Chapter XXXVII

FROM THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI TO THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM. B.C. 41-30.

41. Antony remains in the East 262

He meets Cleopatra at Tarsus 262

He accompanies her to Alexandria 263

Octavian returns to Rome 263

Confusion in Italy 263

Confiscation of lands 263

Fulvia, the wife of Antony, and L. Antonius, his
brother, rise against Antony 263

They take refuge in Perusia 263

40. Capture of Perusia, and end of the war 263

The Parthians invade Syria 264

Antony joins Sextus Pompey and lays siege to Brundusium 264

Reconciliation between Antony and Octavian 264

Fresh division of the Roman world 264

Antony marries Octavia 264

39. Peace with Sextus Pompey at Misenum 264

Ventidius, the Legate of Antony, defeats the Parthians 265

38. He again defeats the Parthians 265

Death of Pacorus 265

War with Sextus Pompey 265

He destroys the fleet of Octavian 265

37. Antony comes to Tarentum 266

Triumvirate renewed for another period of five years 266

36. Renewal of the war with Sextus Pompey 266

His defeat 266

He flies to Asia 266

Lepidus deprived of his Triumvirate 266

35. Death of Pompey 266

30. Antony joins Cleopatra 267

His infatuation 267

He invades Parthia 267

His disastrous retreat 267

34. He invades Armenia 267

Octavian subdues the Dalmatians 267

His prudent conduct 267

33. Rupture between Octavian and Antony 267

32. War against Cleopatra 268

31. Battle of Actium 268

Defeat of Antony 268

He flies to Alexandria 268

30. Death of Antony and Cleopatra 269

Egypt made a Roman province 269

End of the Republic 269

29. Triumph of Octavian 269

27. He receives the title of Augustus 270

His policy 270