: Drusus (Gaul, Germania, Raetia), Tiberius (western Mediterranean) and Antyllus (Caucasus, Armenia and Mesopotamia). 
               * Campaigning across the Alps and into Raetia.                * Campaigning across the Alps and into Raetia. 
  
       *12BC: **Ptolemy Caesarion VIII** & **Drusus**       *12BC: **Ptolemy Caesarion VIII** & **Drusus**
-            *Suffect: C. Antistius Vetus +              *Suffect: C. Antistius Vetus 
-            *Caesarion celebrates a triumph over the Raetians. +              *Caesarion celebrates a triumph over the Raetians. 
-            *Caesarion marries Livia Drusilla. +              *Caesarion marries Livia Drusilla. 
-            *War against the Pannonians, who had recently raided Roman Istria. Caesarion seizes border country as far as the Dravus, a tributary of the Danube. +              *War against the Pannonians, who had recently raided Roman Istria. Caesarion seizes border country as far as the Dravus, a tributary of the Danube. 
-            *Unrest and warfare in Asia Minor involving Antyllus and Ptolemy Philadelphus. Caesarion races east and reorganizes territorial divisions in Asia Minor. +              *Unrest and warfare in Asia Minor involving Antyllus and Ptolemy Philadelphus. Caesarion races east and reorganizes territorial divisions in Asia Minor. 
-            *Cleopatra VIII Selene II married off to King Mithridates III of Commagene. +              *Cleopatra VIII Selene II married off to King Mithridates III of Commagene. 
-            *Caesarion and his mother tour the eastern provinces: Antioch, Jerusalem, Petra. +              *Caesarion and his mother tour the eastern provinces: Antioch, Jerusalem, Petra. 
-            *Birth of the Concilium Asiaticus (Council of Asia) based primarily in Nicomedia to supervise government and culture in the East; expand road network, official courier system, adjudication of legal disputes, spread of the cult of Roma, etc.+              *Birth of the Concilium Asiaticus (Council of Asia) based primarily in Nicomedia to supervise government and culture in the East; expand road network, official courier system, adjudication of legal disputes, spread of the cult of Roma, etc.
              
       *11BC: **Tiberius III** & **Drusus**       *11BC: **Tiberius III** & **Drusus**
-           *Caesarion and Cleopatra appear in Alexandria as Pharaonic rulers and incorporated into dynastic cult as Theoi Epifaneis Philopatrai, 'the manifest country-loving gods'. Cleopatra made a Roman citizen, friend and ally of the Republic, priestess of Roma and sacrosanct. Roman officers expelled and Ptolemaic bureaucracy and military restored. Caesarion's daughter Berenike named 'basilissa' (princess). +              *Caesarion and Cleopatra appear in Alexandria as Pharaonic rulers and incorporated into dynastic cult as Theoi Epifaneis Philopatrai, 'the manifest country-loving gods'. Cleopatra made a Roman citizen, friend and ally of the Republic, priestess of Roma and sacrosanct. Roman officers expelled and Ptolemaic bureaucracy and military restored. Caesarion's daughter Berenike named 'basilissa' (princess). 
-           *The Ptolemaia festival is revived in Alexandria. +              *The Ptolemaia festival is revived in Alexandria. 
-           *Assyrians erect monument to Caesarion as Aššur-nādin-apli, 'Asshur has given an heir'+              *Assyrians erect monument to Caesarion as Aššur-nādin-apli, 'Asshur has given an heir'
-           *Caesarion consults the Sibyl, who hails him as 'conqueror, true son of his father the conqueror'+              *Caesarion consults the Sibyl, who hails him as 'conqueror, true son of his father the conqueror'
-           *Equestrian order reorganized and revitalized.  +              *Equestrian order reorganized and revitalized.  
-           *Caesarion's son Ptolemaeus erected consul against Caesarion's wishes, compromise leaves him as consul-designatus until his 20th year. Also changes into adult toga, made princeps iuventutis and given an 'equus publicus'+              *Caesarion's son Ptolemaeus appointed consul against Caesarion's wishes, compromise leaves him as consul-designatus until his 20th year. Also changes into adult toga, made princeps iuventutis and given an 'equus publicus'
-           *Tiberius and Drusus wrap up the conquest of Noricum, a Celtic kingdom to the north-east of Italy.+              *Tiberius and Drusus wrap up the conquest of Noricum, a Celtic kingdom to the north-east of Italy.
            
         *10BC: **Ptolemy Caesarion IX** & **M. Livius Drusus Libo**         *10BC: **Ptolemy Caesarion IX** & **M. Livius Drusus Libo**
-           *Suffect: Q. Haterius +              *Suffect: Q. Haterius 
-           *Tiberius completes the conquest of Pannonia. +              *Tiberius completes the conquest of Pannonia. 
-           *Drusus made Curator Aquarum, to reform Rome's water supply. +              *Drusus made Curator Aquarum, to reform Rome's water supply. 
-           *Nubians in Lower Egypt revolt and storm the frontier at Syene. Buffer state of the Dodekaschoinos overrun. Caesarion marches south into Kush, looting and taking prisoners. A Roman garrison is left behind in Napata. +              *Nubians in Lower Egypt revolt and storm the frontier at Syene. Buffer state of the Dodekaschoinos overrun. Caesarion marches south into Kush, looting and taking prisoners. A Roman garrison is left behind in Napata. 
-           *Revolt of the Bessi in Thrace; King Rhescuporis II is killed by their leader Vologaesus. Calpurnius Piso sent against them. Rhoemetacles I is made King of a united Thrace and married to Caesarion's daughter Demetria.+              *Revolt of the Bessi in Thrace; King Rhescuporis II is killed by their leader Vologaesus. Calpurnius Piso sent against them. Rhoemetacles I is made King of a united Thrace and married to Caesarion's daughter Demetria.
            
          *9BC: **Iullus Antonius II** & **L. Calpurnius Piso**          *9BC: **Iullus Antonius II** & **L. Calpurnius Piso**
-            *In Alexandria Caesarion receives a wreath from the Council of Asia, giving him the victory titles Aethiopicus ('victorious in Ethiopia') and Invictus ('undefeated'). +              *In Alexandria Caesarion receives a wreath from the Council of Asia, giving him the victory titles Aethiopicus ('victorious in Ethiopia') and Invictus ('undefeated'). 
-            *Babylon rebuilt and settled with foreigners. +              *Babylon rebuilt and settled with foreigners. 
-            *Antyllus installs Oræstes II as King in Albania and restores Dynamis to the throne of the Bosporan Kingdom. He marries Livia Valeria, daughter of Livia Drusilla and Publicola. +              *Antyllus installs Oræstes II as King in Albania and restores Dynamis to the throne of the Bosporan Kingdom. He marries Livia Valeria, daughter of Livia Drusilla and Publicola. 
-            *Alexander Helios deposed in Parthia, flees to Antyllus. Antyllus granted command of 2 legions to restore Alexander Helios in Media. +              *Alexander Helios deposed in Parthia, flees to Antyllus. Antyllus granted command of 2 legions to restore Alexander Helios in Media. 
-            *Caesarion's son Isidorus changes into adult toga and made consul designate, princeps iuventutis, priest, etc. Made perpetual prefect of Egypt, Cyrenaica, Cyprus, Rhodes and Crete. +              *Caesarion's son Isidorus changes into adult toga and made consul designate, princeps iuventutis, priest, etc. Made perpetual prefect of Egypt, Cyrenaica, Cyprus, Rhodes and Crete. 
-            *Civil war in Olba in Cilicia between native priest Ajax Teucrides and Philip Barypus, the penultimate Seleucid king. +              *Civil war in Olba in Cilicia between native priest Ajax Teucrides and Philip Barypus, the penultimate Seleucid king. 
-            *Chatti and Sicambri raid north of Gaul. Drusus marches against them. +              *Chatti and Sicambri raid north of Gaul. Drusus marches against them. 
-            *Tiberius marches against the Getae in Dacia and puts down minor revolt in Moesia. +              *Tiberius marches against the Getae in Dacia and puts down minor revolt in Moesia. 
-            *Iullus Antonius puts down revolt in Aquitaine. +              *Iullus Antonius puts down revolt in Aquitaine. 
-            *Campaign into eastern and southern Arabia. Roman forces accompanied by Nabataean, Emesene, Palmyrene and Edessan Arabs. Kingdoms of Minae, Saba, Himyar, Qataban and Hadramut all fall. Bactrians sail from Gedrosia along Persian Gulf, moving from Gerrha to Oman to Hadramut.+              *Campaign into eastern and southern Arabia. Roman forces accompanied by Nabataean, Emesene, Palmyrene and Edessan Arabs. Kingdoms of Minae, Saba, Himyar, Qataban and Hadramut all fall. Bactrians sail from Gedrosia along Persian Gulf, moving from Gerrha to Oman to Hadramut.
                          
                          
       *8BC:       *8BC:
-           *Drusus settles allied tribes in Gaul and Raetia and levies a new legion (Legio XV Germanica). +              *Drusus settles allied tribes in Gaul and Raetia and levies a new legion (Legio XV Germanica). 
-           *Cleopatra Selene flees to Antyllus in Armenia. +              *Cleopatra Selene flees to Antyllus in Armenia. 
-           *Alexander Helios abandoned by Antyllus and reconciled with Iotapa of Media. +              *Alexander Helios abandoned by Antyllus and reconciled with Iotapa of Media. 
-           *Antyllus makes war on Mithridates of Commagene. When Crassus protests, Antyllus' legions defect to him. Livia Drusilla, Ptolemy Philadelphus of Galatia and the Council of Asia side with Antyllus against Crassus. +              *Antyllus makes war on Mithridates of Commagene. When Crassus protests, Antyllus' legions defect to him. Livia Drusilla, Ptolemy Philadelphus of Galatia and the Council of Asia side with Antyllus against Crassus. 
-           *Crassus retrieves Vipsanian from house arrest in Athens and takes him to Drusus Libo and the Council of Asia. +              *Crassus retrieves Vipsanian from house arrest in Athens and takes him to Drusus Libo and the Council of Asia. 
-           *Antyllus beheads King Archelaus of Cappadocia. +              *Antyllus beheads King Archelaus of Cappadocia. 
-           *Cleopatra Selene hurries to Egypt, where she stages a coup and usurps the throne in Alexandria.+              *Cleopatra Selene hurries to Egypt, where she stages a coup and usurps the throne in Alexandria. 
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