The triumvirs had distributed the provinces among …
Years: 42BCE - 42BCE
The triumvirs had distributed the provinces among themseves after the pacification of the east and the defeat of the assassins' faction in the Battle of Philippi.
Antony goes to Egypt, where he meets Cleopatra VII.Lepidus, who had remained in Rome, assumes rule of the western provinces of Hispania and Africa.
Receiving both Hither and Further Spain, along with southern Gaul, as his portion, he celebrates his victories in Spain.
He is consul again in 42, but his two colleagues soon deprive him of most of his power.
Lepidus is left only with the province of Africa, stymied by Antony, who concedes Hispania to Octavian instead.
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- Classical antiquity
- Roman Age Optimum
- Roman Civil War of 44-31 BCE
- Liberators' civil war
- Philippi, Battle of
