The Dacians: Rome\'s Greatest Enemy?

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Caesar's fixation with Alexander the Great was shared by a bewildering number of Roman leaders and emperors, many of whom led vast and costly invasions of Parthia and Persia in emulation of their hero which nearly always ended in disaster. Trajan overstretched himself and died, Lucius Verus brought back a plague that decimated the empire (and killed him), and Julian's foolhardy invasion led to his own death and considerable attrition of the army in the east. If Julian had not invaded Persia, would the army have been in better shape to resist the Goths in 378? If the Goths had been repulsed would they have acted as a buffer against the Huns?...

In fact, Alexander-worship could almost be cited a major contribution to the decline of the Roman army and the eventual fall of the empire... ;-)

But that's a different topic!

That is a very um, daring? Hypothesis.

I do not believe that Caesar would of failed in conquering Persia.

His ambition and military genius in his time proves.

And I will state my opinion that he was greatest of all Roman generals.

But if I must comment on your hypothesis, I will not direct brash comments directly at you, because I that theory is asserted by many. But I find rather naive to say that his ambition in the pending invasion of Parthia caused his death after a time where he decimated Gaul and stamped the Roman eagle of power in Gallic soil. This would of if anything, struck zeal in the hearts of Roman people and whilst this isn't shared by a select few in the Senate, most were actually in full support of Caesar.

My hypotheses on this subject states that, the power of Rome was governed by shadowy figures as are governments today. And the very idea of extending a Roman empire in the fringes of India and beyond didn't serve their ideology and plan.

Caesar was a powerful cancer of influence and creed the people loved, getting stronger day by day... that is what caused his death.

But again that is an entirely different topic than what this thread is about. Which you could say Rome's greatest enemy was herself. Period.