CLST 201 : week 10 and 11.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Antony is in control of east, octavian of the west, in what is becoming a divided empire. Pitting the two as antagonists against each other. Same political strife that had earlier developed between caesar& pompey would thus again rear its ugly head and be renewed by octavian & antony in the 30s bc culminating in the battle of actium in 31 bc. After defeating sextus in 36, octavian was granted a tribune sactrosanctity the same year. The careful attention that he paid to building up the backing of a political clientele not only consisting of wealthy equestrians and new men but also of members of the old established republican nobility. Octavian was trying to ingratiate himself among the governing classes and broadening the scope of his support in preparation for the day of possible conflict with antony. Antony marched east through armenia, and relied too much upon the armenian king.