Octavian is now able to further his cause by emphasizing the fact that he is Divi filius, "Son of God", as the Senate had recognized Caesar as a divinity of the Roman state, Divus Iulius.

Antony and Octavian send twenty-eight legions by sea to face the armies of Brutus and Cassius, who have built their base of power in Greece.

Antony’s wife Fulvia is left behind as the most powerful woman in Rome.

Appian wrote that in December 44 BCE and again in 41 BCE, while Antony was abroad and Cicero campaigned for Antony to be declared an enemy of the state, Fulvia attempted to block such declarations by soliciting support on Antony's behalf.

According to Cassius Dio, Fulvia controlled the politics of Rome.

Dio will write that "the following year Publius Servilius and Lucius Antonius nominally became consuls, but in reality it was Antonius and Fulvia. She, the mother-in‑law of Octavian and wife of Antony, had no respect for Lepidus because of his slothfulness, and managed affairs herself, so that neither the senate nor the people transacted any business contrary to her pleasure.” (Cassius Dio. 48.4.1.)