As the year advanced the situation grew steadily worse. The sentiments of the soldiery veered round to Octavianus--where their interests clearly lay. Octavianus, for his part, divorced his unwelcome and untouched bride, the daughter of Fulvia. But the consul and Fulvia, so far from giving way, alleged instructions from M. Antonius, and prosecuted Republican propaganda. Officers intervened and called a conference. A compromise was reached, but the more important articles were never carried out. War was in the air. Both sides mustered troops and seized temple-treasures. The consul L. Antonius retired to the strong place of Praeneste in the neighbourhood of Rome.
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