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and he was ordered by Pompey to invade Egypt
Who was gabinius
and Cato and the Optimates opposed it
I only know late empire
Not every expansion is a good expansion given the time
Yes!
Aulus Gabinius was a Roman senator who was appointed Governor of Syria
Deciding what to conquer was a VERY complicates shit, return of investment kinda shit
around the time that Caesar was in Gaul, Gabinius was putting down revolts in Judea
and also invaded Egypt when Ptolemy XII was overthrown by his daughter
he also attempted to intervene in a Parthian succession war
Scotland was decided not worth it, even tho they DID conquer it they left cause of that
anyway my point is none of those were wars of expansionism
can't get involved in every single conflict, sending romans off to die
Jews should have been purged like the britons
Gabinius had to go into Egypt to put Ptolemy XII back into power in order to secure the grain supply
Or sabinians
which Cato and Cicero opposed
Fuckers
and which Pompey ordered in the first place
and then Cato and Cicero tried to prosecute Gabinius
in about 5 I've gotta meet contractors
but Caesar ordered Cicero to be the defense attorney of Gabinius
which goes back to my earlier point that Cicero was a snake that couldn't be trusted
which is why literally no one liked him
and his actions during the Catiline Conspiracy
and then later betraying Octavian, were the direct reasons for why he was executed
I'd have to read up on it
to confirm or deny that
I am saying it happened
it is already confirmed
I'm not sure it happened as you said it did
or extra context
what part?
it happened exactly
if there's extra context then I can't know which part obviously
Cicero was constantly going back and forth between Cato et all and Caesar
which is the reason no one wanted him in the conspiracy to kill Caesar
and later on he had Octavian convince Antony to go north to besiege one of the assassins
alright I'm going to meet with contractors