Quotes from Anthony Everitt

the boy was given the signal honor of delivering a eulogy at her funeral.

It commanded an empire stretching from Spain (which it had inherited from the Carthaginians nearly a century before)

With him, an idea was implemented as soon as it was thought of.

before) to western Turkey.

Her co-monarch, Ptolemy XV Caesar, was the son whom she claimed, almost certainly truthfully, to have had by Julius Caesar.

The panic-stricken and angry mob did not trust old-style republican politicians to govern effectively

the compass not having been invented, sailors tended to hug the coasts.

Caesarion was the murdered god's real, not adoptive, offspring;

and called for Augustus to be appointed dictator.

He addressed a large crowd and was warmly applauded.

Presumably a storm did overtake Octavius, for he apparently suffered a shipwreck before reaching his destination.

his small party arrived to find the war over and Caesar victorious.

Antony showed little interest in Sextus, but was irritated to find that he had offered his services to the Parthian king.

Caesar was a commander of genius; he was decisive, brave, and, even in the heat of battle capable of creative thinking

In 35 B.C., Sextus Pompeius was executed, presumably with Antony's approval.

He was about twenty-six when he died

Most of the Pompeian leaders died fighting and their heads were brought to Caesar for his inspection.

he went out of his way to shower Octavian with praise.

Gnaeus escaped the battle, but was quickly caught and killed.

Writing on March 15, 44 B.C., she reported that Julius Caesar had been assassinated

at Rome before midday by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and others.

There was no hesitation now to address Octavian as Caesar;

It was a splendid sight: an army peacefully encamped on land and a great fleet lying quietly offshore.

the cautious Octavius felt that he was too inexperienced to carry off a bold action of this kind.