Antony and the Second Triumvirate

Antony knew he had to act fast, before his term as consul ended. He collected the three legions still loyal to him and marched for sisalpine gaul. Antony was confident that they would back him over the growing octavian senatorial alliance. At the end of forty four b c, he marched out of rome, bloodied, but not beaten. Next week, antony will bottle up the governor of sisalpine Gaul, decimus brutusd early starve him into submission. But the new consuls for the year forty three b c, will raise armies and march to brutus's relief,. Having already followed cicero's advice