Octavian Defeats Two Enemies In One Campaign - Post-Caesar Civil Wars

Get 25% off Blinkist premium and enjoy 2 memberships for the price of 1! Start your 7-day free trial by clicking here: Kings and Generals’ historical animated documentary series on the history of Rome continues with an episode of the post-Caesar Civil Wars, as we look at what happened after the initial shock of Caesar’s assassination. Previously we talked about the battle of Mutina and its aftermath () as Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus created a triumvirate, taking over Rome, which signaled to Brutus and Cassius, that there will be another civil war (). The latter collected their legions and started building their base of operations, leading to the battles of Xanthos and Rhodes (), and that, in turn lead to the battle of Philippi that would decide the fate of the war between the Caesareans and Pompeians (). After Philippi, Octavian and Anto