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Excerpt from A Short History of Rome I. The amnesty of March 17th, and the Confirmation of Cæsar's acts. Cæesar had been assassinated on the morning of March 15th. In Rome his death made as it were a great void. The senate fled in terror. Cæsar's colleague in the consulship, Marcus Antonius, shut himself up in his house fearing lest the conspirators intended that he should share the fate of his friend. The conspirators threw themselves into the Capitol and fortified themselves there. During the whole of March 15th the city was left entirely to itself. It was not until towards evening that Antony, who had been joined by Lepidus, Cæsar's magister equitum, ventured to leave his house and visit the domus publica where he took possession of the dictator's papers and money, while the conspirators, on their part, were endeavouring to get in touch with the more important members of the senate. 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.