The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 05

CHAPTER XXVII

Chapter 2966 wordsPublic domain

THE LAST DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC (44-29 B.C.) 609

Cæsar’s will and funeral, 610. The acts of the young Octavius, 611. The proscription, 617. Death of Cicero, 619. Brutus and Cassius, 621. Philippi, 622. Antony and Cleopatra, 624. Antony meets with reverses, 625. Octavian against Antony; the battle of Actium, 630. Death of Antony and Cleopatra, 631. An estimate of the personality of Antony, 633.