28 Flashcards
The Immidiate response to Ceaser’s assassination
Conspirators flee, Lepidus gets an army, Marc Antony takes charge of troops and basically institutes martial law in rome
17 march 44 senate proceedings
Conspirators granted amnesty via resolution from Cicero, approved a pubic funeral of Ceaser
Ceasar’s will
Octavius (his great nephew) is chief heir Decius Brutus is contingent heir 300 sesteces each and his private gardens go to the people of rome
The funeral of Caesar
The reading of the will, a speech by Antony( freinds, Romans, countrymen lend me your ears) led to a mob forming and the conspirators fleeing out of fear
Antony’s strategy in dealing with the consequences
Largely conciliatory giving many allowences to the conspirators
Antony’s spending habits
He spent most of Octavian’s inheritance and the public funds in his short time with complete power in Rome
Octavians initial reaction to the death of Ceaser
He demands his inheritance and when he is refused rallies Caesar’s armies around him
Antony vs Octavian pt 1
Happened in august Antony goes to Gaul Octavian pursues until Caesar’s soldiers persuade them to stop
Brutus and Cassius break the silence
In July of 44 they ask for better privinces Antony threatens them and they flee from Italy to amass an army\
Cicero’s philippics
In September 44 Antony insults Cicero publicly Cicero then evicera6es Antony in a speech and a pamphlet titled the first and second philippics respectively
Octavian vs Antony pt 2
In October 44 Antony falsifies a crime, Octavian rallies several thousand of Antony’s troops against him
D. Brutus vs Antony
Antony takes command of Gaul from Brutus
Cicero’s latter philippics and moves against Antony
On New Year’s Day 43 Cicero after giving the third and fifth philippics give Octavian command aginst Antony and declare Antony an enemy of rome while asking the consuls hirtius and pansa to raise troops
New Year’s Day 43
Cicero asks Octavian to take command aginst Marc Antony and orders the new consuls hirtius and pansa to collect troops
February 23 44
Senate declares Antony an enemy of the state
Battle of mutina
Hirtius pansa and Octavian beat Antony and save d. Brutus
Antony’s Allies in 43
Asinius pollio, munatius plancus, Lepidus (equal in rank to Antony unlike the other two)
D. Brutus’ end
His army deserts him as he flees over the alps and he is put to death by a brigand chief
Hirtius and pansa’ s fate
Both dies shortly after mutina leaving Octavian in charge and deeply vengeful towards the killers of Ceaser
July 43
Octavian takes Rome after presenting an ummeatable ultamatum
Octavian’s knights
Salvidienus Rufus, vipsanius Agrippa , maecenas
Octavian as consul
In 43- revoked amnesty of the conspirators, gave amnesty to Antony
Conference at bononia
Formation of the second triumvirate -peacemaking of Marc Antony and Octavian mediated by Lepidus
Lex Titia
Leagalized the second triumvirate passed in 27 nov 43 -the death of the republic
The triumvir’s proscriptions
massive and sudden primarily for monetary gain included Cicero
Hortensia
Wealthy women who protested when the triumvirs tried to tax wemon only with the phrase no enfranchisement no taxation this made them stop
Cicero’s death
Hands on the rostra - proscriptioned