Weddings, Anthony, Octavian, and the Senate

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Weddings, Anthony, Octavian, and the Senate

• Dan Townsend

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Weddings
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Weddings

• A girl was eligible at the age of fourteen.

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Weddings

• Wedding rings were worn on the third finger of
  the left hand, because it was believed that were
  was a nerve that ran directly from that finger to
  the heart.

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Weddings

• Favored time for weddings was the second half in
  June, mostly because this time of month was
  considered lucky. Weddings in May and February
  were forbidden.

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Weddings

• Tunica recta is a term for the marriage dress.
  It was a vertically straight woven tunic and a
  flame-colored veil.

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Weddings

• Pronuba is a term for a married woman

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Weddings

• Upon entering their new home together, the groom
  would ask his new bride her name. She would
  respond with ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia. (Where
  you are Gaius, I am Gaia.)

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Weddings

• The groom would carry his bride across the
  threshold of the new home to ensure that she
  didnt slip, which was a bad omen.

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Weddings

• Marriages were not forced. There was an obvious
  consent on both sides in order for a marriage to
  occur.

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Antony, Octavian, and the Senate

• Mark Antony was born in 82 BC and was referred as
  a gambler by Cicero

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Antony, Octavian, and the Senate

• Antonys speech at Caesars funeral was so moving,
  that two of the attackers, Brutus, and Cassius,
  were forced to flee from Rome.

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Antony, Octavian, and the Senate

• However, a major setback to Antony was that
  Caesar had really named his great-nephew and
  adopted son, Octavian, as his chief heir.

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Antony, Octavian, and the Senate

• Antony was continually humiliated by Ciceros
  taunts, and the Senate tried to push Octavian out
  of the picture so that Caesars murderers could
  obtain power.

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Antony, Octavian, and the Senate

• Octavian wouldnt allow that to happen. He
  called upon his eight legions to band together
  and march on to Rome to demand authority. He won
  them over, as well as the right to be called
  Caesar.

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Antony, Octavian, and the Senate

• The Senate became powerless. Brutus and Cassius
  plan had failed, and the Republic was no more.