Re: The Men of the Republic
It's weird to think that 20 years after than pic, there were no rebel provinces for the celtic factions and that Britain was united.
And to think that in just 25 years later, any gradson of Cotta was considered a instant Alexander.
And to think that the Pisidikes family (now the Tasivs) could have such a rolercoaster of a history, and how they now look set to become the masters of Rome...
Malchos Saggolassou Pisidikes Tasivs
Pisidikes was Cotta's best general, even including Cotta's own son, Barivs Alvlvs Cotta Africanivs Gallicivs, who despite vast hype, and able skill, never left Italy, he served well under his farther, but was suprisingly given imperium over Cacalpine Gaul and northen italy, instead of the command of the Fourth Legion.
Pisidikes however was a general of much history, Born in Syria into a family loyal to the Seculids, he was sent into exile when the Ptolmids took Antioch. He spent most of his youth in Asia minor, before joining Phyrus. Phyrus sent him to Taras, where he was proved to be a masterfull general, but he was not at Taras when it fell, he was captured shortly afterwards.
The consul of the year, A.Tasivs, took a liking to him, and secured his release before adopting him.
In this postion he became a member of Cotta's retuine, and was made into leader of the fourth.
Cotta trusted him completely in his conduct in Cotta's Wars, he took Mediolanium for Rome, raised a auxilia legion, and then raised the Sixth "Gaullia", and he took these two legions and spent a campain season simply burning all Gaulic life north of the Alps.
When Massilia was besieged by the Arverni, Pisidikes could not bear this, and having got permission, marched across the alps and saved the greek settlement, which became a member of the Koinon Hellion, the group of greek states friendly to Rome.
When Cotta met with deligates from the KH, they both swore friendship to each other, and Cotta said "I trust you Greeks as Much as I trust my Greek, Pisidikes"
Pisidikes young son, Sextvs Egrnivs Tasivs was with Pisidikes in the fourth legion, on that day where it was proved the the KH was as trustworthy as Pisidikes, and Rome suffered it's worse loss in it's history.
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