ladiator, but
he had obtained that post in the army by his having a robust body. So
these Germans marched along the houses in quest of Caesar's murderers,
and cut Asprenas to pieces, because he was the first man they fell upon,
and whose garment it was that the blood of the sacrifices stained, as I
have said already, and which foretold that this his meeting the soldiers
would not be for his good. Then did Norbanus meet them, who was one of
the principal nobility of and could show many generals of armies among
his ancestors; but they paid no regard to his dignity; yet was he of
such great strength, that he wrested the sword of the first of those
that assaulted him out of his hands, and appeared plainly not to be
willing to die without a struggle for his life, until he was surrounded
by a great number of assailants, and died by the multitude of the wounds
which they gave him. The third man was Anteius, a senator, and a few
others with him. He did not meet with these Germans by chance, as the
rest did before, but came to show his hatred to Caius, and because he
loved to see Caius lie dead with his own eyes, and took a pleasure in
that sight; for Caius had banished Anteius's father, who was of the same
name with himself, and being not satisfied with that, he sent out his
soldiers, and slew him; so he was come to rejoice at the sight of him,
now he was dead. But as the house was now all in a tumult, when he was
aiming to hide himself, he could not escape that accurate search which
the Germans made, while they barbarously slew those that were guilty,
and those that were not guilty, and this equally also. And thus were
these [three] persons slain.

16. But when the rumor that Caius was slain reached the theater,
they were astonished at it, and could not believe it; even some that
entertained his destruction with great pleasure, and were more desirous
of its happening than almost any other faction that could come to them,
were under such a fear, that they could not believe it. There were also
those who greatly distrusted it, because they were unwilling that any
such thing should come to Caius, nor could believe it, though it were
ever so true, because they thought no man could possibly so much power
as to kill Caius. These were the women, and the children, and the
slaves, and some of the soldiery. This last sort had taken his pay,
and in a manner tyrannized with him, and had abused the best of the
citizens, in being subservient