March 16, 44 BCE:
Caesar’s Magister equitum, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, brings his army into Rome
Caesar’s deputy acted swiftly and marched 6000 soldiers into Rome and their presence on Campus Martius must have made Brutus & co worried . Actually the conspirators had already fled to Capitoline hill and Lepidus was ready to assault and wipe them out. The sole remaining consul Marcus Antonius and Aulus Hirtius who preferred negotiations dissuaded him from this attack. .
( Triumvir Lepidus is depicted in this gold coin; issued in 42 BCE by Publius Clodius)
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Source: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Creator: Dirk Sonnenwald ; Copyright Notice;CC BY-NC-SA







