Setting Precedents Flashcards
What did Rome accept regarding Caesar? [Plut]
Rome “accepted the bit” and “undisguised tyranny”
What were the consequences of Sulla’s proscriptions? [Plut]
“Many, too, were killed as a result of private feuds… in order to gratify his supporter”
How does Suetonius describe Octavian’s proscriptions?
(43) “once [the proscriptions] begun he carried it through more ruthlessly than either of the others”
Suetonius, deified Augustus
What resources did Sulpicius Rufus have? [Plut]
“3000 swordsmen” and a group of equestrians he called his “anti-senate”
What action did Sulpicius take against the consuls? [Plut]
He “attacked them with a mob” to transfer the Mithridatic command to Marius
What did Clodius have that contributed to his power? [Cicero]
“An armed gang” attained via his popularity as tribune
What was Clodius’s intent with his armed gang? [Cicero]
“He thinks of nothing but massacring his enemies”
Hod did Octavian become consul? [Suet]
“He seized the consulship at 19, marching on Rome as if the city were his enemy”
Following the precendent established by Sulla
What did more people worship, according to Plutarch about Pompey?
“More people worshipped the rising sun than the setting sun”
What was Caesar’s famous quote about crossing the Rubicon? [Suetonius + Plut agrees probably read from Assinius Pollio]
“The die is cast”
Suetonius, Divus Julius 32
Who crossed the Rubicon in July 43 BC? [Suetonius]
Octavian
Why did Octavia cross the Rubicon according to Suetonius?
To get payment for the army and consulship
