The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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games coinage with image of comet which confirms Caesar’s divine status → made Oct ‘divus filius’ → son of god Impact on Rome: • Upset‚ C was pop by Rome • Initially calm‚ C assassins expected normal government to resume. Antony and Marcus Lepidus remained untouched • Assassins perceived him as dictator and threat to republic. After Rome was sent into turmoil for murdered‚ who had no future plans and though death would lead to restorations of the republic • David Shotter- meant little
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games. * The second triumvirate was formally passed by magistrates during November 43BC. It consisted of the following three leaders: Octavian‚ Marc Antony‚ Lepidus. * Through the triumvirate the western provinces were divided: * Octavian: Africa‚ Sicily‚ Sardinia * Antony: Transalpine‚ Cisalpine‚ Gaul * Lepidus: Spain‚ Gaul * The triumvirates carried out many proscriptions (killing of opponents) which resulted in the death of 2000 equestrians who wealth was used
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After the murder of Julius Caesar‚ a period of civil war erupted in Rome. Out of this turmoil emerged the Second Triumvirate‚ consisting of Lepidus‚ Antony‚ and Octavian‚ who was Julius Caesar’s nephew. This new triumvirate ruled Rome for a decade‚ but as happened with the First Triumverate‚ differences among the leaders eventually emerged. Octavian defeated Lepidus in battle‚ and then turned his armies against the more powerful Mark Antony. Antony had fallen in love with and married the spellbinding
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Ancient History Essay on the Rise of Octavian Discuss the rise of Octavian Gaius Octavius was born in 63 BC‚ the year of Cicero’s consulship‚ into a wealthy and respected family (Octavii) from the countryside south of Rome. With his birth‚ the future of the Roman Empire was radically changed. He was to become one of the most powerful men the world has ever seen‚ using his wit and ruthlessness to achieve the ultimate positions in the Roman Empire…becoming ‘tribunicia potestas’ and ‘imperium maius’
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into returning the boy to Alexandria or perhaps even betrayed him; on the ground that Octavian invited him to take the kingdom of Egypt. The final conflict between Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) and Octavian (future Emperor Augustus)‚ Antony shared control of the Republic in a triumvirate with Octavian and Lepidus‚ but Lepidus was forced into retirement by Octavian in 36 BC‚ leaving Antony and Octavian as rivals. Two years later‚ in 34 BC‚ Antony granted various eastern lands and titles to Caesarion
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Antony and Cleopatra - The Entire Annotated Work Table of Contents Introduction Key Facts Context Plot Overview Shakespearian Language Character List Mark Antony Queen Cleopatra Octavius Caesar Enobarbus Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Pompey Octavia Charmian and Iras The Soothsayer Dolabella Agrippa Camidius Ventidius Scarus Proculeius Diomedes Eros Menas Seleucus Clown Decretas The Entire Play Act I‚ Scene I - V Act II‚ Scene I - VII Act III‚ Scene I - XIII
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speech stirs them to rioting and the conspirators are forced to flee from the city. Brutus and Cassius gather an army in Northern Greece and prepare to fight the forces led by Mark Antony‚ who has joined with Caesar’s great-nephew‚ Octavius‚ and with Lepidus. Away from Rome‚ Brutus and Cassius are filled with doubts about the future and they quarrel bitterly over funds for their soldiers’ pay. They make up the argument and despite the misgivings of Cassius over the site they prepare to engage Antony’s
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AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER Rome a symbol of strength‚ empowerment and prosperity for many‚ leaving no doubt in modern historians thoughts that this utopia was one of the most prominent of the ancient era’s. One dynasty within this epoch stands out‚ as being one of the most provocative and influential was the Julio-Claudian dynasty. This period was introduced with the instigation of the emperor Julio Augustus‚ known as one of the most appreciated emperors in Roman history. After Augustus came the rulers
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wanted Caesar out of power because each of them wanted to become the dictator themselves‚ which would have resulted in further conflict and a bloodier war than the final Roman war. There were sixty accomplices who were lead by Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and Marcus. The original plan was to assassinate Caesar at the elections; the group was going to split up in two divisions “so that while some hurled him from the bridge…as he summoned the tribes to vote‚ the rest might wait below and slay him.” (Plutarch LXXX)
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