The Fall of the Republic

Octavian Proscribes the Senate

43 BCE

Unlike our road map project, Eutropius includes the proscription of the senate because it is the moment in time when Octavian becomes consul, starting his control over Rome.
Senatum proscripsit, cum Antonio ac Lepido rem publicam armis tenere coepit.

The Formation of the Second Triumvirate

43 BCE

Eutropius discusses briefly how after Antony had been defeated, he fled to Lepidus who would bring him and Augustus together, forming the Second Triumvirate. This event is shared with our road map project because it was the formation of an unstable alliance that brought corruption and infighting to the Republic.
Mox, Lepido operam dante, Caesar pacem Antonio fecit...

Battle of Philippi

42 BCE

The Battle of Philippi was a war started by Brutus and Cassius, members of the Anti-Caesar conspiracy, who were defeated. This yielded total power to the second triumvirate.
...secundo Brutum et infinitam nobilitatem, quae cum illis gesserat, victam interfecerunt.

The Division of the Territories Among the Second Triumvirate

42 BCE

After their battle in Philippi, the members of the Second Triumvirate divided the Roman Republic evenly among themselves. While they were away, however, Lucius Antonius waged a war against them.
Ac sic inter eos divisa est res publica, ut Augustus Huspanias, Gallias, et Italiam teneret, Antonius Asian, Pontum Orientem.

Lucius Antonius Wages Civil War Against the Second Triumvirate

41 BCE

While the Second triumvirate was dividing territories in the Republic, Lucius Antonius started a civil war in an attempt to regain the power of the conspiracy against Caesar. Through this victory, a previously severed alliance between Octavian and Antony was reestablished.
Sed in Italia L. Antonius consul belluk civile commovit...

Antony Divorces Caesar Augustus Octavian's Sister

40 BCE

Antony divorced Caesar Augustus Octavian's sister so that he could marry Cleopatra. This started some bad blood between Caesar and Antony because it not only created a major threat to Caesar's power, but his sister was divorced by one of his allies.
repudiata sorore Caesaris Augusti Octaviani, Cleopatram, reginam Aegypti, duxit uxorem.

Antony Defeats the Parthians

36 BCE

Antony was the second Roman general to defeat the Parthians in battle. As he was returning from Rome, he was weakened by disease and famine which allowed the Parthians to follow him, making him appear as the loser.
Primis eos proeliis vicit, regrediens tamen fame et pestilentia laboravit et, cum instarent Parthi fugienti, ipse pro victo recessit.

Cleopatra Starts a Civil War

32 BCE

According to Eutropius, Cleopatra pressured Antony into starting a civil war so she could gain power. This event is potentially inacurate in Eutropius's account due to more prevalent anti woman bias at the time.
Hic quoque ingens bellum civile coimmovit, cogente uxore Cleopatra, regina Aegypti, dum cupiditate muliebri optat etiam in urbe regnare.

Antony is Defeated in Actium

30 BCE

The Battle of Actium, one of two events our road map shared with Eutropius, was a battle in which Octavian defeated Antony, leaving one member left from the Second Triumvirate in power.
Victus est ab Augustō nāvālī pugnā clārā et illūstrī apud Actium

Egypt is Absorbed By Rome

30 BCE

With Antony and Cleopatra dead, Octavian is able to add Egypt to the Roman Republic. Because he adds Antony's territory to is existing territory, this is another sign of the true end of the Second Triumvirate.
Aegyptus per Octāviānum Augustum imperiō Rōmānō adiecta est...