asking as someone whose main source of roman knowledge is the History of Rome podcast: did this change during the empire?
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on the psychology and strategy of Roman commanders and why they seem more willing to risk pitched battle.
The point about a consul only having the one year is one I make in my classes - if you want that triumph, you've got to get it done and get it done fast.https://twitter.com/DrMichaelJTayl1/status/1389297646116999168 …
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But a lot of the decisive early 2nd century battles were won by proconsuls, no? Zama, Cynoscephalae, Magnesia.
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Pro-consular offices were also time-limited, often very sharply so - the long commands of Caesar and Pompey were aberrations. Also L. Cornelius Scipio is cos. in 190 for Magnesia and the need to win before the new consul arrives seems to have factored in his decision to fight.
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