The War of Modena. Octavian, 18, great-nephew of Julius Caesar, defeats Decimus Brutus, who had locked himself within the city walls. Near the bridge of Sant’Ambrogio sul Panaro (but at the time, Sant’Ambrogio had not yet been built… so the bridge, I imagine, had another name…), the clash takes place between the forces of Mark Antony, who had been declared a public enemy by the Senate, and the Republicans led by the consuls Aulus Hirtius and Vibius Pansa, allies of Octavian Augustus. The battle ends with a tactical victory for the Republicans, who defeat Antony on the field, and a strategic one for the Antonians, who achieve the death of the two consuls and the capture of Modena, where Decimus Brutus had barricaded himself.
