Chapter XXXVI

FROM THE DEATH OF CÆSAR TO THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI. B.C. 44-42.

44. Proceedings of the conspirators 252

Antony and Lepidus 253

Pretended reconciliation 253

Cæsar's will 253

His funeral 253

Popular indignation against the conspirators 253

They fly from Home 253

OCTAVIUS, Cæsar's nephew, at Illyricum 253

Is made Cæsar's heir 253

He proceeds to Rome 254

His opposition to Antony 254

He courts the Senate 254

Antony proceeds to Cisalpine Gaul, and lays siege to
Mutina 254

43. Cicero's second Philippic 254

Octavian and the Consuls Hirtius and Pansa march
against Antony 255

They attack Antony 255

Death of Hirtius and Pansa 255

Antony is defeated, and crosses the Alps 255

Octavian marches to Rome 255

Is declared Consul 255

Breaks with the Senate, and outlaws the murderers
of Cæsar 255

Marches against Antony and Lepidus 255

Is reconciled with them 256

SECOND TRIUMVIRATE 256

The Triumvirs enter Rome 256

Dreadful Scenes 256

Death of Cicero 257

Sextus Pompey master of Sicily and the Mediterranean 257

He defeats the fleet of the Triumvirs 257

Brutus obtains possession of Macedonia 258

Cassius, of Syria 258

Their proceedings in the East 258

They plunder Asia Minor 258

42. They return to Europe to meet the Triumvirs 258

Battle of Philippi 261

Death of Brutus and Cassius 261