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Octavian vs. Marc Antony

In Civil War

What was this so called war about?

Octavian felt it was his duty to get rid of Antony because he saw him as a political threat.

Whereas Antony thought that this threat came out of nowhere and had to defend himself.

Before war broke, Marc Antony, Aemilius Lepidus and Octavian Caesar created the second Roman triumvirate. However, over time, Octavian became greedy and power-hungry. The Roman Empire was split between the three men.

When the Roman Empire split, Lepidus was older and weaker so he was given Africa and Egypt. Octavian took over the western half of the empire while Antony took the east.

Octavian

Antony

Lepidus

The empire split.

This war was started from a family fued when Marc Antony had married Octavian's sister Octavia but then left her for an Egyptian queen named Cleopatra.

Little did anyone know that Cleopatra and Octavian's uncle, Julius Caesar, had a relationship before Marc Antony.

Marc Antony only married Cleopatra to gain an alliance with Egypt. But in order to do so, he had to back her up that her son was better fit for the throne than Octavian was.

Furious to Antony's decision, Octavian used his supporters in the Senate to convince the empire to name Antony as an enemy of Rome.

The Forum

Having declared war on Antony, Octavian, with the Senate at his side, launched a full scale war on Marc Antony and his wife Cleopatra.

The decisive battle for this civil war was the Battle of Actium

Octavian with 400 ships and 80,000 infantry soldiers were moving in on the camp of Marc Antony and Cleopatra who had 500 ships and 70,000 infantry soliders.

This climatic battle happened on sea off the promontory of Actium in Greece. Cleopatra joined Antony with her ships but when they saw that they were outnumbered, Cleopatra retreated with all of her ships and Antony took his ship behind her, leaving the rest of his ships to be destroyed.

Octavian had cut Antony's communication off from the north which led to Antony's allies deserting him and Cleopatra

Antony's deserted ships surrendered immeadately, then his army a few weeks later, leaving Octavian Augustus Caesar the undisputed ruler of the Roman Empire

Biblograpy:

  • http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-actium

  • http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/antony.html

By: Ashleigh Adams and Kayla Lewis

Greece

Ancient Roman Empire

Thousands died in these battles

Antony's deserted ships surrendered immeadately, then his army a few weeks later, leaving Octavian Augustus Caesar the undisputed ruler of the Roman Empire

Julius Caesar

Octavian

Marc Antony

Lepidus

Cleopatra

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