Essay About Large Number Of Troops And End Of April

Ceaser
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inheritance and the adoption as to secure his personal safety. As all leaders do
though, he chose to continue on and he headed directly to Brundisium and the
large number of troops.
Octavius made his entrace into politics between April 44 and November 43
B.C. as a virtue of his adoption, as part of Roman custom. Octavius now assumed
the name C. Julius Caesar Octavianus. He then just called himself “Caesar”,
which came to represent his first major political reinvention.
Brundisium troops joined Octavius cause and as he moved toward home his re-
tinue grew in size. In mid-April he was finally nearing Rome. Antony paid no
attention to Octavius, perhaps dismissing the youths actions as some sort of side
show. Toward the end of April, Octavius finally entered Rome but Antony
continued to ignore him and even kept Octavius waiting during an arranged
meeting in the gardens of Pompey. This exchange did not go well at all. Octavius
moves to have his adoption officially recognized was blocked by Antony. He also
prevented Octavius from standing for public office. As Octavius found favor with
the crowd, the tensions with Antony grew. As matters between these two came
to a head, they finally exploded. They fought each other continuously and in the
end Octavius came out on top. In 43 B.C. Octavius finally had the delayed ratifi-
cation of his adoption, paid out the remainder of the legacy of Caesar, revoked
amnesty for the Liberators and had them tried and convicted en masse and in
absentee on a single day.
Although this was a great feat for Octavius, it was