[72] The site is near the present Campo dei Fiori.
[73] Plutarch: Cæsar.
[75] Appian.
[76] Some authors state that he cried “Et tu, Brute”; others that the words “my son” were added; while yet others do not record any words at all.
[77] Ferrero has shown that March 19th was a day of feriae publicae, when the funeral could not take place. It could not well have been postponed later than the next day after this.
[79] Which, as will be seen, he ultimately attempted to do.
[80] See page [235], where I suggest that Serapion had possibly decided to throw in his lot with Arsinoe, who perhaps claimed the kingdom of Cyprus, and to assist the party of Brutus and Cassius against that of Antony which Cleopatra would probably support.
[81] Found at Tor Sapienza, outside the Porta Maggiore. The best gold and silver coins of Antony, issued by Cnæus Domitius Ahenobarbus, correspond with the bust in all essentials.