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as requested by HeliosMegistos :

Would it be possible to request a follow up to an earlier request I pitched to you?
Specifically one for The Roman Republic Dissolved but set between 100 to 150 years later?
It would be interesting to see the changes that happen to the situation between the Roman fragments and if the Ptolemies make it much longer or if Parthia ends up picking them off etc.

!!DISCLAIMER!!
This scenario covers a time period of 100-200 years after the original PoD.
Therefor, the accuracy and realism of this scenario is significantly lower than in part one. Still... this is a lot of fun
So enjoy.

PoD: 21st of April, 43 BC

During the first century after the collapse of the old Roman Republic, the renewed SPQR underwent a period of reorganisation. They had lost most of their resources with the lost provinces of Africa, Hispania and Italia itself, and their remaining provinces had almost too many mouths to feed. This problem the Romans solved in the most Roman way possible: conquest.

In 12 AD, Rhoemetalces I, the king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace, mysteriously died and was succeeded by his brother Rhescuporis, usurping the rights of Rhoemetalces' son Cotys. When the prince returned after a trip to Thessalonike to implore the Senate to aid him, he was captured by Rhescuporis and "committed suicide", as the king put it. This went against the will and politics of the Roman Senate, and this played right into the hand of former consul Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, one of the Republics best, and also most eager, generals. In 16 AD, general Calpurnius invaded Thrace, reaching the great river Ister within 2 years, subjugating the entire former kingdom. In the next year, the exiled king was captured and brought back to Thessalonike, where he was publicly tried and executed. Culpurnius Piso was made Proconsul of Moesia and Cisisteria, receiving the agnomen "Isteris" for his victories, with Thracia going to another, as it was the more civilised province, and as such did not require the presence of the conquering general to uphold peace.

A similar assimilation was executed in 45 AD, during a civil in the Bosporan Kingdom. Two brothers were vieing for the throne, and after pleading to the Senate, Lucius Clapurnius Piso Isteris, grandson of Culpurnius Isteris who conquered Thrace, was given command of the intervention force. The Crimea was transformed into the province of Cimmerium, and the new king of the Bosporan Kingdom was seated in the old capitol, though he retained direct control of the lands outside the peninsula and had the support of the SPQR to gain more land for himself and his family. In 70 AD, Rhescuporis I Philoromaios Eusebes was given command of 2 Roman legions and conquered large swaths of land around the Danaper river. The addition of this fertile land made Rhescuporis I a very valuable ally of the SPQR, who bestowed upon him the title "Dux Borealis"

In Asia Minor during the first century AD, a civil war had gripped Pontus, with the final king splitting his realm in two, giving the western half of his kingdom to the SPQR, and the eastern half to his heir, but placing him under the Romans' protection against the growing power of the Parthians, who had already subjugated Armenia, turning it into a virtual province of their empire, officially independent, but ruled by their king's brother and in effect being as much a province as any other.

Aside from Pontus and Armenia, only Cappadocia survived in Asia Minor, although it had already lost much of its territory to its two powerful neighbours. Its king had become a playball to the Parthians and Romans, who regarded the weakened kingdom as nothing more but a pin in their political game. In one attempt to strengthen its position, one king married his daughter to the Egyptian Pharaoh around 40 AD. It managed to maintain its independence, though it is painfully aware of the fact that that's only due to their position as a buffer state between the SPQR and Parthia.

With the death of Publius Ventidius Bassus, the Dux Orientis ruling over Syria, his son Marcus tried to take over the reigns of his father, but was unable to muster a good defence against a combined Roman-Parthian attack in 14 AD. He was murdered by his personal guard the next year, who elevated one of his officers to the position of Dux Orientis, and who managed to broker a peace between Syria and its two enemies. Three years later, however, Ptolemy XV Caesarion invaded by sea, retaking the southern ports that were once in the hands of his ancestors, and forcing the new Dux to become his vassal, a position that would be contested and fought over until Syria's ultimate destruction in 65 AD.

The Roman Imperium fared a lot better and a lot more peaceful than their eastern counterparts. Under the rule of Emperor Agrippa, Gaius Silius Nerva went east around the Alps and conquered the upper Ister River region, which would become the province of Pannonia. For both his skill as a general, as well as an administrator, he would later be adopted by Agrippa, becoming Gaius Hirtius Silianus Nerva in 12 AD, and succeeding the Emperor in 13 AD. Emperor Nerva would continue his conquests into Illyria, establishing the upper Ister as a hard border of the Imperium. Before going on a campaign south to retake Sicilia from the Magistrum Pompeia, he publicly adopted a distant relative of Agrippa, Decimus Claudius Nero, who was not a military man, and not as imposing as Nerva or his predecessors, but more of an administrator, with a mind more than sharp enough to rule the expanding empire. Claudius fulfilled that promise, being granted the title of 'Augustus' in 70 AD. He did, however, not continue the tradition of his predecessors, and named his own son Tiberius Claudius Germanicus to be his successor. Despite the break with tradition, Germanicus did take up the Imperial throne upon Claudius Augustus' death in 75 AD.

In the Magistrum, Sextus Pompey had died in 14 BC. Lacking a son and heir, the rule of the fleet would pass to his sister's son Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus.The Magistrum would suffer multiple defeats at the hands of their neighbours, being reduced in the eastern Mediterranean to mere pirates, and losing Sicilia and Ebusus to the Imperium in the western Mediterranean. The rule of the Magistrum would continue down the Pompeyan bloodline, with either sons, nephews, or sons-in-law taking over the reign after their predecessor's death, or, in certain situations, assassinations.

The Imperium Gallico had a rough first century AD. The Lepidan dynasty lasted until the assassination of Lucius Aemilius Lepidus the Fourth in 53 AD, after which the throne was taken by Vindex, who not only styled himself 'Imperator Gallico', but also "Rex Gallorum", 'King of the Gauls'. He himself was deposed as well by a rival chieftain in the imperial court, Cingetorix. By this time, almost none of the Lepidan dynasty were alive, and the Gaulic Imperium had truly become a centralised Gaulic state, in the process of shedding all Roman pretenses.

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Rulers:

Imperium Gallico (Gaul):
42-32 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Imperator Gallico
32-5 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor [Lepidus Secundus], Imperator Gallico
5 BC-29 AD, Manius Aemilius Lepidus [Lepidus Tertius], Imperator Gallico
29-53, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus [Lepidus Quartus], Imperator Gallico
53-74, Caius Julius Vindex, Imperator Gallico et Rex Gallorum
74-.., Lucius Cingetorix , Rex Gallorum et Imperator Gallico

Imperium Romanus (Rome, Italy, and Hispania):
42-18 BC, Aulus Hirtius, Dictator Perpetuo
18 BC-13 AD, Aulus Hirtius Vipsanianus Agrippa, Dictator Perpetuo Imperatorque Romanus
13-27, Gaius Hirtius Silianus Nerva Afrippa, DPIQR
27-75, Decimus Claudianus Nero Agrippa Augustus, DPIQR

75-.., Tiberius D.f. Claudianus Nero Agrippa Germanicus, DPIQR

Magistrum Pompeia (Sicily and the Mediterranean Sea):
42-14 BC, Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, Magister Navium Marisque
14 BC-24 AD, Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus, Magister Navium Marisque
24-42, Marcus Vibius Pompeius, MNMQ
42-51, Sextus Vibius Pompeius, MNMQ
51-53, Secundus Vibius Pompeius, MNMQ
53-72, Gnaeus Aelius Magnus Pius, MNMQ
72-73, Marcus Vibius Pompeius Posthumus, MNMQ
73,    Juba Magnus of Carthage, MNMQ
73- . ., Tertius Aelius Magnus Pius, MNMQ

Senatus Populusque Romanus (Macedonia):
42-.. BC, SPQR in Thessalonike

Syria:
39-33 BC, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Proconsul Syriae
33-20 BC, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Dux Orientis
20-15 BC, Marcus Ventidius Bassus, Dux Orientis
15 BC-1 AD, Gaius Tillius, Dux Orientis
1-34, various leaders, none ruling for more than 2 years

Ptolemaike Basileia (Egypt):
51-20 BC, Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt
20 BC-1, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
1-6 AD, Thea Arsinoe IV (with Ptolemy XVI)
1-27,    Ptolemy XVI Philometor Caesar
7-29, Selene II (until 27 with Ptolemy XVI, after with Ptolemy XVII)
27-60,    Ptolemy XVII Neos Alexander III
60-99,    Ptolemy XVIII Philopator Theos Alexander IV
99- . .,    Ptolemy XIX Alexander V

Description

as requested by HeliosMegistos :

Would it be possible to request a follow up to an earlier request I pitched to you?
Specifically one for The Roman Republic Dissolved but set between 100 to 150 years later?
It would be interesting to see the changes that happen to the situation between the Roman fragments and if the Ptolemies make it much longer or if Parthia ends up picking them off etc.

!!DISCLAIMER!!
This scenario covers a time period of 100-200 years after the original PoD.
Therefor, the accuracy and realism of this scenario is significantly lower than in part one. Still... this is a lot of fun
So enjoy.

PoD: 21st of April, 43 BC

During the first century after the collapse of the old Roman Republic, the renewed SPQR underwent a period of reorganisation. They had lost most of their resources with the lost provinces of Africa, Hispania and Italia itself, and their remaining provinces had almost too many mouths to feed. This problem the Romans solved in the most Roman way possible: conquest.

In 12 AD, Rhoemetalces I, the king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace, mysteriously died and was succeeded by his brother Rhescuporis, usurping the rights of Rhoemetalces' son Cotys. When the prince returned after a trip to Thessalonike to implore the Senate to aid him, he was captured by Rhescuporis and "committed suicide", as the king put it. This went against the will and politics of the Roman Senate, and this played right into the hand of former consul Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, one of the Republics best, and also most eager, generals. In 16 AD, general Calpurnius invaded Thrace, reaching the great river Ister within 2 years, subjugating the entire former kingdom. In the next year, the exiled king was captured and brought back to Thessalonike, where he was publicly tried and executed. Culpurnius Piso was made Proconsul of Moesia and Cisisteria, receiving the agnomen "Isteris" for his victories, with Thracia going to another, as it was the more civilised province, and as such did not require the presence of the conquering general to uphold peace.

A similar assimilation was executed in 45 AD, during a civil in the Bosporan Kingdom. Two brothers were vieing for the throne, and after pleading to the Senate, Lucius Clapurnius Piso Isteris, grandson of Culpurnius Isteris who conquered Thrace, was given command of the intervention force. The Crimea was transformed into the province of Cimmerium, and the new king of the Bosporan Kingdom was seated in the old capitol, though he retained direct control of the lands outside the peninsula and had the support of the SPQR to gain more land for himself and his family. In 70 AD, Rhescuporis I Philoromaios Eusebes was given command of 2 Roman legions and conquered large swaths of land around the Danaper river. The addition of this fertile land made Rhescuporis I a very valuable ally of the SPQR, who bestowed upon him the title "Dux Borealis"

In Asia Minor during the first century AD, a civil war had gripped Pontus, with the final king splitting his realm in two, giving the western half of his kingdom to the SPQR, and the eastern half to his heir, but placing him under the Romans' protection against the growing power of the Parthians, who had already subjugated Armenia, turning it into a virtual province of their empire, officially independent, but ruled by their king's brother and in effect being as much a province as any other.

Aside from Pontus and Armenia, only Cappadocia survived in Asia Minor, although it had already lost much of its territory to its two powerful neighbours. Its king had become a playball to the Parthians and Romans, who regarded the weakened kingdom as nothing more but a pin in their political game. In one attempt to strengthen its position, one king married his daughter to the Egyptian Pharaoh around 40 AD. It managed to maintain its independence, though it is painfully aware of the fact that that's only due to their position as a buffer state between the SPQR and Parthia.

With the death of Publius Ventidius Bassus, the Dux Orientis ruling over Syria, his son Marcus tried to take over the reigns of his father, but was unable to muster a good defence against a combined Roman-Parthian attack in 14 AD. He was murdered by his personal guard the next year, who elevated one of his officers to the position of Dux Orientis, and who managed to broker a peace between Syria and its two enemies. Three years later, however, Ptolemy XV Caesarion invaded by sea, retaking the southern ports that were once in the hands of his ancestors, and forcing the new Dux to become his vassal, a position that would be contested and fought over until Syria's ultimate destruction in 65 AD.

The Roman Imperium fared a lot better and a lot more peaceful than their eastern counterparts. Under the rule of Emperor Agrippa, Gaius Silius Nerva went east around the Alps and conquered the upper Ister River region, which would become the province of Pannonia. For both his skill as a general, as well as an administrator, he would later be adopted by Agrippa, becoming Gaius Hirtius Silianus Nerva in 12 AD, and succeeding the Emperor in 13 AD. Emperor Nerva would continue his conquests into Illyria, establishing the upper Ister as a hard border of the Imperium. Before going on a campaign south to retake Sicilia from the Magistrum Pompeia, he publicly adopted a distant relative of Agrippa, Decimus Claudius Nero, who was not a military man, and not as imposing as Nerva or his predecessors, but more of an administrator, with a mind more than sharp enough to rule the expanding empire. Claudius fulfilled that promise, being granted the title of 'Augustus' in 70 AD. He did, however, not continue the tradition of his predecessors, and named his own son Tiberius Claudius Germanicus to be his successor. Despite the break with tradition, Germanicus did take up the Imperial throne upon Claudius Augustus' death in 75 AD.

In the Magistrum, Sextus Pompey had died in 14 BC. Lacking a son and heir, the rule of the fleet would pass to his sister's son Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus.The Magistrum would suffer multiple defeats at the hands of their neighbours, being reduced in the eastern Mediterranean to mere pirates, and losing Sicilia and Ebusus to the Imperium in the western Mediterranean. The rule of the Magistrum would continue down the Pompeyan bloodline, with either sons, nephews, or sons-in-law taking over the reign after their predecessor's death, or, in certain situations, assassinations.

The Imperium Gallico had a rough first century AD. The Lepidan dynasty lasted until the assassination of Lucius Aemilius Lepidus the Fourth in 53 AD, after which the throne was taken by Vindex, who not only styled himself 'Imperator Gallico', but also "Rex Gallorum", 'King of the Gauls'. He himself was deposed as well by a rival chieftain in the imperial court, Cingetorix. By this time, almost none of the Lepidan dynasty were alive, and the Gaulic Imperium had truly become a centralised Gaulic state, in the process of shedding all Roman pretenses.

==========================

Rulers:

Imperium Gallico (Gaul):
42-32 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Imperator Gallico
32-5 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor [Lepidus Secundus], Imperator Gallico
5 BC-29 AD, Manius Aemilius Lepidus [Lepidus Tertius], Imperator Gallico
29-53, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus [Lepidus Quartus], Imperator Gallico
53-74, Caius Julius Vindex, Imperator Gallico et Rex Gallorum
74-.., Lucius Cingetorix , Rex Gallorum et Imperator Gallico

Imperium Romanus (Rome, Italy, and Hispania):
42-18 BC, Aulus Hirtius, Dictator Perpetuo
18 BC-13 AD, Aulus Hirtius Vipsanianus Agrippa, Dictator Perpetuo Imperatorque Romanus
13-27, Gaius Hirtius Silianus Nerva Afrippa, DPIQR
27-75, Decimus Claudianus Nero Agrippa Augustus, DPIQR

75-.., Tiberius D.f. Claudianus Nero Agrippa Germanicus, DPIQR

Magistrum Pompeia (Sicily and the Mediterranean Sea):
42-14 BC, Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, Magister Navium Marisque
14 BC-24 AD, Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus, Magister Navium Marisque
24-42, Marcus Vibius Pompeius, MNMQ
42-51, Sextus Vibius Pompeius, MNMQ
51-53, Secundus Vibius Pompeius, MNMQ
53-72, Gnaeus Aelius Magnus Pius, MNMQ
72-73, Marcus Vibius Pompeius Posthumus, MNMQ
73,    Juba Magnus of Carthage, MNMQ
73- . ., Tertius Aelius Magnus Pius, MNMQ

Senatus Populusque Romanus (Macedonia):
42-.. BC, SPQR in Thessalonike

Syria:
39-33 BC, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Proconsul Syriae
33-20 BC, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Dux Orientis
20-15 BC, Marcus Ventidius Bassus, Dux Orientis
15 BC-1 AD, Gaius Tillius, Dux Orientis
1-34, various leaders, none ruling for more than 2 years

Ptolemaike Basileia (Egypt):
51-20 BC, Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt
20 BC-1, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
1-6 AD, Thea Arsinoe IV (with Ptolemy XVI)
1-27,    Ptolemy XVI Philometor Caesar
7-29, Selene II (until 27 with Ptolemy XVI, after with Ptolemy XVII)
27-60,    Ptolemy XVII Neos Alexander III
60-99,    Ptolemy XVIII Philopator Theos Alexander IV
99- . .,    Ptolemy XIX Alexander V