Latin Texts & Translations

DCCCXLIII (BRUT. 1, 3, § 4)

TO M. IUNIUS BRUTUS (AT DYRRACHIUM) ROME, 27 APRIL

WE have lost two consuls-good men enough; yes, at any rate good men. As for Hirtius, he fell in the moment of

victory, ^[Note] having also won a great battle only a few days before. For Pansa had retreated, after receiving wounds which put him out of action. ^[Note] Decimus Brutus and Caesar are in pursuit of the remnants of the enemy. ^[Note] All, moreover, have been declared "enemies," who followed the party of Antony: and that decree of the senate most people interpret as applying also to those whom you have captured or who have surrendered to you. For my part I refrained from urging any severity, though I proposed a decree referring to Gaius Antonius by name: for I had made up my mind that the senate ought to be informed by you of the merits of his case.

27 April.