Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony Loses, the Winning General Dies
Aulus Hirtius died holding his sword, not as a general, but as a consul who thought he'd won. Mark Antony slipped away from Mutina in 43 BC while his own legions scattered in the dust. The Senate cheered, then immediately ordered Decimus Brutus killed by his own allies for being too useful. Two consuls died in a single week, leaving Rome with no one to stop the power vacuum. It wasn't about winning; it was about who was left standing when the sun went down.
April 21, 43 BC
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Mark Antony
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Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
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Mutina
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Battle of Mutina
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Aulus Hirtius
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Roman consul
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Augustus
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Mark Antony
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Roman Republic
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Modena
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Battle of Mutina
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Aulus Hirtius
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Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
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43 a. C.
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Proconsul (Rome antique)
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Guerre civile de Modène
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Römische Bürgerkriege
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