Cupiditate Regni Adductus

The title is a Latin phrase, more or less, 'Driven on by lust for kingship,' used by in De Bello Gallico to describe the motivations of his Gallic enemies. However, the phrase better applies to Caesar, and in this timeline, Caesar's 'Cupiditate Regni Adductus' leads to dramatic consequences.

Points of Divergence
This timeline features two POD's, one minor, and one major. The minor one, though earlier, does not effect the second.

POD 1: 57 BC: After murdering his father as in OTL,, dies suddenly, leaving his brother, , as King of Parthia. (Rather than getting killed by Orodes.) Mithridates, more able than his brother, is able to take advantage of the second POD.

POD 2: 48 BC: With one important exception, events after the first POD go much as they did in OTL until 48 BC, when the second, more significant change occurs. After the death of Pompey, and Caesar's arrival in Egypt, he and were (in OTL and ATL) were besieged in Alexandria by the forces of and. In OTL, Ptolemy's general,, ordered the city taken by conventional means, which failed. In this timeline, he instead pretends to negotiate with Caesar, but sends an assassin instead, who successfully kills Caesar and Cleopatra.

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