Parthicus

The Battle of Actium was the battle that would decide the future of the world.In it,Octavian,riding on military victories, defeated Mark Antony.However,Antony had a chance to win the battle five years before in 36 BC.Here he attacked the Parthians to late in the campaigning season and was defeated.However,What If he had given up on persuading Octavian that attacking Sextus Pompey was a bad idea and thus won over the Parthians?What If Mark Antony was Marcus Antonius Parthicus,Mark Antony,Victor over the Parthians? What would it be like in a world of Parthicus?This timeline explores that possibility.

Point of Divergence
Mark Antony realizes that trying to convince Octavian to not attack Sextus Pompey is a waste of time. As such,he has much time to prepare to attack Parthia.Thus,he does not put his siege train before his main army and captures Phraaspa.In the peace,two client states are established from Parthian Mesopotamia,Assyria and Babylonia.The lost eagles are also returned and Parthia is forced into an alliance with Antony,who establishes an alliance with Media for good measure.

Effects

 * Antony wins at Actium.
 * The Roman Republic renounces its client states and the Africa Nova as well as the its East to the Great Ptolmaic Empire.
 * Jesus Christ survives.
 * The Roman Republic survives.
 * Parthia and Media survive with help from the Great Ptolemaic Empire.
 * The Roman Empire never exists.
 * The Gallic Empire splinters from the Roman Republic during the Crisis of the Eighth Century.