Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . ivided against the West,and all fair hopes shattered of unity and honest gov-ernment. All this ruin could be caused by a handfulof men, who, pursuing a phantom liberty and follow-ing the lead of a personal hatred, slew the one manwho saw the truth of things. Three slaves carried the body home, bleeding fromtwenty-three wounds, while the people looked onaghast. Two or three days later it was burnt in theforum by the mob and the soldiers, in a scene of thewildest excitement, while the liberators of theircountry were hidden away in t
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . ivided against the West,and all fair hopes shattered of unity and honest gov-ernment. All this ruin could be caused by a handfulof men, who, pursuing a phantom liberty and follow-ing the lead of a personal hatred, slew the one manwho saw the truth of things. Three slaves carried the body home, bleeding fromtwenty-three wounds, while the people looked onaghast. Two or three days later it was burnt in theforum by the mob and the soldiers, in a scene of thewildest excitement, while the liberators of theircountry were hidden away in terror. Caesars willwas read beforehand, and it was found that hisprincipal heir was the young Octavius, who wasalso adopted as his son. He had left his gardensbeyond the Tiber to the use of the city, and a sumof money to every resident citizen of Rome. Butwhat most moves us, as it moved those who listenedin the forum that day, is that Decimus Brutus, theman who led him into the fatal snare, occupied thesecond place in the destined succession to his ROMAN SWORDS.
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