155 - Why Did Julius Caesar Get Shanked (Assassinated)?
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The Civil War Between Octavian and Mark Anthony
I haven't been all the way through that play since 15 years ago when I did a little push through Shakespeare. That's probably the last time I read any of it in a chunk. The civil war is between who? It is between Anthony and his pals initially, team Anthony and team assassins. Team Anthony wins out there with the help of Octavian, that's Caesar's godson. And he's known to history not generally as Octavian,. but as Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of the new Roman Empire.
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