In this war, A. U. C. 711. Hirtius being slain in
					battle, and Pansa dying a short time afterwards of a wound, a report was
					circulated that they both were killed through his means, in order that, when
					Antony fled, the republic having lost its consuls, he might have the victorious
					armies entirely at his own command. The death of Pansa was so fully believed to
					have been caused by undue means, that Glyco, his surgeon, was placed in custody,
					on a suspicion of having poisoned his wound. And to this, Aquilius Niger adds,
					that he killed Hirtius, the other consul. in the confusion of the battle, with
					his own hands. But upon intelligence that Antony, after his defeat, had been received by Marcus
					Lepidus, and that the rest of the generals and armies had all declared for the
					senate, he, without any hesitation, deserted from the party of the nobles;
					alleging as an excuse for his conduct, the actions and sayings of several
					amongst them; for some said, "he was a mere boy," and others threw out, "that he
					ought to be promoted to honours, and cut off," to avoid the making any suitable
					acknowledgment either to him or the veteran legions. And the more to testify his
					regret for having before attached himself to the other faction, he fined the
					Nursini in a large sum of money, which they were unable to pay, and then
					expelled them from the town, for having inscribed upon a monument, erected at
					the public charge to their countrymen who were slain in the battle of Modena , "That they fell in the cause of
					liberty." Having entered into a confederacy with Antony and Lepidus, he brought the war at
						 Philippi to an end in two
					battles, although he was at that time weak, and suffering from sickness. A. U. C. 712. In the first battle he was driven from
					his camp, and with some difficulty made his escape to the wing of the army
					commanded by Antony. And now intoxicated with success, he sent the head of
						Brutus After being defeated in the second engagement,
						Brutus retired to a hill, and slew himself in the night. to be cast
					at the foot of Caesar's statue, and treated the most illustrious of the
					prisoners not only with cruelty, but with abusive language; insomuch that he is
					said to have answered one of them who humbly intreated that at least he might
					not remain unburied, "That will be in the power of the birds." Two others,
					father and son, who begged for their lives, he ordered to cast lots which of
					them should live, or settle it between themselves by the sword; and was a
					spectator of both their deaths: for the father offering his life to save his
					son, and being accordingly executed, the son likewise killed himself upon the
					spot. On this account, the rest of the prisoners, and amongst them Marcus
					Favonius, Cato's rival, being led up in fetters, after they had saluted Antony,
					the general, with much respect, reviled Octavius in the foulest language. After
					this victory, dividing between them the offices of the state, Mark Antony The triumvir. There were three distinguished brothers of the
						name of Antony; Mark, the consul; Caius, who was praetor; and Lucius, a
						tribune of the people. undertook to restore order in the east, while
					Caesar conducted the veteran soldiers back to Italy , and settled them in colonies on lands belonging to the
					municipalities. But he had the misfortune to please neither the soldiers nor the
					owners of the lands; one party complaining of the injustice done them, in being
					violently ejected from their possessions, and the other, that they were not
					rewarded according to their merit. Virgil was one of the
						fugitives, having narrowly escaped being killed by the centurion Ario; and
						being ejected from his farm. Eclog. 1. 
					 At this time he obliged Lucius Antony, who, presuming upon his own authority as
					consul, and his brother's power, was raising new commotions, to fly to
						 Perugia , and forced him, by famine,
					to surrender at last, although not without having been exposed to great hazards,
					both before the war and during its continuance. For a common soldier having got
					into the seats of the equestrian order in the theatre, at the public spectacles,
					Caesar ordered him to be removed by an officer; and a rumour being thence spread
					by his enemies, that he had put the man to death by torture, the soldiers
					flocked together so much enraged, that he narrowly escaped with his life. The
					only thing that saved him, was the sudden appearance of the man, safe and sound,
					no violence having been offered him. And whilst he was sacrificing under the
					walls of Perugia , he nearly fell into
					the hands of a body of gladiators, who sallied out of the town. After the taking of Perugia , A.U.C. 714. he sentenced a great number of the
					prisoners to death, making only one reply to all who implored pardon, or
					endeavoured to excuse themselves, "You must die." Some authors write, that three
					hundred of the two orders, selected from the rest, were slaughtered, like
					victims, before an altar raised to Julius Caesar, upon the ides of March [15th
						April]. The anniversary of Julius Caesar's
						death. Nay, there are some who relate, that he entered upon the war
					with no other view, than that his secret enemies, and those whom fear more than
					affection kept quiet, might be detected, by declaring themselves, now they had
					an opportunity, with Lucius Antony at their head; and that having defeated them,
					and confiscated their estates, he might be enabled to fulfil his promises to the
					veteran soldiers.