Crossing the Rubicon: Caesar in Rome (OOC/Character RP/Open)

[Lunas Legion]

Hmm. To go Cato, Brutus, Cassius, Titus Labienus or Metellus Scipio?

All good choices. I almost went with Labienus myself.

That's the problem really. They're all good options, but none of them really stands out from the others.

[Theodosiya]

Excuse me. Could i play as a guy who are 2nd generation Roman? (Born to romanized Socii/non Roman Italian family.) AFAIK, post Socii War, most or the entire Roman Italian allies are granted citizenship. But say, this guy family still retain part of their older heritage. Probably have a Etrurian father and Umbrian mother.

[Of the Quendi]

All good choices. I almost went with Labienus myself.

That's the problem really. They're all good options, but none of them really stands out from the others.

I don't know, they all have their different personalities, qualities and aspirations. I guess it depends on what you want to do in the RP.

[Lunas Legion]

That's the problem really. They're all good options, but none of them really stands out from the others.

I don't know, they all have their different personalities, qualities and aspirations. I guess it depends on what you want to do in the RP.

Well, a bit of research shows that Brutus and Cassius do little in the civil war, so I think I'll go with Scipio or Cato.

[Theodosiya]

(WIP)

App:
Name: Sabinus Lusinies
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Faction: Populares
Short Bio: Sabinus Lusinies was born to a wealthy, upper middle class, "Romanized" family of Etrusco-Umbrian origin, his father an Etruscan and his mother an Umbrian. His parents are rich enough to hire Greeks and Romans to be his tutor from his youth. All of them noticed his intelligence and interest in military and rulership, and suggested to his parents that he should go to Alexandria and Athens to further his study. So, barely 12 years old, he goes to Alexandria, and studied there for 4 years, where he managed to impress many people and scholars with his oratory skills. He then come back home for a year, before setting out again, this time for Athens, polishing his oratory, debates and philosophical skill. Living there for 3 year, he also spend some time in Sparta, observing and learning about the lives of the Spartans, Perikoi and Helots alike. He come back to Italy after 3 months in Sparta, and lives in Rome for a year before coming back to his family in Perusia. He help his father there for a year, while getting prepared for his cursus honorum, before joining the XIII Gemina, under Gaius Julius Caesar, partly due to the fact that his family owes their survival to the Julia clan, and because he admires Caesar.
Goals: Survive the wars, serve Caesar, be a Legate or a military governor, maybe in Armenia or Media or in Germania.
Talents (Military Commander/Wealthy/etc.): Quite wealthy, thanks to parents coming from nobility. Above average capabilities in melee fighting, leadership and tactical and strategical maneuvers. Intelligent and well educated, speaking Greek, Latin, Etruscan, Raetic, Celtic and Umbrian. He's also charismatic.
Personality: Diligent, patient, calculative, merciful and friendly. He's also observant and quite open to different cultures, for the standard of his time.

Working/thinking on bio. Would have wear a combination of subarmalis, greaves, pteruges, muscle cuirass and the Apulo-Corinthian helmet. Arming himself with a spatha, pugio, hasta and a scutum.

[Of the Quendi]

Well, a bit of research shows that Brutus and Cassius do little in the civil war, so I think I'll go with Scipio or Cato.

I don't know much of Scipio but his wiki page doesn't seem to indicate that he was a great roman statesman: wiki

[Lunas Legion]

Well, a bit of research shows that Brutus and Cassius do little in the civil war, so I think I'll go with Scipio or Cato.

I don't know much of Scipio but his wiki page doesn't seem to indicate that he was a great roman statesman: wiki

Yeah, but sometimes playing despicable people can be fun, and it'd be either him or Cato.

[Britanania]

Glad to see that Pompey advanced basically a year of time in a single post /s

[Theodosiya]

Opinion on my OC above?

[Nea Byzantia]

Glad to see that Pompey advanced basically a year of time in a single post /s

Wait...Pompey can't invade Mesopotamia overnight. This is madness.

[Britanania]

Glad to see that Pompey advanced basically a year of time in a single post /s

Wait...Pompey can't invade Mesopotamia overnight. This is madness.

Precisely my point. It would take months for the news that the Parthians are mobilizing to even reach Rome, let alone the Senate deciding how to act. With a civil war raging there is no way he'd be dispatched. Likely a lesser commander would be sent while Pompey resolves the crisis of Caesar. This doesn't account for the time it would take to muster a response force and moving them to Syira.

[Nea Byzantia]

Wait...Pompey can't invade Mesopotamia overnight. This is madness.

Precisely my point. It would take months for the news that the Parthians are mobilizing to even reach Rome, let alone the Senate deciding how to act. With a civil war raging there is no way he'd be dispatched. Likely a lesser commander would be sent while Pompey resolves the crisis of Caesar. This doesn't account for the time it would take to muster a response force and moving them to Syira.

Pompey, you might think you're a god...but you're not. Also, by the time Rome decides to respond, Parthia will have overrun Syria.

[Britanania]

Precisely my point. It would take months for the news that the Parthians are mobilizing to even reach Rome, let alone the Senate deciding how to act. With a civil war raging there is no way he'd be dispatched. Likely a lesser commander would be sent while Pompey resolves the crisis of Caesar. This doesn't account for the time it would take to muster a response force and moving them to Syira.

Pompey, you might think you're a god...but you're not. Also, by the time Rome decides to respond, Parthia will have overrun Syria.

Well there are Roman forces in Syria, and Egypt is allied to Rome and can send forces. Parthia can't curb stomp in a single campaign

[Of the Quendi]

Well there are Roman forces in Syria, and Egypt is allied to Rome and can send forces. Parthia can't curb stomp in a single campaign

Indeed there are Roman forces in Syria. After the battle of Carrhae Orodes invaded Syria only to find the Cassius had taken command of the Roman survivors and was prepared to defend Syria. Crown Prince Pacorus and a general called Osaces then invaded Syria only to be defeated by Cassius at Antigonia where Osaces was killed. That ended that Parthian offensive.

Cassius may have left for Rome but I doubt he brought many of his troops with him so there would be a defensive force in Syria that very recently inflicted a pretty serious defeat on the Parthians. Scipio commands them.

[Nea Byzantia]

Well there are Roman forces in Syria, and Egypt is allied to Rome and can send forces. Parthia can't curb stomp in a single campaign

Indeed there are Roman forces in Syria. After the battle of Carrhae Orodes invaded Syria only to find the Cassius had taken command of the Roman survivors and was prepared to defend Syria. Crown Prince Pacorus and a general called Osaces then invaded Syria only to be defeated by Cassius at Antigonia where Osaces was killed. That ended that Parthian offensive.

Cassius may have left for Rome but I doubt he brought many of his troops with him so there would be a defensive force in Syria that very recently inflicted a pretty serious defeat on the Parthians. Scipio commands them.

That's true. But maybe this time will be different?

[Holy Tedalonia]

Tag

[Of the Quendi]

That's true. But maybe this time will be different?

All of the things I mentioned are things that has already happened (except perhaps Scipio's proconsulship, it began in the year 49 BC so if we are early in the year he has not been appointed yet). The Parthian invasion of Syria that Cassius defeated took place in 51 BC.

[Kernan]

Alright guys I got my new computer. Mind catching me up on the major happenings of the world?

[Olthenia]

Are there any particular senatorial boots which need filling on the side of the Optimates?

[Of the Quendi]

Hate to break it to you folks but this thing sadly appear to be very very dead.