Tum consul Antonius (quem cum simul interimendum censuisset Cassius testamentumque Caesaris abolendum, Brutus repugnaverat dictitans nihil amplius civibus praeter tyranni'ita enim appellari Caesarem facto eius expediebat'petendum esse sanguinem) convocato senatu, cum iam Dolabella, quem substituturus sibi Caesar designaverat consulem, fasces atque insignia corripuisset consulis, velut pacis auctor liberos suos obsides in Capitolium misit fidemque descendendi tuto interfectoribus Caesaris dedit
Thereupon Antonius, as consul, summoned the senate. Cassius had been in favour of slaying Antony as well as Caesar, and of destroying Caesars will, but Brutus had opposed him, insisting that citizens ought not to seek the blood of any but the tyrant'for to call Caesar tyrant placed his deed in a better light. Dolabella, whom Caesar had named for the consulship, with the intention of putting him in his own place,a had already seized the fasces and the insignia of that office. Having summoned the senate, Antonius, acting as the guarantor of peace, sent his own sonsb to the capitol as hostages and thus gave his assurance to the slayers of Caesar that they might come down in safety.
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