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 120 |
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[120.1] As consul, Gaius Caesar carried a law to prosecute those who had been involved in the murder of his father Caesar; under the terms of this law, Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius, and Decimus Brutus were condemned in their absence. |
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[120.2] Asinius Pollio and Munatius Plancus as well joined Mark Antony with their armies and made him stronger; and Decimus Brutus, whom the Senate had ordered Antony to pursue, was deserted by his legions, fled, and was put to death by Antony, into whose power he had come, by a Sequanian named Capenus. |
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[120.3] Gaius Caesar made his peace with Antony and Lepidus. For five years, they were to be triumvirs for the restoration of the republic, and opponents of Lepidus, Antony and Caesar were to be proscribed. |
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[120.4] Many Roman knights, and the names of 130 senators, were listed, such as Lucius [Aemilius] Paulus (Marcus Lepidus' brother), Lucius Caesar (an uncle of Antony), and Marcus [Tullius] Cicero. |
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[120.5] He was killed by Popillius, a legionary soldier, at the age of sixty-theee. His head and right hand were exposed on the Speaker's platform. |
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[120.6] Itnote also contains an account of Marcus Brutus' acts in Greece. |
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