The Nones, therefore, always ended
on the 2d day of the month.
[4] Though Caesar's ambition led him to usurp a power to which the
Romans were not willing to submit, it appears that he used it with
unexampled moderation. He was beloved and revered by the people,
honoured and almost adored by his friends, and esteemed and admired
even by his enemies. Absolute power could not have been in better
hands.
[5] It was the general opinion of the conspirators that Antony should
be cut off with Caesar; but Brutus pleaded for and obtained his safety.
This kindness was ill repaid.
[6] The Forum was a public place at Rome, where lawyers and orators
made their speeches in matters of property of the state, or in
criminal cases.
[7] Now the Rheno, which runs through Bologna and falls into the Po.
[8] It is impossible to paint the horrors of this dreadful
proscription. Nothing was to be seen but blood and slaughter; the
streets were covered with dead bodies; the heads of the most
illustrious senators were exposed on the rostra, and their bodies left
to be devoured by dogs and birds of prey; three hundred senators, and
above two thousand knights, besides a vast number of others of
considerable rank, fell victims on this occasion.
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