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2Antony received also the papers of Caesar, in which there were written memoranda of his decisions and decrees; and making insertions in these, he appointed many magistrates and many senators according to his own wishes. He also brought some men back from exile, and released others from prison, as though Caesar had decided upon all this. Wherefore the Romans in mockery called all such men Charonitae;[20] for when put to the test they appealed to the memoranda of the dead.
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Notes
[20] In Latin, Orcini, from Orcus, the god of the lower world, to whom the Greek Charon is made to correspond.