Livy, Periochae 116-120
Titus Livius or Livy (59 BCE - 17 CE): Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the Roman republic.
A large part of Livy's History of Rome since the Foundation is now lost, but fortunately we have an excerpt, called the Periochae, which helps us reconstruct the general scope. This translation was made by Jona Lendering.
From Book 118 |
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[118.1] In Greece, Marcus Brutus, pretending to act for the benefit of the state and the campaign against Mark Antony that was undertaken, obtained the army of Publius Vatinius and the province as well. |
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[118.2] The Senate gave Gaius Caesar, who as a private citizen had built an army, the powers of a propraetor and the ornaments of a consul, and promised that he would be made senator. |
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[118.3] Mark Antony besieged Decimus Brutus at Modena, and the envoys sent by the Senate to negotiate peace were unsuccessful, |
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[118.4] so the Roman people accepted the military dress. |
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[118.5] In Epirus, Marcus Brutus overcame praetor Gaius Antonius and his army. |
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