republic empire
Julius Caesar ---------------------------> Augustus Caesar (Octavian)
dictator for life
conqueror of Gaul/Britain
assassinated 3/15 44 BC
by Senators: Brutus & Cassius
Marc Antony (consul) and Octavian (nephew)
together defeat Brutus & Cassius at Battle of Phillippi (42 BC)
Antony hooks up with Cleopatra (but married to Octavia)
Octavian vs. Antony (+Cleopatra)
Octavian wins Battle of Actium (31 BC)
Octavian becomes emperor: Augustus
Vergil, poets ------> Maecenas (patron) ------> Augustus