C. Helvius Cinna tribunus plebis, ex funere C. Caesaris domum suam petens, populi manibus discerptus est pro Cornelio Cinna, in quem saevire se existimabat, iratus ei quod cum adfinis esset Caesaris, adversus eum nefarie raptum impiam pro rostris orationem habuisset, eoque errore propulsus est ut caput Helvii perinde atque Cornelii circa rogum Caesaris fixum iaculo ferret, officii sui, alieni erroris piaculum miserabile!
Tribune of the Plebs C. Helvius Cinna, as he was going home from the funeral of C. Caesar, was torn to pieces by the hands of the people in mistake for Cornelius Cinna, against whom they thought their fury was directed. They were angry with him because, though related to Caesar by marriage, he had made an impious speech against him from the rostra when he had been wickedly taken off. Driven by that error, the people carried Helvius head on a javelin around Caesars pyre, as though it was Cornelius. A pitiable sacrifice to his own discharge of duty and the error of others.
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