CLA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pontifex Maximus, Octavians, Brindisi

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: Richard Burgess

Document Summary

Caesar died at the foot of pompey statue. The curia pompeiana was walled up by augustus eventually turned into a public toilet. Caesar did away with the last vestiges of the old republic: what had made the republic strong, he essentially made himself king brutus and cassius largely right in thinking him possessed of those kinds of ambitions. Caesarian faction they give brutus, cassius and their supporters 48 hours to go into exile: the anti-caesarians set up base in greece, getting power for themselves. One of the most important events for western history: caesar"s will is read. He was an 18-year-old student in apollonia in illyricum c. octavius he takes. Caesar"s name when adopted, it is a custom with adoptions just as it is with freedmen becomes c. iulius caesar octavianus (the -ianus added to original name when adopted) He is usually referred to as octavian. Octavian realizes he isn"t going to get anywhere if there"s another civil war.