CLA-2123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Augustus, Roman Citizenship, Sextus Pompey

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Upset over assassination: marc antony and the assassins. Take over the roman state: caesar"s reforms, caesar"s funeral. Riot; chase away marc antony and the assassins. Caesar"s will: leaves money to each roman citizen, adopts an heir: octavius. Gaius octavius: son of caesar"s niece atia, 18 years old, adopted gaius julius caesar octavianus. Commonly done with adults, not children: gets caesar"s: Returns to italy (from greece: disagreements with marc antony, senate seeks control. Members: aemilius lepidus, octavian, marc antony. Duty: restore the republic: success, no. Destruction of the republic: goal: kill caesar"s assassins, proscriptions. Octavian and antony vs. the assassins: 42 bce: brutus and cassius suicides at philippi, agrippa. Commands army when octavian is too scared to leave his tent and take. Sextus pompey part in the fighting: son of pompey, defeated in 35 bce in sicily. Antony and octavia: married 44 bce, 2 kids by 36 bce. Don"t get along, split up their land.

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