The second triumvirate Flashcards
what led to the battle of Mutina
-after the assasnation of caesar Brutus and Cassius run away to there provinces as well as Decimus Brutus who goes to Gaul
-Cicero congratulates the conspirators at the capatiline hill and convinces the senate to make Antony a public enemy as well as releasing his Phillipics
-they order Octavian to fight antony in gaul
what happened in Mutina and when was it
-43BC
-Antony decides to march to gaul to try and beat Decimus Brutus and gets beat
-Octavian shows up to beat Antony but instead turns to Brutus
-he marches to battle with the consuls Hirtius and Pansa who die in the battle which suetonius reckons was engineered
-Octavian demands consulship with his 8 legions even though hes 19 which they give him
-Decimuses legions leave him for octavian
what happens at Phillipi and when was it
-42BC
-Antony and Octavians 27 legions against Brutus and Cassius
-the caesarians have no supplies so attack early destroying the 19 legions theyre against
-B+C have high ground but cassius fless the field making brutus think hes dead so he kill himself and then on returning cassius does the same
-lepidus is left in charge of italy
what happened in 41BC after the battle of Phillipi
-in agreement with octavian antony went east to raise funds and partied in asia minor, greece and ephesus being known as the ‘new dionysus’
-went to egypt and met with cleopatra as she had helped cassius and he needed the treasures of ptolomy
-cleopatra becomes his mistress to strengthen her rule in egypt and kill her sister arsinoe an then did not seen antony in 4 years
what happened with the parthians and parthini in 39BC
-parthians invade syria and parthini invade macedonia and negotiate terms with octavian at brudisium who makes his HQ athens with his new wife Octavia and conducted his wars
-by 39 the parthini were reduced and the parthians were pushed back to the euphrates
-herod escapes to rome and becomes king of judea
what were Antonys relations like with cleopatra in 37BC
-antony did not get the troops he wanted at tarentum and sent octavia back home to give birth while he was with cleo in antioch
-married her under egyptian law even though octavia remained loyal to him
-legitimised his children with cleo and gave her syria and cyprus
what happened during the parthian war in 36BC
-goes to parthia to avenge crassus and loses 22,000 legionairres and was forced to reorganise in 34BC
why does Octavian begin to clash with Antony in 34BC
-becomes frustrated with cleopatra who wants to reclaim egypts kingdom and push his back
-antony goes to alexandria and celebrates a triumph for conquering armenia. donations of alexandria
-antony implies caesarian is legitimate and octavian isnt
explain what happened to Pompey the younger
-in 40BC the second triumvirate is formed and hes annoyed he wasnt invited
-he infiltrates and disrupts the corn supply forcing the others to make the treaty of Miserium in 39BC
-he gets proconsular imperium for 5 years in Sicilly and the surrounding areas
-he declares himself son of neptune, king of the sea, becomes a pirate and keeps interferring with the corn
-this leads to the battle Naulockus in 36BC and pompey and agrippa engage with pompey using tactics like the harpax grappling hook for the first time
-pompeys 300 ships becomes 17
-he flees to egypt and antony kills him
how did octavian win at actium and what happened afterwards
-antonys 230 warships are destroyed
-malaria undermans his ships and he has to burn some
-agrippa cut off his supplies by occuping Corinth, Leucus and Patrae
-afterwards Octavian becomes imperator for the 6th time
-antonys family were hunted
