CLST 201 Lecture Notes - Ambracian Gulf, Octavians, Pontifex Maximus
18 Mar 2013
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Sextus is an ass, doesn"t end the naval blockade, despite agreement. Octavian got all of west, antony got the east. Their rivalry was getting intense, despite antony marrying octavia, sister of octavian. 37 antony gets back together with cleo (they had been together in 41, in 40, cleo bore twins for antony). Antony publically went through a ceremony with cleo in antioch, sort of a marriage. 36 ptolemy philadelphus, son of antony and cleo born. 36 naval battle off naulochus, agrippa defeated sextus. Lepidus stripped of power, only kept pontifex maximus. Began building up his support up, got lots of followers, ingratiating himself in general. Antony headed to syria, tried to invade parthia against the advice of cleopatra. Tried to march through armenia, but the disloyal armenian king, artavasdes withdrew his support at a critical juncture, allowing the parthians to destroy the roman siege engines and food supplies. Antony was forced to retreat, but 20,000 men still died.
