octavian comes to rome

year 44BC: what was octavian doing?

• 18 years old

• from an insignificant family

• adopted as julius caesars heir

• gets the name gaius julius caesar

• gives his own money to the poor of rome

• gives a games in honour of J.C

year 44BC: what was mark antony doing?

• caesars fellow consul

• had to deal with the problems after J.C’s death

• responsible for destroying the assassins of J.C

• some people feared he was gaining too much power

year 43BC: what was octavian doing?

• decimus brutus was overthrown and the senate asked consuls hurtius and pansa to defeat M.A

• they were not successful so the senate allowed octavian to take pro praetor powers to aid them

• hurtius and pansa die in battle

• M.A is defeated at the battle but only decimus brutus is allowed to hold the triumph; octavian is ignored

• octavian marches on rome and demands to be made consul

• mints the coin of octavian/J.C’s head

year 43BC: what was M.A doing?

• demands a province and takes cisalpine gaul

• decimus brutus was the rightful governor of cisalpine gaul but M.A overthrows him

year 42BC: what was octavian doing?

• formed an alliance with M.A and lepidus called the second triumvirate

• in the proscriptions, he kills political opponents and takes their land/money for himself

• styles himself as “divi filus” (son of a god)

• claims that he is avenging his father by defeating brutus and cassius

year 42BC: what was M.A doing?

• forms alliance with octavian and lepidus to defeat brutus and cassius

• in the proscriptions, he also kills political opponents and takes their land/money for himself