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 October 23, 42 BC
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10/23/20 01:35 PM
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reeltexan
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Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, dies by suicide after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi.
Two years before, Brutus had joined Gaius Cassius Longinus in the plot against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, believing he was striking a blow for the restoration of the Roman Republic. However, the result of Caesar’s assassination was to plunge the Roman world into a new round of civil wars, with the Republican forces of Brutus and Cassius vying for supremacy against Octavian and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Antony at a battle in Philippi, Greece, in October 42 B.C., Cassius killed himself. On October 23, Brutus’ army was crushed by Octavian and Antony at a second encounter at Philippi, and Brutus took his own life.
Antony and Octavian soon turned against each other, and in 27 B.C. the Roman Republic was lost forever with the ascendance of Octavian as Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome.
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 Re: October 23, 42 BC
[Re: reeltexan]
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10/23/20 01:40 PM
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fadetoblack64
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sounds eerily like today in the USA..............great post.
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Re: October 23, 42 BC
[Re: reeltexan]
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10/23/20 02:12 PM
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You have a memory like an elephant. I wasn't even walking in 42 B. C.
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Re: October 23, 42 BC
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10/23/20 03:00 PM
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aerangis
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Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, dies by suicide after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi.
Two years before, Brutus had joined Gaius Cassius Longinus in the plot against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, believing he was striking a blow for the restoration of the Roman Republic. However, the result of Caesar’s assassination was to plunge the Roman world into a new round of civil wars, with the Republican forces of Brutus and Cassius vying for supremacy against Octavian and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Antony at a battle in Philippi, Greece, in October 42 B.C., Cassius killed himself. On October 23, Brutus’ army was crushed by Octavian and Antony at a second encounter at Philippi, and Brutus took his own life.
Antony and Octavian soon turned against each other, and in 27 B.C. the Roman Republic was lost forever with the ascendance of Octavian as Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome.
The book, "I, Claudius" is a good read for anyone who enjoys reading about Roman history in the context of historical fiction.
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Re: October 23, 42 BC
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10/23/20 03:37 PM
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NORML as can be
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You have a memory like an elephant. I wasn't even walking in 42 B. C. Yea I thought your Bday was in March.
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Re: October 23, 42 BC
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10/23/20 03:41 PM
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A great informational post from the Patrick Swayze of THF.
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