Ch. 31 & 32 Culture

Question 1

When was Caesar murdered?

Answer 1

44 BC

Question 2

When was Antony born?

Answer 2

In either 82 or 81 BC

Question 3

Who characterized Antony as a gambler?

Answer 3

Cicero

Question 4

How were Caesar’s killers received by the Roman people?

Answer 4

Not well

Question 5

How did Antony respond to Caesar’s killers?

Answer 5

pretended to make peace with them

Question 6

To whom did Caesar leave his gardens beyond the Tiber in his will?

Answer 6

The Roman people

Question 7

How much money did Caesar leave the Roman people?

Answer 7

300 sesterces ($12)

Question 8

How did Antony rouse the people after Caesar’s death?

Answer 8

talked about Caesar’s generous will and displaying corpse and blood-stained toga

Question 9

Who were the two leaders of Caesar’s assassination?

Answer 9

Brutus and Cassius

Question 10

Name the English playwright and play in which the Caesar situation was dramatized.

Answer 10

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Question 11

Who was Caesar’s chief heir and how old was he at the time of Caesar’s death?

Answer 11

Octavian (great nephew/adopted son) was 18

Question 12

What was the name given to the speeches that Cicero spoke against Antony and why?

Answer 12

Philippics (homage to Demosthenes, Athenian orator, vs. Philip of Macedon)

Question 13

How did the Philippics impact Rome’s situation?

Answer 13

futile in long run, but senate turned to Octavian for support

Question 14

How many legions did Octavian bring against the senate when they were about to support Caesar’s murderers?

Answer 14

8

Question 15

What did Octavian demand of the senate?

Answer 15

to be made consul

Question 16

When was the Second Triumvirate formed?

Answer 16

43 BC

Question 17

Who did the Second Triumvirate consist of?

Answer 17

Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus

Question 18

Who was Lepidus?

Answer 18

Caesar’s magister equitum (master of the calvary) from 46-44 BC and one of the triumvirs

Question 19

Who did Octavian marry?

Answer 19

Antony’s stepdaughter Claudia

Question 20

Who did Antony marry?

Answer 20

Octavian’s sister Octavia

Question 21

To rid themselves of their political enemies and replenish their finances, what did the triumvirs institute?

Answer 21

proscription (posted names of people to be murdered aka Roman hitlist), murderer got reward, triumvirs/state got dead man’s property

Question 22

How many senators and how many equites (knights) were proscribed?

Answer 22

300, 2000

Question 23

When did Octavian and Antony engage with the forces of Brutus and Cassius, what was the name of this battle, and where did it take place?

Answer 23

42 BC, Philippi, eastern Macedonia

Question 24

What were the reasons why Octavian allowed Cicero’s proscription

Answer 24

Cicero gloated over Caesar’s assassination and he said that Octavian was a pawn to be cast aside during the Antony vs. senate dispute