| In 36, Octavian defeated Pompey's son Sextus Pompeius at Naulochus, and also ousted Lepidus from the triumvirate. |
| This left the empire in the hands of Octavian and Antony, who retained their triumviral power. |
| Some 2,000 years ago after Julius Caesar's murder, Octavian, his great-nephew and heir, gathered an army and marched on Rome. |
| Octavian went ahead with his triumph, when the procession through Rome bore an image of Cleopatra with a snake ostentatiously clamped to her arm. |
| To rid himself of annoyance by them, Octavian needed all the help he could get. |
| The senate, led by Cicero, supported Octavian, who defeated Antony in 43 and took the consulship by force. |
