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THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE .-- PHILIPPI AND ACTIUM.
Caesar in his will had appointed GAIUS OCTAVIUS, the grandson of his sister Julia, heir to three fourths of his property; and his other relatives were to have the remaining fourth.
Young Octavius was in his nineteenth year when Caesar was murdered.
He went at once to Rome to claim his inheritance.

Caesar's widow, Calpurnia, had intrusted to Mark Antony all the money in the house,--a large sum,--and had also delivered to his care all the Dictator's writings and memoranda.
Octavius was cool and sagacious, without passion or affection, and showed himself a match for all his opponents.

His arrival at Rome was disagreeable to Antony, who was unwilling to surrender Caesar's property.

He claimed that he had already expended it for public purposes.