Rome - its own worst enemy, or everyone else\'s nightmare?

[Tarbicus]

Normally each Consul commanded his own army of two legions with allies. When the occasion warranted it they could combine their armies and only on those occasions did they exercise a joint command.

Bear with me on this one, and correct me if necessary. Caesar would never have been able to gain the military and therefore political power and loyalty he had, as Pompey would have been there to thwart him, especially if they had shared overall command every other day.