06-06-2009, 09:49 PM
Quote:IMHO, he would have gone to the east, would have defeated the Parthians, would have returned, would have celebrated a triumph, and would have been assassinated by others.Possible, true, but why let it come to that. I think it even more likely that while Caesar would have been engaged in a campaign of at leat three years, his opponents would have rebelled against his rule while he was away, isolating him in the East, and Caesar would have been obliged to defeat them in battle. If Caesar had defeated the Parthians his asassination would have been very difficult to explain to the public, even harder then it turned out to be.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)