Introduction

Mark antony had been slated to take over macedonia, but in the last days of his consulship decided that he didn't want macedonia. He wanted the rich and strategically important province of sisalpine gaul. Antony simply gathered an army and marched for the po valley to force brutus out. A hundred years ago, two roman armies lined up against one another would have been an unthinkable shame. Now it was as regular as clockwork. Hyrtius was already in the poe valley when octavian and the two defecting macedonian legions arrived,. still years away from becoming augustus, undisputed master of the r