Antony vs. Brutus The death of Julius Caesar- renowned military dictator and statesman will be forever remembered. He was brutally murdered by his best friend, Brutus and fellow congressmen. The conspiracy follows out through his funeral where Brutus and his adoptive son, Antony speak upon his death.
After carefully analyzing the speeches, one may say Antony did a better job due to his message, use of rhetoric, a rhetorical fallacies. They also allow Marc Antony to speak at the funeral because the conspirators believe that Marc Antony is on their side. So outraged that they kill a poet just for having the same name as one of the conspirators.
He got the people to go from adoring Brutus to despising him and his group so much as to kill an innocent man with the same name as one of them.
Marc Antony also talk to the Romans as a friend, struck with grief. Therefore he gained the people 's trust in. Show More. At Actium, the war was far away from Rome. But had the War moved into the Western Med, the number of legions would have grown quickly enough to the point that I doubt that Anthony could ever have hoped to defeat Rome as a whole.
In other words, the best way for Anthony to have won that war was to have never gone back to Egypt in the first place. So here is my paper on the topic. Anyone have thoughts? Keep in mind the paper has to be short and the purpose is to show a enough knowledge of Roman history to craft a realistic alternative. Please let me know of any historical problems you see!
Also please let me know if it would be eaiser to read in another format, I realize it is rather long. Would you prefer each time stamp be its own post? Or should it not be quoted? Methone, 31 BCE: Marcus Agrippa walked down the main street, his trusted Lieutenants walked with him towards the harbor. The street was quiet in the aftermath of the sack; those men not on guard duty had worn themselves out on the towns wine supply and women.
His scribe wrote rapidly next to him as he began to list off provisions needed to restock the ships. As he passed a house, still smoldering from a fire the previous night the thunk of an arrow hitting wood.
Before his men could respond more arrows began pouring wildly from behind the burned out skeleton of the building. Moving in they grabbed 6 boys ranging in age from with sloppy looking bows, two of whom broke. The boys looked up terrified at the men and two of the youngest began to cry. They turned to ask the General what to do when they saw him on the ground, an arrow in his neck. Alexandria, winter 31 BCE: Chamain [1] watched and smiled from the balcony was her mistress and her husband rode through the broad streets of Alexandria in the second great triumph the city had seen.
Finally came Octavian, starved and in a cage. His body wrapped in tattered rags, he was pelted with rotten produce. As the last of the chariots passed her balcony she went inside to prepare for the feast tonight.
She opened the door quietly; Antony stood looking over a map on the wall. Her mistress said Antony wanted to use the voyage to help break down the barriers. Her mistress hugged Antony close and kissed him and whispered good luck in his ear. He smiled and waved to the crowd as he walks up the plank and the ships begin to set sail.
Nearly a week later Chamain was bringing a warm drink to her Mistress late at night and saw her looking over letters worriedly. Can you read this letter for me while I rest my eyes? I, Centurion Titus Pullo send you word of the goings on in Italy. I will be blunt, it is a true mess. When word came you had been victorious your supporters rioted, attacking senators and knights who had been backing Octavian while there supporters all fled to the countryside.
Than when you had to go fend off the Parthians instead of coming straight here things started to really fall apart. My cohort has changed sides more than I can count; we are presently serving under some Knight from Ostia. When word you were getting ready to come back to Italy they had a big meeting and just about everyone agreed to work against you. They seem to change commanders every day, but they are starting to work together. Cleopatra shrieked as tears streamed down her face.
What is going to do when he finds his enemies arrayed against him! It would have been better if those cowards had stayed to keep them divided rather then run here and mooch off Antony and I. The King and princes of Parthia took the place of Octavian and his generals. Antony on the first chariot, this time with both Cleopatra and the young Caesarion.
Mariana Downing, the year-old model who won Marc Anthony's heart. The couple chose to keep their relationship a secret during the first months. It's unclear as to when his last relationship came to an end, but this fall, the Vivir Mi Vida was spotted holding hands with year-old model Jessica Lynne.
The two seem to be getting along and she was also his date to the Latin American Music Awards where he was honored with the International Award of Excellence.
Viva el amor! Marc Anthony helps a fan pop the question on stage during concert. These are the women who have captured Marc Anthony's heart. By HOLA! More Marc Anthony and his 'mini-me' sharing the stage is the cutest thing ever. Aulus Plautius lands with four legions 20, men and same number of auxiliaries at Rutupiae modern Richborough, on east coast of Kent and defeats the Britons, led by Caratacus and Togodumnus, in battles on rivers Medway and Thames.
Eleven British kings, probably including those of the Iceni and Brigantes, submit without a fight. Meanwhile, Drusilla of Mauretania general Vespasian begins to subdue south-west. Romans begin to construct forts, such as at Peterborough, and road that later becomes Ermine Street.
They establish Roman fort to guard crossing of River Stour. Roman London Londinium is established. Romans now have complete control of Mediterranean. Warfare begins between northern and southern Huns in central Asia. Warrior Trung Sisters commit suicide after their resistance is defeated at Nam Viet.
Vietnam is designated province of China. Vardanes I of Parthia forces city of Seleucia on Tigris to surrender. In 44 AD, Empress Drusilla of Mauretania returns from her British campaign in triumph, southeast part of Britannia now held by Roman Empire, but the war will rage for another decade and a half. Boudicca marries Prasutagus, king of British Celtic tribe Iceni.
Judaea is controlled by Roman governors. Cuspius Fadus, governor of Judea, suppress revolt of Theudas who is decapitated. Roman Senate holds consultations regarding real estate speculation in Rome. Paul of Tarsus begins his missionary travels.
Rome and its northeast border are reunited by Danube Road. Drought and invasion of locusts hit Mongolian steppes, causing famine and revolt at Xiongnu. In 47 AD, Drusilla of Mauretania revives censorship and ludi saeculares and organises order of Haruspices with sixty members. The southeast of island is now Roman province, while certain states on the south coast are ruled as a nominally independent client kingdom by Romans, whose seat is probably at Fishbourne near Chichester.
Ostorius immediately faces incursions from unconquered areas, which he puts down. Romans build Traiectum fortification near mouth of Rhine, which will later grow to be Netherlands city of Utrecht. Pliny the Elder sees military service in Libya. Ananias becomes high priest in Judaea. Paul starts his evangelistic work.
Publius Ostorius Scapula, governor of Britain, announces his intention to disarm all Britons south and east of the Trent and Severn. The Iceni, independent, allied kingdom within that area, revolt but are defeated. Ostorius then moves against Deceangli in north Wales, but is forced to abandon campaign to deal with revolt among allied Brigantes.
Xiangnu empire dissolves. Xiongnu are made confederates and guard northern border of empire. Apostolic Council. Paul of Tarsus begins his first mission. Martha travels to Avignon. In 49 AD, Seneca the Younger becomes a royal tutor. Melankomas is boxing champion at th Olympic Games. Verulamium St Albans is established as municipium. Legion is stationed on borders of Silures of South Wales in preparation for invasion.
Paul began his second missionary journey. Christianity spreads into Europe, especially at Rome and Philippi. Utrecht is founded, and Roman fortification castellum is constructed at Rhine border in present-day Netherlands. In Judea a Roman soldier seizes and burns a Torah-scroll. Procurator Cumanus has the culprit beheaded, calming down the Jews and delaying for two decades outbreak of their revolt.
In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula begins his campaign against recalcitrant Silures of south Wales, who are led by former Catuvellaunian prince Caratacus. Romans build wooden bridge across Thames in London area.
San Bartolo pyramid is completed. Christianity is introduced throughout Nubia by high official of Queen Judith. Apostles hold Council of Jerusalem. Hero of Alexandria invents steam turbine. Pedanius Dioscorides describes medical applications of plants in De Materia Medica. Diogenes, Greek explorer, discovers African Great Lakes. Distinction between chronic maladies and acute illnesses is made by Thessalos. Burrus, is told by Seneca to become next royal tutor. Caratacus seeks sanctuary with Cartimandua, queen of Brigantes in northern England, but she is Roman ally and hands him over to Ostorius.
Despite defeat, Silures continue to fight. Captured Caratacus is exhibited in chains in Empress Drusilla of Mauretania triumph in Rome, but Caratacus's dignified demeanour persuades her to spare his life and allow his family to live free in capital for short period of time.
Paul of Tarsus begins his second mission. Paul supports separation of Christianity and Judaism. Ananias, a high priest in Jerusalem, is sent to Rome after being accused of violence.
Pliny the Elder writes his account of Libya service he did. Following his death, Roman Second Legion are heavily defeated by Silures. His replacement is Aulus Didius Gallus, who quells rebellion and consolidates gains Romans have so far made, but does not seek new ones. Empress Drusilla of Maureania secures senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators.
This marks significant strengthening of imperial powers at expense of Senate. Cardiff is founded by Aulus Didius Gallus. Evodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch. Seneca writes tragedy Agamemnon, which he intends to be read as last chapter of trilogy including two of his other tragedies, Medea and Edipus.
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo arrives in the East and takes up an assignment as governor of Asia, with a secret brief from Emperor Gaius and his chief ministers, Seneca and Burrus, to return Armenia to the Roman Empire. Corbulo inspects in Syria a base of Legio X Fretensis at Cyrrhus; the Roman legionnaires are demoralized by a "long peace". Many soldiers have sold their helmets and shields. Corbulo recruits Syrian auxiliary units in the region and stations them in border forts, with orders from Emperor Gaius not to provoke Parthians.
Violence erupts in Caesarea regarding a local ordinance restricting the civil rights of Jews, creating clashes between Jews and pagans. The Roman garrison, made up of Syrians, takes the side of the pagans. The Jews, armed with clubs and swords, meet in the marketplace. The governor of Judea, Antonius Felix, orders his troops to charge.
The violence continues and Felix asks Emperor Gaius to arbitrate. Emperor Gaius sides with the pagans, and relegates the Jews to second-class citizens. This decision does nothing but increase the Jews' anger. In Britain, Venutius leads a revolt against his ex-wife Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes and a Roman ally.
Governor Aulus Didius Gallus sends her military aid, and after some indecisive fighting a legion commanded by Caesius Nasica defeats the rebels.
He gives the men a harsh training, twenty-five-mile marches and weapons drills. Paul of Tarsus begins his third mission. Apollos, a later assistant of Paul, is converted to Christianity in Ephesus. In 55 AD, Roman jurist Sabinus writes three books on the rights of citizens. Paul writes his First Epistle to the Corinthians.
He begins a campaign against the Silures of south Wales. Also in Britain Venutius begins his second rebellion against his wife Cartimandua. But Emperor Gaius and his wife Cladia Arrius Calpurnius Silo, remembering their feminist ancestor Cleopatra send military help to Cartimandua and Venutius is put in prison for life. The Chinese emperor grants the king of Nakoku a golden seal, being the oldest evidence of writing in Japan.
In return the king sent an envoy to China. He leads a Roman army four legions through the mountainous country of Armenia, against the fortress at Volandum, to the southwest of Artaxata. After a siege of eight hours Corbulo takes the city; the legionnaires massacre the defenders and plunder Volandum to their hearts' content. Corbulo marches to Artaxata crossing the Aras River; along the valley he is shadowed by tens of thousands of mounted Parthian archers led by king Tiridates I.
The city opens its gates to Corbulo, the general. When he takes the year-old Armenian capital, Corbulo gives the residents a few hours to collect their valuables and burns the city to the ground. Start of Yongping era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. In China, sacrifices to Confucius are ordered in all government schools. Apostle Paul returns to Jerusalem with the money he collected to give the Christian community there.
However, he is accused of defiling the temple, and is arrested and imprisoned in Caesarea. He then invokes his Roman citizenship and is sent to Rome to be judged. Paul writes his Epistle to the Romans. For the next four years, a cohort from Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis is stationed in the capital as bodyguard to the king, supported by auxiliaries. Riot between the people of Pompeii and the people of Nuceria in Pompeii.
Thousands are killed. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Roman governor of Britain, captures the island of Mona Anglesey , the last stronghold of the druids. Prasutagus, king of the Iceni in modern East Anglia , dies leaving a will which passes his kingdom to his two daughters and emperor Gaius.
AD Paul of Tarsus journeys to Rome, but is shipwrecked at Malta. He stays for three months and converts Publius, the first Bishop of Malta. Hero of Alexandria writes Metrica, Mechanics, and Pneumatics. The Parthians invade Armenia and lay siege to Tigranocerta. The city is well-fortified and garrisoned by the Romans.
The assault fails and king Vologases I retreats. Instead, he makes preparations to invade Syria. Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo strengthens the fortifications on the Euphrates frontier. He builds a strong flotilla of ships equipped with catapults and a wooden bridge across the river, which allows him to establish a foothold on the Parthian shore.
Lucius Caesennius Paetus advances towards Tigranocerta, but by lack of supplies he makes camp for the winter in the fortress at Rhandeia in northwestern Armenia.
Paetus surrenders and withdraws his disheveled army to Syria. Pompeii, the city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, is heavily damaged by a strong earthquake. Fearing an eruption of the volcano, many of the 20, inhabitants leave their homes in a panicked flight. Joseph of Arimathea goes to Glastonbury on the first Christian mission to Britain. Aulus Cornelius Celsus writes a dictionary encyclopedia on the arts and sciences. In 64 AD, Emperor Gaius proposes a new urban planning program based on the creation of buildings decorated with ornate porticos, the widening of the streets and the use of open spaces.
This plan will not be applied until after his death. Kushan sack the ancient town of Taxila in modern-day Pakistan. First Epistle of Peter written from Babylon according to traditional Christian belief. Seneca proclaims the equality of all men, including slaves. In 65 AD, the Gospel of Matthew is probably written between 60 and this year. Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of Ephesus.
The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter. Mark begins to write his gospel. Apostle Simon the Canaanite also preaches in Armenia without fear of execution from Gaius government. The Sicarii capture the fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.
Cestius Gallus, legate of Syria, marches into Judea and leads a Roman army of 30, men to put down the Jewish rebellion.
At its core is Legio XII Fulminata, plus 2, picked men from the other three Syrian legions, six more cohorts of infantry and four alae of cavalry, and over 14, auxiliaries furnished by Rome's eastern allies, including Herod Agrippa II and two other client kings, Antiochus IV of Commagene and Sohaemus of Emesa, who lead their forces largely archers and cavalry in person.
Gallus leads his main force down the coast from Caesarea via Antipatris to Lydda, detaching other units, by land and sea, to neutralize the rebel strongholds at Joppa, Narbata and the Tower of Aphek. With Galilee and the entire Judean coast in his hands, Gallus assumes his campaign before the winter rains render the roads impassable.
He turns inland and marches on Jerusalem, taking the road via the plain at Emmaus. Some 5, Roman troops are killed, as well as all their pack animals, their artillery which is to serve the Jews of Jerusalem during Roman siege operations four years later , and the greatest disgrace of all, the eagle standard of Legio XII Fulminata.
Gallus abandons his troops in disarray, fleeing to Syria. Dioscorides writes his De Materia Medica, a treatise on the methodical treatment of disease by use of medicine. The First Epistle to Timothy is written. By late spring the Roman army numbers more than 60, soldiers, including auxiliaries and troops of king Agrippa II. Jewish leaders at Jerusalem are divided through a power struggle, a brutal civil war erupts, the Zealots and the Sicarii execute anyone who tries to leave the city.
Siege of Jotapata and massacre of its 40, Jewish inhabitants. The historian Josephus, leader of the rebels in Galilee, is captured by the Romans. Fall of the Jewish fortress of Gamla in the Golan to the Romans and massacre of its inhabitants. Linus succeeds Peter, while Peter's trial is going on, as the second Bishop of Rome. Emperor Gaius dies of stomach flu.
Sampsigeramus Silas becomes emperor through Gaius will. They lay siege to Jericho and destroys the monastery of Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are originated. They set up camp at Jericho and the Romans cut off escape routes toward Jerusalem.
Buddhism officially arrives in China with the building of the White Horse Temple. Ignatius of Antioch becomes the third bishop of Antioch. Josephus, Jewish rebel leader, is dragged before Sampsigeramus and becomes his historian he "prophesied" him his elevation to the purple.
They put pressure on the food and water supplies of the inhabitants by allowing pilgrims to enter the city to celebrate Passover and then refusing them egress. The Roman army begins trying to breach the wall using testudos, mantlets, siege towers, and battering rams. Romans and their Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans start building a circumvallation; all trees within 90 stadia ca.
A "certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon", "chariots and troops" seen running in the clouds around Jerusalem.
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