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In the years following Caesar's death, his lieutenant, Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius),
and nominated heir, great-nephew Octavian, plunged into civil war against Caesar's assas-
sins. Things calmed down as Octavian took control of the western half of the empire and
Antony headed to the east, but when Antony fell head over heels for Cleopatra VII in 31
BC, Octavian went to war and finally claimed victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Acti-
um, in Greece. The next year, Octavian invaded Egypt, Antony and Cleopatra committed
suicide and Egypt became a province of Rome.
