place
Forum Iulii
A coastal town in Narbonese Gaul (modern Fréjus) founded by Julius Caesar, on the route between Italy and the Spanish provinces. A focal point of the converging armies of Antony, Lepidus and Plancus in May 43 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 10.15 §3 Forum Iulii
Forum Iulii (modern Fréjus), a coastal town in Narbonese Gaul founded by Julius Caesar; a key point on the route between Italy and the Spanish provinces, here the rendezvous of the converging armies.
- Ad Familiares 10.17 §1 Antony reached Forum Iulii with his leading troops on the Ides of May
The Ides of May = 15 May 43 BC. Forum Iulii (modern Fréjus) lay on the coastal road by which Antony, retreating from Mutina, was moving west toward Lepidus's province.