Plut. Caes. 68.1

Life of Caesar 68.1

Author
Plutarch
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Caesar

68.1

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

68But when the will of Caesar was opened and it was found that he had given every Roman citizen a considerable gift, and when the multitude saw his body carried through the forum all disfigured with its wounds, they no longer kept themselves within the restraints of order and discipline, but after heaping round the body benches, railings, and tables from the forum, they set fire to them and burned it there; then, lifting blazing brands on high, they ran to the houses of the murderers with intent to burn them down, while others went every whither through the city seeking to seize the men themselves and tear them to pieces.