Scenarios about 'optimates'
A conservative political faction in the late Roman Republic that supported the aristocracy and traditional privileges of the Senate. The Optimates opposed the populist reforms advocated by the Populares faction and sought to maintain the political dominance of established noble families. Their conflicts with popular leaders like the Gracchi brothers, Marius, and Julius Caesar represent crucial turning points in the Republic's eventual transformation into the Roman Empire.
What If Tiberius Gracchus Succeeded in His Reforms?
Exploring how Roman history might have unfolded if Tiberius Gracchus had successfully implemented his land reforms, potentially preventing the Republic's decline and fall.