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Second Triumvirate and War between Octavian, Marcus, and Marc Antony. . By: Alyssa Poague and Brittany Williams. Marc Antony . Great Roman leader. General for Julius Caesar. Married Cleopatra in 37 BC. Octavian was a rival of Marc.
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Second Triumvirate and War between Octavian, Marcus, and Marc Antony. By: Alyssa Poague and Brittany Williams
Marc Antony • Great Roman leader. • General for Julius Caesar. • Married Cleopatra in 37 BC. • Octavian was a rival of Marc. • Antony gave pieces of the empire to both Cleopatra and her three children. • After he thought his wife was dead, he committed suicide.
Marcus Lepidus • Was a Roman patrician. • Was a consul in 187 and 175 BC. • He was a censor in 179 BC. • He raised an army in Northern Italy. • Received governorship of Africa (after he joined the Second Triumvirate). • Driven into exile for trying to conquer Sicily.
Octavian (Augustus) Caesar • Great nephew of Julius Caesar. • Octavian joined forces with Antony and Lepidus in military dictatorship known as the Second Triumvirate. • Became dictator for life. • Initiated the PaxRomana. • Took on the name Augustus.
The Second Triumvirate • It was an alliance between Octavian (Augustus), Marcus, and Marc Antony. • This marked the end to the Roman Republic. • Also known as the roman Civil War. • Began in 43 BC and ended in 31 BC. • This was when Octavian took on the name of Augustus. • Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus had even more power than the Roman Senate and its consuls. • They even had the control over the military decisions.
The Second Triumvirate's Effects • The Second Triumvirate provided Octavian's power at the time. • Octavian was also Julius Caesar's grand-nephew. • He used that connection to take over and have complete control of Rome. • He did this by defeating both Mark Antony and Lepidus in battles.
The Naval Battle of Actium (31 BCE) • This was the last battle of the civil war. • Octavian defeated Marc Antony and he founded monarchy. • Octavian and Marc never were friendly to each other and they have a strong hate for each other.
The War Itself • A civil war broke out between Marc Antony and Octavian for control of the Roman Empire. • The war began when Octavian entered Alexandria and this was the beginning to it all. • The war went on for about one year and caused much tension between the different groups.
The Ending To It All • The Second Triumvirate ended with Octavian's defeat of Lepidus in Sicily. • After his death, it became a contest between Octavian and Antony for dominance and complete control. • Octavian defeated Antony at Actium and became the sole power in the Roman world.
