Caesar's death left a power vacuum that sucked the breath out of Rome. Who of Rome’s surviving elites were most prepared to rally the shell-shocked city? The derelict drunkard Mark Antony held formal power, but would anyone follow him? Caesar’s general Lepidus had an army in the city, but would he have the guts to use it? Then there were the assassins themselves; they held their daggers in their hands as they marched through the city, but could they really expect to revive the republic after such a grisly murder?
Primary Sources Referenced:
- Caesar, Civil Wars 1.120
- Appian, Civil Wars 2.128
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