Who were the roman republic's worst enemies?

[Recoil]

Guerilla tactics or otherwise, Teutoburg forest is a victory the likes of Cannae, I daresay... for its impact on history and culture, even to this day. Not only did it halt Roman expansion, but it made Germanic tribes later on even bolder. It gave us the expression we use today "to fall on one's sword" and it gave the histories one of its most colourful quotes: "Varus, give me back my legions!" Augustus nearly lost hold of his sanity, the numbers of the three legions that were decimated were never again used. So imagine the impact this had on Roman military pride.

Had Arminius afterwards managed to unite the Germanic tribes, then... vee'd all be shpeaking German today, ja?

i was under the impression that 'to fall on ones sword' was simply known since many commanders killed themselves in defeat/ shame, not simply because of the teutoburger ambush. also, since a lot of people speak english...which is in itself derived from germanic origins....we are speaking zee german!


but back on topic, i reckon ambitious romans were definitely the republics worst enemy- perhaps you can mod characters in your own mod so that they rebel against rome and try to take rome?

[brandt]

but back on topic, i reckon ambitious romans were definitely the republics worst enemy- perhaps you can mod characters in your own mod so that they rebel against rome and try to take rome?

I think that's a good idea, but it should only be triggered when rome is not in immedeate danger from foreign powers. I think several conditions should be fulfilled before a character rebels:
1, Marian reforms have taken place
2, Only succesfull generals can rebel
3, No foreign army must be in the vicinity of the Italian peninsula

As for my two cents about Rome's worst enemies:

I'd have to say slaves and pirates

[Zarax]

Err, no thanks, this would be just re-making vanilla, plus we're on the brink of ditching the roman rebels from XGM due to their uselessness.