Mistress of the East - The Pax Romana Podcast 5

The battle of Phillipi was over. Tens of thousands of Romans were dead, including Brutus and Cassius—leaders of the last republican faction. The victors in that battle—Mark Antony and Octavian—parted ways. Octavian marched back to Rome, and its furious elites who had been taxed, stolen from and murdered. And Rome's poor were starving. Mark Antony, meanwhile, found his way into the arms of Cleopatra, and a tragic romance that changed history forever.

Primary Sources Referenced:

Plutarch,Life of Antony 27

Cassius Dio,Roman History 50.5

Plutarch,Life of Antony 54

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