If Caesar's death had been beneficial for the Republic, the gods would not have supplied so many<hr>
omens. They warn of misfortunes so that men can avoid them, but rarely do they send signs of encouragement. Following this argument, it could be said that Brutus was also alerted to his death. This frightful spectre of death that appeared to him twice was sent as punishment rather than as a chance for him to escape the calamity waiting for him or to endorse his plot.<hr>

And who has ever shown reverence for fallen tyrants? When they are alive, they are feared, but when they die, their bodies are dragged across public squares, torn to pieces, the laws they established are changed, their statues are brought down. Their memory is loathed, and those who have killed them live securely and with honour. But as for Caesar, even in death, respect was given to him. The rights established during his time were upheld by the Romans and seemed sacred. His blood-soaked toga, pierced by the blows he had received, stirred pain in every citizen's soul. His last will, which enriched them all, was listened to as if it was that of the father of the homeland. The people commemorated him with a pyre more glorious for his memory than if he had received the grandest funeral reserved for kings, as it was a testimony of their affection and of the same fire that had consumed my dear Caesar. His shadow sought to set ablaze the houses of his killers. The Senate changed nothing in the ordinances he had laid. New honours were paid to him, all his murderers fled, and with universal consent, he was elevated to godhood. Has a tyrant ever been divinized after his death? Even Alexander, the greatest prince of antiquity, was only considered the son of Jupiter during his lifetime. And Caesar had this advantage greater than the hero. What Caesar's friends did for his merit was accomplished posthumously.<hr>

Even the gods, after giving portents of his death, wanted to further testify to their immense wrath. That frightful comet which appeared for seven days after his departure was already a sign of the vengeance they would take. Even the sun, for a whole year, lost its usual heat and brilliance to show the entire Earth that the Republic had lost in Caesar its greatest figure and its most splendid glory. And to better testify to his innocence, divine vengeance pursued until their demise all who had contributed to this unfair conspiracy. They all perished a violent death, none of them managed to escape. They found nowhere to live in peace. The sea was as lethal to them as the land. Those who fled the rage of their enemies killed themselves. Brutus ran his heart through with the same sword with which he had struck Caesar, thus punishing himself using the same weapons he used to commit the crime. As for Cassius, he too ended his life in the same fashion, and I have learned at last that none of Caesar's murderers remain in this world. Judge after this, Lepidus, if he is not fully innocent.<hr>

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