The difference between Caesar and Octavian's Triumph Caesar looked like a god, a human form of jupiter or mars himself which lead to others suspecting that be wanted to be king which lead to his downfall. He never cared about the suspicions of his rivals because he had the people and the army on his back, which would be his downfall. Octavian kept his ears everywhere, and became very vigilant and careful. He satisfied the mob, kept the senate in check and somewhat contented and the army in good condition. He appeared like an approachable man with great accomplishments and learned that appearing kingly would get him killed.
I mean that's kind of true, but by that metric every triumphant general resembled Jupiter. Appearing as a king was only one contributing factor to Caesar's death. It could be argued that the only reason people felt confident enough to strike against Caesar was because of his adamant clemency towards Roman opponents. This meant that by the end of his Spanish campaign the senate again contained a sizeable faction of Pompeians which would continue to grow as he pardoned men. Octavian Caesar didn't fully learn from his father's mistake of appearing as a king, and if anything flaunted power more absolute than Julius had dreamt of. The main lesson he learned was to have all his political opponents proscribed and killed, a measure Caesar had not taken so as not to draw comparisons with Sulla. Young Octavian Caesar couldn't afford to be so honourable and so purged Rome of all rivals.
2:31 If you told me during season 1 that I'd ever feel bad for Atia I would never have believed you, but... goddamn. I spent so much of the series waiting for her to get her just deserts, but once she did it was just ashes in my mouth. This wonderful, _horrible_ character, performed so brilliantly by Polly Walker, injected so much life and drama into the show, and now she was just... empty. And I felt a little empty too.
Atia was a Roman matron of no real intelligence. She intrigued in the belief that she could play a political role. To this end, she prostituted herself to Antony to stay at the top of the social pyramid. Octavian was right to outvote her when he proposed Octavia to Antony. She forgot that she had duties, the first of which was to believe in her son and to serve him as soon as possible in the interests of the Julies' family. A vindictive fool who lost. That's Life
Atia was nothing at all in the political game. She was a proud Karen. She had Octavia's boyfriend murdered for no reason. She prostituted herself to Mark Antony to stay on top of the social ladder and underestimated Octavian by playing against him. She was not an exemplary matron. So I don't care about her sadness.
Atia was nothing at all in the political game. She was a proud Karen. She had Octavia's boyfriend murdered for no reason. She prostituted herself to Mark Antony to stay on top of the social ladder and underestimated Octavian by playing against him. She was not an exemplary matron. So I don't care about her sadness.
"I know who you are. You're swearing now that someday you'll destroy me. Remember, far better women than you have sworn to do the same. Go look for them now." Atia ♥️
Even tho it's a cool dialogue, I never understood why they wrote that scene. Livia was one of the most powerful women in the history of Rome if not the most powerful one
There is no evidence that Atia Balba and Marc Antony had any relationship at all. Octavia Minor (sister to Octavian, daughter of Atia) married Marc Antony after Atia's death. So they were never in laws while she was alive. Unfortunately Atia's presence in that scene, and in fact her presence in season 2 in any capacity is entirely anachronistic. Atia died in 43 B.C, 13 years before Marc Antony's death.
@@devdixit2440 and Gnaeus Pompeius was not killed by Marc Anthony and managed to conquer Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica (also South Greece) later, but it is just TV series.
@@nevidomuy3640 Gnaeus Pompey isn't killed by Marc Antony in this TV series, he's killed by a soldier of the Ptolemies when he lands in Egypt, whilst his wife and children watch, this is actually how he died. This is the link to his death in this TV show: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k3buhlYVLOs.html It's pretty much accurate. I think you're confused with Quintus Pompey, the son of Pompey according to this show, who was killed by Marc Antony in the show. But that's because Pompey didn't have a son called Quintus, his son was called Sextus and was killed by Miletus. They cut out Pompey's other exploits due to time constraints.
once it hit 2:08 ish it should have stayed with that intensity till the end. Would have added the strength the song - givng us the feel of the rise of the strong roman empire
A monster? Augustus was by far the greatest Roman there was! What he did with Rome was make it the most powerfull and wealthy empire the world had ever seen. The guy was a genius. Look up what he did for Rome and how he perfected trade and economy. No one was his equal by intelligence and logic.
This is the full version It’s exactly what played in the last few minutes of the show. There is a variation, Caesar‘a triumph, where it plays when the city was preparing for the triumph, before Pullo is rejected from participating in uniform This version is for the finale, where Octavian celebrates his victory against cleopatra and her slave, Marc Antony
