https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky en-us 2023-09-10 02:52:28 UTC 2026-03-13 17:18:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692290695 This law essentially gave absolute power to the Second Triumvirate of Octavian, which included Augustus Caesar, Mark Antony (the man who assassinated Julius Caesar), and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Because of the law, they were able to make and remove laws and appoint people to government postions. The power given to the three men over the Roman Republic signified its ending by the fact that the people lost any control over the government.]]> 2023-09-10 16:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692290695 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692294103 Caesar Augustus and Mark Antony led legions of the army to Greece to chase after Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, who were Julius Caesar's assassins. They did this to avenge Caesar's death as well as gain back control of the Roman world, since the men had taken control of the areas from Greece to Syria.]]> 2023-09-10 16:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692294103 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692294645 Brutus kills himself after his armies lose to Augustus and Mark Antony, and so their mission is completed. Even though Brutus had been apart of the plot to kill Caesar, Mark Antony showed him respect by placing a purple robe over his body, since they had been friends.]]> 2023-09-10 16:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692294645 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692299649 Mark Antony tried to fulfill a military campaign that Julius Caesar had planned before his death. Unfortunately, military equipment was destroyed on the way to besiege the capital of Atropatane, a kingdom of the Parthian empire. Eventually, Augustus managed to create a peace, since the Roman army had suffered too many losses to continue.]]> 2023-09-10 16:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692299649 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692300903 The 2nd Triumvirate ended after being renewed twice. This left Octavian (Caesar Augustus) as the sole ruler of Rome, marking the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.]]> 2023-09-10 16:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692300903 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692316885 Augustus' forces overcome Mark Antony after quarrels between the two had forced them apart. It began after Mark Antony had gone off to Egypt to be with his lover, Cleopatra. Mark Antony and Cleopatra were temporarily in Greece, and his army was camping in Actium. Augustus' forces trapped them and forced them to flee to Alexandria. This battle helped to solidify Augustus' power over Rome. ]]> 2023-09-10 17:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692316885 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692326813 Augustus arrived at Alexandria (in Egypt) and placed the city under siege. Most of Mark Antony's army had already surrendered, yet he took his army against Pinarius (governor loyal to Augustus) and was unknowingly outnumbered. Forced to watch the last of his men handed over to Augustus, Antony killed himself with his own sword. He had lost all hope of regaining Roman power.]]> 2023-09-10 17:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692326813 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692330766 Instead of being publicly humiliated by her association with Mark Antony, Augustus' enemy, Cleopatra chose to kill herself by allowing a venomous snake to bite her. Her death was a marker of the end of the Ptolemaic period (the last dynasty in Egypt) and the beginning of Roman Egypt, a province of the new Roman Empire.]]> 2023-09-10 17:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692330766 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692334131 Augustus marries his favorite nephew, Marcus Claudius Marcellus (aka Marcellus), to his only daughter. This signified that Marcellus was to be his successor as Roman Emperor.]]> 2023-09-10 17:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692334131 1637617364 https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692336734 Augustus took control of the minting of gold and silver coins, the aureus and denarius. He changed the worth and composition of coins smaller than a denarius. This was another example of his increased control over the Roman empire, since the minting of coins was usually under the Senate.]]> 2023-09-10 17:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1637617364/2sxufrp8guj6wdky/wish/2692336734