Classical Studies 2900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Casus Belli, Octavians, Omphale

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2900
• Professor: Kelly Olson

Document Summary

Antony"s recent triumph in armenia could gain him some additional followers. Octavian was also worried about caesarion, who is the caesar"s true son and might have some support in the roman senate. Antony was angry at octavian for: sending meager forces to aid him in the war against parthia, and had taken his veteran"s land. As a result, antony writes to the senate and proposes to lay down his powers as triumvir if octavian does the same, hoping that octavian would lose supporters because he knew octavian would say no. As a result, antony and cleopatra began preparing for war because they could tell this was what. They join together in ephesus (antony was already in the east); Cleopatra brings ships, supplies, soldiers, etc (basically another army) with her. Back in rome, january 32 bce, two of the consuls on antony"s side were frightened and intimidated by octavian, so they fled east to antony.