9. =cūriam=: Caesar was slain in the Curia in the Campus Martius. BOOK VII CH. 1. 12. =partium Caesaris=: ‘of Caesar’s party.’ Antony at first pretended to favor the tyrannicides; but after he had obtained possession of the papers and treasure of Caesar, he changed sides and endeavored to crush them. 16. =Octāviānus=: he was the son of Gaius Octavius and Atia, a daughter of Julia, the sister of Caesar. After his adoption he took the name of Octavianus. 19. =Augustus=: this was a title conferred upon him after the battle of Actium, when he refused the title of dictator. =rērum potītus=: _potior_ regularly takes the Genitive in this phrase. Cf. _Alexandrīā potītus_, Bk. VI, 22. =quī … trēs ducēs=: ‘these three leaders.’ 20. =vīcērunt eum=: in the battle of Mutina, 43 B.C. PAGE 63. 1. =morerentur=: they were wounded in battle, but Augustus was accused of having murdered them. CH. 2. 3. =Lepidum=: Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Bk. VI, 1, 5, 23. He was in Gaul at this time, being governor of Gaul and Spain. After he received Antonius, they crossed the Alps at the head of a large body of troops and met Augustus in the north of Italy. 6. =pācem … fēcit=: this was known as the ‘Second Triumvirate.’ Antony, Augustus, and Lepidus divided the Roman world among them. 8. =vīcēsimō annō=: he was far below the legal age, 43. 9. =senātum prōscrīpsit=: 300 senators and 2000 knights were included in the proscription. “Each marked his victims’ names upon the fatal list, and each consented to give up adherents of his own to the greed or hatred of his colleagues.” 11. =Cicero orātōr occīsus est=: Augustus tried to save him, but Antony, whose hatred Cicero had incurred, demanded his death, and Augustus was forced to yield. CH. 3. 17. =Philippōs=: the battle of Philippi was fought in November, 42 B.C. Creighton, p. 82; _The Roman Triumvirates_, p. 210. 19. =Cassius=: Cassius was routed and committed suicide. =Brūtum=: after his forces were routed, Brutus was compelled to kill himself to prevent capture. =īnfīnītam nōbilitātem=: ‘very many of the nobility.’ 21. =dīvīsa est rēs pūblica=: Lepidus took the province of Africa, Augustus the West, and Antony the East. 23. =bellum cīvīle=: after the capture of Perusia, Antony threatened war, but he made a truce with Augustus, whose sister Octavia he married. PAGE 64. CH. 4. 1. =Sex. Pompēiō=: the son of _Pompēius Māgnus_, cf. Bk. VI, 24. He had collected a band of pirates and had made himself master of the Mediterranean. 5. =pāx postrēmō convēnit=: the agreement at Misenum. In accordance with this, Pompey was to retain his command over the sea and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. CH. 5. 6. =M. Agrippa=: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa had been a fellow-student with Augustus. He was a gallant soldier and a devoted friend. It was largely by his aid that Augustus secured his power and retained it.