[169] Mommsen, book v., xi.

[170] He left Brundisium on the last day of the year.

[171] Shakspeare, Julius Cæsar, act i., sc. 2.

[172] Ad Att., lib. xiv., 9, 15.

[173] Quintilian, lib. vii., 4.

[174] These words will be found in M. Du Rozoir's summary to the Philippics.

[175] Ad Att., lib. xiv., 1.

[176] Ibid., 14: "Quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni."

[177] Morabin, liv. vi., chap. iii., sec. 6.

[178] Velleius Paterculus, lib. ii., ca. lviii.