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

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

He addressed a large crowd and was warmly applauded.

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

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

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

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

The letter repeated Atia's earlier advice to return to Rome quickly and quietly.

However, a coin of Antony's, issued at Tarentum, shows Antony's and Octavia's heads facing each other:

In 53 B.C., Crassus commanded an expedition against the Parthian empire

minister of culture," Maecenas, well understood the power of literature to promote official values.

He had become a well-loved figure in Apollonia and many of its citizens came to his house begging him to stay.

Caesar had written a new will during the brief Italian holiday on his return from Spain in 45 B.C.

The remaining units of the republican army surrendered.

presently occupied by Cleopatra, who was busy packing her bags for a rapid exit to Egypt.

Octavian was less generous with the remains:

Officially, a legion had a strength of between four thousand and six thousand men

Eighteen cities in Italy were marked down for land confiscation and freeholders were summarily dispossessed.

Riding in parallel on the shore was his cavalry. Then up from the south marched Sextus' infantry.

they missed the opportunity not only to win a decisive victory but also to capture the triumvir.

Antony, who had spent the winter at Athens, agreed to return to Italy in the spring or early

This was a massive blow to Rome's pride that would demand revenge

ILLYRICUM WAS A WILD AND savage place. It lay along much of the length of the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea

the writing of a monumental history of Rome, from the foundation to 9 B.C.