[97] Nicolas (§ 30), Appian (b. c. iii. 39), Plutarch (Ant. 16), acquit Augustus. The two writers who adopt Cicero’s view of the truth of the accusation are Seneca (de Clement. 1, 9, 1) and Suetonius (Aug. 10). See Cicero, ad Fam. xii. 23.
[98] ad Att. xv. 12.
[99] See ante, p. 3.
[100] He had the title Imperator inherited from Cæsar (Dio, 43, 44); but this was a mere honorary title, and could not be held to give imperium. He was careful to use it however, as in the inscription recording the formation of the triumvirate.... EMILIVS M. ANTONIVS. IMP. CÆSAR. III VIR R.P.C. A.D. IV KAL. DEC. AD. PRID. KAL. IAN. SEXT....
[101] Monum. Ancyr. I, annos undeviginti natus exercitum privato consilio et privata impensa comparavi: per quem rem publicam dominatione factionis oppressam in libertatem vindicavi. Compare Cæsar, b. civ. 1, 22, ut se et Populum Romanum factione paucorum oppressum in libertatem vindicaret.
[102] Cicero, ad Att. xvi. 8 and 9.
[103] Id., ad Fam. xii. 23.
[104] App., b. c. iii. 43-45; Cic., 3 Phil. § 10; Dio, 45, 13.
[105] Cic., ad Att. xvi. 10, 13 a, 13 b, 14.
[106] Id., 3 Phil. § 19.