War and Peace ...and War (35 to 32 B.C.E.)

Summary by Krater

This video details Octavian's Illyricum campaign and his political maneuvers against Antony leading up to the war between them, including the challenges of the Illyrian terrain, Antony's controversial will, and the breakdown of Roman politics.

From the video

Answers: What happened during Octavian's Illyricum campaign and the political conflict between Octavian and Antony?

• Illyricum campaign
• Roman civil war
• Agrippa's military strategy
• Octavian and Antony conflict
• Roman politics
• Aqua Julia aqueduct
• Vestal Virgins and Antony's will

What it concludes

• Agrippa's Illyricum campaign relied on a complex, multi-pronged combined land-sea assault with specific and limited objectives that supported each other.
• Octavian's northern invasion faced severe logistical challenges due to poor mapping and mountainous terrain in Illyricum.
• The excessive appointment of extra consuls in 33 B.C.E. broke Roman politics, turning the consulship into a mostly administrative role and degrading Roman political stability.
• Antony's will, seized and read by Octavian in Rome, turned public opinion decisively against Antony by revealing his betrayal of Rome and favoring of his Egyptian children.
• The escalation of conflict between Octavian and Antony culminated in the fourth major civil war in 17 years, severely worsening living standards and political stability in Rome.