History Fun Facts October 23rd
HISTORICAL FUN FACTS for OCTOBER 23rd On This Day in 42BC, during the Liberators' Civil War, the forces of Mark Anthony and Octavian (who became the first Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar) defeated the army of Marcus Brutus in the 2nd Battle of Philippi. The war was to avenge the assassination of Julius Caesar, in which Brutus was the lead conspirator. After his defeat at the Battle of Philippi, Marcus Brutus fled into the nearby hills with four of his remaining legions. Not wanting to be captured by Octavian and Mark Anthony, and knowing it was only a matter of time, Brutus took the easy way out. He ordered two of his men to hold out a sword and, ready, steady, he sprinted right into it. According to Plutarch, the last words Brutus spoke were, "By all means must we fly, not with our feet, however, but with our hands." Obviously, his actual last words were in Latin, "Shittus, thatus hurtus. Rightus throughus myus p...