[103.6] ‘the dead man.’
[103.7] ‘thoroughly aroused.’
[103.8] ‘torn (from the body).’
[103.9] ‘coals.’
[103.11] ‘woman though she was.’
[Text-only version] [XXX.] Octāviānus Caesar Augustus
Octāviānus, Iūliae, Gāī Caesaris sorōris, nepōs, quārtum annum
agēns patrem āmīsit. Ab avunculō adoptātus profectum eum in
Hispāniās[12] adversus Gnaeī Pompēī līberōs secūtus est. Deinde
ab eō Apollōniam missus studiīs[13] vacāvit. Utque prīmum occīsum
[5] Caesarem hērēdemque sē comperit, in urbem regressus
hērēditātem adiit, nōmen Caesaris sūmpsit conlēctōque veterānōrum
YOUNG AUGUSTUS exercitū opem Decimō[1] Brūtō tulit, quī ab
Antōniō Mutinae obsidēbātur. Cum autem
urbis aditū prohibērētur, ut Brūtum dē omnibus
[10] rēbus certiōrem faceret, prīmō lītterās
mīsit plumbeīs[2] lāminīs īnscrīptās, quās ad
bracchium[3] religātās ūrīnātōrēs[4] Scultennam
amnem trānsnantēs[5] ad Brūtum dēferēbant.
Quīn et avibus internūntiīs ūtēbātur. Columbīs[6]
[15] enim, quās inclūsās ante famē[7] adfēcerat,
epistulās ad collum religābat eāsque ā proximō moenibus locō
ēmittēbat. Illae, lūcis cibīque avidae, altissima aedificiōrum
petentēs excipiēbantur ā Decimō Brūtō, quī eō modō dē omnibus
rēbus certior fīēbat, utique[8] postquam dispositō quibusdam locīs
[20] cibō columbās illūc dēvolāre īnstituerat.