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I am reading Caesar Campaign in Gaul and it was the Parthians who where supposedly to be his next task.But would another 3rd and final crack at Britain have been at the back of his mind.
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A bit out of the way perhaps... :wink:
No I doubt it...he already had some success in the east, he had contacts out there, and there was the need to restore the reputation of Rome in the east as well after the loss of Crassus and his army.
There was more to his aims than personal glory. He already out stripped everyone else, he was thinking longterm.
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I seem to recall, that he might have an idea to send Marcus Antonius against Dacians and proceed himself against Parthians.
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In a documentary Valerio Massimo Manfredi, when commenting on his assasination, mentioned the possibility, among others, that Caesar could be tired of living.
My theory:
He was an old man by those days’ standards, and was probably (very) sick.
On the one side, he had run a very good and successful information/spying net for a long time. On the other, the Liberatores numbered about forty. At least a few of them may not have kept the secret. Even his wife and Mark Antony had heard rumours or tip-offs.
He had already rejected his escort of lictores.
Maybe he never meant another campaign in the East, and just looked for a fitting and tragic end to his life.
Antonio Lamadrid
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