CLAS202 Lecture 6: Clas 202 Midterm #2
10 Dec 2015
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44bc murdered on ides (15th) of march by leading conspirators, Brutus & cassius (+60 senators: proclaimed death of a tyrant" and restoration of the. Marc antony holds power briefly (cleopatra + caesarion return to. Born in 63bc sickly (epileptic) but handsome, brave and scholarly. Changes name to gaius julius caesar octavianus. Gathers caesar"s veterans to him w/promises of bonuses to march on rome and demand inheritance + consulship -> deifies caesar. People love him as caesar"s heir, troops won"t fight against him. Gets inheritance from antony, senate grants consulship and try to use octavian against antony and his ambition. Alliance btw octavian, lepidus & antony to share power and keep. Triumvirs for restoration of the state = triumviri rei publicae. Battle of philippi (42bc) brutus, cassius and last republican army defeated: civil war ends, 2nd triumvirate begins to disintegrate. 40bc octavia the younger (octavian"s sister) marries antony to cement alliance.
