Citizens, Senators, and even Mark Antony ran away. They were all too afraid, they began to cry and run as if it were doomsday! The Romans did not realize that ambition has just been defeated! The conspirators and I bathed our hands in Caesar's blood all the way to our elbows. We also walked around Rome holding up our honorable, bloody weapons and yelled, "Peace, freedom and liberty!" Meanwhile this was going on, I felt so proud and victorious. I have never felt like that in my entire life.
I was paid a visit by Antony's servant telling me that Antony would like to know my reasonings regarding the death of Caesar. He also wanted us to make sure we would not harm Antony(even though those weren't our intentions). This made Antony seem so wise and intelligent. He deserves a satisfying explantation. So that was what I gave him and much more. Antony, surprisingly, shook every conspirators hand(keep in mind we washed our hands with Caesar's blood). He wanted to know why we killed Caesar, and asked to place the body in the marketplace. He also wanted to speak at his funeral. I allowed him to. Cassius always disagrees with me but I had the final decision. Cassius thought Antony's speech would move the plebeians but this is out of respect. Julius deserves to have Antony speak at his funeral and that is exactly what he is going to do.
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