post Marian campaign request

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Cheexsta 07:47 11-18-2007

Originally Posted by Diamondj:
I'm trying to think of why they would chose 77 BC for the date to begin the campaign. There are basically three dates that most historians use as the beginning of the Roman Empire. The first and least common is 44 BC when Caesar was declaring dictator for life. The second and most common was 31 BC when Octavian defeated Marc Antony at Actium thus crushing the last real opposition to his rule, and the third is 27 BC when Octavian was given the title Augustus and the start of the first settlement.

Because 77BC marked the first of the Roman civil wars, the one between Marius and Sulla.

You know, the guys who are responsible for the reformed Roman army.

That kinda made it possible for power to be gained through civil war.

And set the first precedent for several consecutive consulships.

And set the first precedent for extended dictatorships.

77BC is an important date when considering the causes for the formation of the Roman principate, and was thus used as the first of the FMIR mods concentrating on the formation of the principate.

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