The Roman Revolution

Question 1

Italy after Philippi

Answer 1

Octavian disbanded soldiers but needed land for them.
Not enough money to pay for it.
Italian situation leads to food riots in 41 and 40 bc

Question 2

Treaty of Misenum

Answer 2

Sextus Pompeius given control of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Peloponnese
Promised future consulship to Sextus
Promised end of proscriptions, and return of some proscribed property
End of blockade of Sicily

Question 3

Alliance with Antony - Tarentum 37 bc

Answer 3

Octavian realises the need to defeat Sextus
Re-division of provinces
Antony gives Octavian 120 ships to fight Sextus
Octavian promises 20,000 soldiers in return.

Question 4

Marcus Vispanius Agrippa

Answer 4

Trains the fleet
Heads nvy
Defeats sextus
Saves Octavian from his own incompetence?

Question 5

Antony in the east

Answer 5

He demands reparation from the Greek states
41 bc - he meets Cleopatra
40 bc - Parthian invasion of Syria

Question 6

30s BC Antony in the east

Answer 6

38 bc - Antony reorganizes the east

37 bc - Antony unsuccessfully invades Parthia which ruins his military prestige

Question 7

The coming war - political faux pas

Answer 7

35 bc - Octavia arrives in the east and brought 2000 soldiers and money
He accepts the troops but orders her away

Question 8

Warfare looms

Answer 8

Triumviral powers expire in 33 bc
32 bc - Antony divorces Octavia
Octavian seizes Antony’s will and reads it to the senate - senate decares war on cleopatra

Question 9

Aftermath

Answer 9

Caesarion put to death
Annexation of Egypt
Senators banned from entering the province
Octavian returns to Rome, celebrates a triple triumph in 29 bc over Illyria, Actium and Egypt