Question 16

What immediate effect did Mark Antony's funeral oration have on the situation in Rome after Caesar's assassination?

It persuaded the Senate to formally pardon the conspirators
It convinced Octavian to renounce his inheritance from Caesar
It caused the conspirators to be elected to new magistracies
It turned public opinion against the conspirators and forced them to flee RomeCorrect answer

Explanation

Antony's public reading of Caesar's will and emotional funeral speech inflamed the Roman crowd against the assassins, who soon left the city for safety. The oration produced neither a Senate pardon nor new offices for the conspirators, and Caesar's adopted heir accepted rather than renounced his inheritance.

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