 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Feb 2019 6:50 p.m. PST |
Or was the will forged? (Inspired by a brief mention in Slingshot 322.) |
| Rudysnelson | 13 Feb 2019 7:43 p.m. PST |
It does not matter. Octavian became emperor. That is all that matters. |
| Winston Smith | 13 Feb 2019 8:36 p.m. PST |
What is the primary source for forging his will? |
| rmaker | 13 Feb 2019 8:41 p.m. PST |
If not, who? Antony? Brutus? |
| NavyVet | 13 Feb 2019 9:18 p.m. PST |
Octavian was Julius Caesar's only legal heir. In reality he inherited the loyalty of a Roman political faction. He also inherited the financial resources of Caesar. Both made him a major player in the power plays that took place in the years to come. |
| Memento Mori | 13 Feb 2019 11:26 p.m. PST |
Caesar probably did not survive long enough to designate who his successor should be It would be OK to name an heir and his will naming Octavian would have been normal in day to day politics Adopting heirs was quite common. Caesar was probably hoping to have his son Caesarion , via Cleopatra as his successor in power to unite Rome and the East . Once Caesar had a son he had several options. This was one of the reasons cited by his assassins and the need to act quickly There is also a wild theory mentioned by Plutarch in his Life of Brutus that Cesar was Bruus's father even though Brutus was only 15 years younger. |
| CFeicht | 14 Feb 2019 6:23 a.m. PST |
"Caesar was probably hoping to have his son Caesarion , via Cleopatra as his successor in power to unite Rome and the East . Once Caesar had a son he had several options. This was one of the reasons cited by his assassins and the need to act quickly" Interesting theory. "There is also a wild theory mentioned by Plutarch in his Life of Brutus that Cesar was Bruus's father even though Brutus was only 15 years younger." You can spawn a child at 15 :) |
| mad monkey 1 | 14 Feb 2019 7:11 a.m. PST |
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| Andrew Walters | 14 Feb 2019 9:52 a.m. PST |
The fun thing about history is that we get to argue this stuff forever. Or until someone invents a time machine, or at least a time viewer. That would be cool. |
| Winston Smith | 14 Feb 2019 11:24 a.m. PST |
DNA test.
Results on the Geraldus Springer show.
"Who is Brutus's daddy?" |
 Legion 4  | 14 Feb 2019 2:49 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 14 Feb 2019 3:12 p.m. PST |
Anyone who watched Rome on HBO knows who Caesarion's Daddy really was, and it wasn't Caesar.
("Pullo! The Queen needs you!") |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 14 Feb 2019 5:54 p.m. PST |
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| Asteroid X | 15 Feb 2019 9:37 p.m. PST |
Uesugi Kenshin: Only if you are Ragnar Redbeard. |
| Druzhina | 22 Feb 2019 10:36 p.m. PST |
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