... until one of them died. The marriage that tried to keep Antony and Augustus mutual broke and Antony sent Octavia back. Augustus would have to find a way to get Antony out of the way. During the battle of Actium in 31 BC, Augustus defeated Antony's army and Antony killed himself. Antony's army was moderately large and was combined with Cleopatra's army. [see note 3] This shows that Augustus at ... this time would have had a very large army. Support for Augustus was at its greatest. He now had no enemies and we are told by Mr T and "Augustus: Rise to Power- by Adrian Dorrington ... "AUGUST...

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... Caesar's will, he had adopted Octavian as his son. Octavian rushed back to Rome to find that Mark Antony and Aemilius Lepidus had taken over Caesar's position. Octavian refused to accept the matter; Octavian started winning many of Caesar's followers and supports. Realizing Octavian's popularity, Antony left Rome to take command in northern Italy in November 44 B.C. Recognizing the opportunity, Octavian marched with his ... the west. [Scarre, 17] For a few years there existed a truce between them. During that time, Anthony paid attention to his romance with Cleopatra, while Octavian imp...

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... the conspirators who had assassinated Julius Caesar. However, peace was not at hand. Octavian split with his former allies, especially with Mark Antony, who was now Cleopatra's lover. In a climactic naval battle at Actium in 31b.c., Octavian defeated Mark Antony. Antony's death and Octavian's victory effectively ended the Roman Civil war. In the thirty seventh poems in his first book of Odes, the poet Horace ... wrote in response: Nuncest bibendum nuncpede libero pulsanda tellus! Octavian took power, and Horace hailed him as "Caesar," which, for the first time, becomes ... ...

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