Summary
After [Julius Caesar]'s assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC, [Marc Antony] tried to assume his mantle, but Caesar's youthful heir Octavian had other ideas. At Brundisium in September 40 BC, they agreed a carve-up of the empire: Octavian to be master of the West, Antony of the East. Antony even married Octavian's sister Octavia to cement the relationship.
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Ancient &Amp; Modern
A reader, Mark Savage, points out to me that there are comparisons between Saddam Hussein and Cleopatra - both wily, myst...
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