Caesar

[Africanvs]

I completely agree with most of the previous posters in the sense that it is impossible to make conjecture, considering that all events are tied together, cause and effect, etc. However, I don't see anything wrong with wondering what would have happened if history were it to have gone in a different direction. Afterall, when we play a game of EB, that is exactly what we are doing, creating an alternate history, unless you are the type to use force diplomacy to recreate history as it happened. As far as Caesar, I find it hard to believe that he would have restored the republic. He thought Sulla was a fool for giving up power when he had it, and most of the decisions in Caesar's life were made to reach his desired end. Many Romans before him set the stage for his asscension to power, and he knew exactly what he was doing. The fact is that the Roman system was broken and incapable of fixing itself, and Caesar knew, just as well as Octavian after him, that it took one man to rule. Just as Rome had always fallen upon one man to rule as a dictator in an emergency. Had Caesar lived, I believe his rule would have been more or less benevolent as far as the people were concerned. He would have no doubt made several of the reforms that Octavian ended up making. Like Octavian, Caesar was a skilled politician, but he also had the benefit of being a great general as well, which means he would have no doubt campaigned and continued to add to the new empire. Of course who knows? He may have also gone the way of Hamilcar and drowned in a river while on campaign.

[antisocialmunky]

I dunno, he'd either die and people would have fought over his corpse or someone else would have killed him and people would have fought over his corpse. Which isn't too unlike the fighting over his corpse that actually happened... twice.

Its not like Rome wasn't going that way anyways.