The Games to Win Ancient Rome
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Octavian's Circus Maximus
Octavian's goal is to rem the people of the kind of giant parties that julius caesar threw. Octavian, of course, advertises named july, not quintylus. And he kicks things off with a grand procession. There are magistrates, charioteers, musicians, dancers, singing as they file through the circus maximus. The crowd is carrying a statue of caesar on their shoulders, placed among the gods. This smacks of caesar's regal power, which would have been anathema to the conspirators and all the supporters of the conspirators. Those supporters still exist, the anti caesar forces may be down,
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