Marcus Agrippa: Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus by Lindsay Powell Read Free Book Online

magister equitum , and then consul, M. Antonius.
    The Res Publica thrived when political debate was open. That required its participants to be vigilant to attempts to pervert their libertas . Following Sulla’s package of reforms fewer contiones were heard in the Forum and the popular assemblies came together to ratify legislation already passed by the Senate ratherthan vote on legislation proposed by their own tribunes. Writing towards the end of the 50s BCE, Cicero perceived changes taking place in his own day,
    After inheriting the Res Publica like a magnificent picture, though now fading with age, our own times not only neglected to restore its original colours but did not even see to it that we should keep at least its form and, so to speak, its basic outline.
    Nostra vero aetas eum rem publicum sicut picturam accepisset egregiam sed iam evanescentem vetustate, non modo eam coloribus eisdem, quibus fuerat, renovare neglexit, sed ne id quidem curavit, ut formam saltem eius et extrema tamquam liniamenta servaret .
    Cicero, De Re Publica 5.2.

Appendix 2
Agrippa’s Travels
Year
Location
46 BCE
Rome – Southern Spain
45
Munda * – Carthago Nova – Rome – Apollonia
44
Apollonia – Lupiae – Brundisium – Puteoli – Rome – Calatia, Casilinum, Capua – Rome
43
Rome – Mutina – Rome
42
Rome – Philippi * – Rome
41
Rome – Sutrium – Perusia
40
Fulginiae – Camerinum (east of Perusia) – Rome – Sipontium – Consentia – Brundisium – Rome
39
Rome – Gallia Narbonensis and Aquitania
38
Nemausus – Lugdunum – Oppidum Treverorum * – [Oppidum Ubiorum] – [Crosses the Rhine River] – Lugdunum – Nemausus – Massilia – Rome
37
Rome – Baiae – Tarentum – Baiae – Portus Iulius – Baiae
36
Baiae – Portus Iulius – Hipponium – Strongyle – Hiera – Mylae – Tindara – Naulochus – Rome
35
Rome – Tergestus – by sea to Senia – Arupium – Metulus – Siscia – Rome
34
Rome – Promona – Rome
33
Rome
32
Rome – Brundisium/Tarentum *
31
Brundisium/Tarentum * – Korkyra – Methone – Patras – Actium – Rome
30
Rome – Brundisium
29
Rome
28
Rome
27
Rome – Misenum – Ostia – Rome
26
Rome
25
Rome
24
Rome
23
Rome – Mytilene
22
Mytilene – Athens – Mytilene
21
Mytilene – Sicily – Rome
20
Rome – Nemausus – Lugdunum – Nemausus
19
Nemausus – [Oppidum Ubiorum] – Northern Spain – Emerita * – Gades * – Rome
18
Rome
17
Rome – Korkyra – Nikopolis – Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis – Patras – Gythion – Sparta – Gythion – Nauplion – Athens
16
Athens – Delphinion – Delos – Andros – Chersonesos – Lampasakos – Sestos – Chersonesos
15
Chersonesos – Troas – Kyzikos – Ephesos – Kos – Syria – Antiocheia on the Orontes – Caesarea Maritima – Jerusalem – Lesbos
14
Lesbos – Sinope – Amisos – Ephesos – [via Paphlagonia, Phrygia, Lydia, central and western Asia Minor] – Ephesos – Samos – Mytilene
13
Mytilene – Athens – Rome – Illyricum/Pannonia
12
Illyricum/Pannonia – Rome – Campania [death] – Rome [burial]
* Surmised – not known with certainty.

Glossary
    Adventus – Arrival of the emperor in Rome.
    Aedilis – Magistrate in charge of public works, regulating state festivals and enforcing public order.
    Aes – ‘Copper’, a coin worth one half dupondius ( asses pl.).
    Ala – ‘Wing’, legionary cavalry on wings of battle formation ( alae pl.).
    Amphora – Tall jar in which olive oil, dish sauce, wine and other products were carried and stacked in the holds of ships.
    Annona – Personification of the grain supply of Rome.
    Apex – Spiked cap worn by a flamen .
    Aquila – ‘Eagle’, the eagle standard of a legion.
    Aquilifer – Standard bearer carrying the aquila .
    Ara – Altar.
    As – ‘Copper’, Roman coin worth half one dupondius ( aes , asses pl.).
    Auctoritas – ‘Authority’, influence or prestige.
    Augur – Soothsayer specializing in interpretation of bird