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Excerpt from History of Rome and the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire, Vol. 3: Part II (Death of Cæsar to the Commencement of Augustus) Brutus hesitated; he wished once more to attempt to. Draw the people over, and on the following day (16th of March) he descended into the Forum. His speech, a grave and moderate one, was quietly listened to, but when the prmtor Corn. Cinna, a relative of the dictator, spoke after him and attacked Caesar, the crowd broke forth into cries and threats, and the conspirators, intimidated, hastily retired to the fortress which was defended by their gladiators and men of the people whom they had hired. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.