Effects of a Sertorian victory?
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:31 am
Salvete omnes,
Something I've been pondering for some time is the effect a Sertorian success might have brought about on Rome - not how such an event might come about, but simply what it might bring about. Being a fervent Marian, I'd always assumed a Sertorian victory would, as he was a Marian and anti-Sullan, be good for Rome. However, the more I look into it, the more this doesn't seem to be the case.
For instance, he seems to have dealt with foreign powers in order to strengthen his own war effort. This means that, had he marched on Rome, he would either have gone back on his word, or weakened Rome's foreign policy in order to allow people like Mithridates of Pontus more space in which to expand.
What do y'all think? Would a Sertorian victory have hastened, delayed, or even prevented the death of the Res Publica?
Bene valete,
Marcus Scribonius Curio Britannicus.
Something I've been pondering for some time is the effect a Sertorian success might have brought about on Rome - not how such an event might come about, but simply what it might bring about. Being a fervent Marian, I'd always assumed a Sertorian victory would, as he was a Marian and anti-Sullan, be good for Rome. However, the more I look into it, the more this doesn't seem to be the case.
For instance, he seems to have dealt with foreign powers in order to strengthen his own war effort. This means that, had he marched on Rome, he would either have gone back on his word, or weakened Rome's foreign policy in order to allow people like Mithridates of Pontus more space in which to expand.
What do y'all think? Would a Sertorian victory have hastened, delayed, or even prevented the death of the Res Publica?
Bene valete,
Marcus Scribonius Curio Britannicus.