CLAS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Pontifex Maximus, Res Publica
1 Oct 2016
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Multiple office holders w/ right of veto. Did not rise from seat to meet a delegation of senators. Incident @ lupercalia mark antony offered a crown 3x, caesar refused it. Planned to leave for parthia on march 18, 44. Cicero not a part of conspiracy, but sided w/ liberators . Gardens & some of his money to each person. Had d. brutus as heir in the 2nd degree. Adopted grand-nephew, gaius octavius as his heir: cornelius dollabella made consul suffectus in caesar"s palace (cicero"s son-in-law) Supported liberators until antony offered him governorship of syria. Wax effigy of body, w/ wounds, also jc"s bloodied toga. Brutus & cassius go off too eastern provinces & form army. Lepidus gets title of pontifex maximus gaul. G. octavius, in greece @ time of assassination, comes to rome to take inheritance. Growing rift between him & caesar"s other supporters. As consul, ability to pass off own decisions. Cicero comes out of retirement to attack antony.
