Brūtum: after his forces were routed, Brutus was compelled to kill himself to prevent capture.
īnfīnītam nōbilitātem: ‘very many of the nobility.’
21. dīvīsa est rēs pūblica: Lepidus took the province of Africa, Augustus the West, and Antony the East.
23. bellum cīvīle: after the capture of Perusia, Antony threatened war, but he made a truce with Augustus, whose sister Octavia he married.
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Ch. 4.
1. Sex. Pompēiō: the son of Pompēius Māgnus, cf. Bk. VI, 24. He had collected a band of pirates and had made himself master of the Mediterranean.
5. pāx postrēmō convēnit: the agreement at Misenum. In accordance with this, Pompey was to retain his command over the sea and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.
Ch. 5.
6. M. Agrippa: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa had been a fellow-student with Augustus. He was a gallant soldier and a devoted friend. It was largely by his aid that Augustus secured his power and retained it.