Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 11 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 11While Antony was thus employed at Brundisium, Octavian had succeeded in raising an army of veterans, the evocati, by the promise of 500 denarii to each man and, entering Rome, he there addressed the people, whom he reminded of the services of his father Julius. At the same time he made a lengthy, though moderate, defence of himself and also preferred charges against his rival. 4 Very likely his defence consisted in the main Of a refutation of the charge that he had attempted the assassination of the consul.When Antony learned of Octavian's doings among the veterans and in Rome, he tried, as we have seen, to make his peace with his own soldiers. Next he hastened to Rome and called a meeting of the Senate for November 24th, while in the meantime he issued edicts defaming the character of his rival. We happen to know something of their contents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.