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

regardless, to say Optimates opposed all expansion is absurd

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

so Cicero and Octavian declared Antony an outlaw

and then when Octavian went to go fight Antony, he puleld the rug under Octavian and tried to take over Rome, declaring Octavian an outlaw