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69. C. Pansa <A.> Hirtio coss. AUC 711/43 BC

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Caesari cum honores decreti essent et imperium adversus Antonium, immolanti duplicia exta apparuerunt. secutae sunt eum res prosperae. C. Pansae cos. statua equestris †Antonii domi corruit. equus phaleratus in ipsius conspectu festinans concidit. quidam e populo sanguine victimarum prolapsus respersam cruore palmam proficiscenti dedit. funesta haec ipsi prodigia fuerunt, qui mox adversus Antonium dimicans in mortem vulneratus est. armorum telorumque species a terra visa cum fragore ad caelum ferri. signa legionis, quae relicta a Pansa ad urbis praesidium erat, veluti longo situ inductis araneis vestiri visa. fulmine pleraque icta. in castris Caesaris luce prima in culmine praetorii super linteum consedit aquila, inde circumvolantibus minoribus avibus excita de conspectu abiit. oraculo Apollinis vox audita: lupis rabies hieme, aestate frumentum non demessum. veteranis Caesari consulatum flagitantibus terribilis tumultus Romae fuit. Caesar cum in campum Martium exercitum deduceret, sex vultures apparuerunt. conscendenti deinde rostra creato consuli iterum sex vultures conspecti veluti Romuli auspiciis novam urbem condituro signum dederunt. reconciliatione inter Caesarem Antonium Lepidum facta foeda principum fuit proscriptio. When distinctions were decreed to Caesar and military authority was decreed against Antony, two-fold entrails appeared while he was making a sacrifice. Successful affairs followed. The equestrian statue of the consul C. Pansa collapsed in the home of †Antony. A decorated horse fell-down dead as it hurried into his sight. One of the people fell down in the blood of the sacrifices and offered him his hand spattered with blood as he set out. These funereal prodigies were for him, and then when he was fighting against Antony he was fatally wounded. An appearance of arms and weapons seemed to be borne from the land to the sky with a loud tumult. The standards of the legion, which had been left by Pansa as a garrison for the city, seemed to be cloaked in spiders’ webs which had spun as though after they had remained stationery for too long. Many places were struck by lightning. In the camp of Caesar at first light an eagle settled on top of the headquarters above the lintel, then after it was driven away by smaller birds which were flying around it disappeared from sight. A voice was heard from the oracle of Apollo: Madness to wolves in winter, a lack of grain in summer. There was a terrible disturbance at Rome when the veterans demanded Caesar’s consulship. When Caesar led in his army down into the Campus Martius, six vultures appeared, then when he ascended the rostra after being created consul another six vultures were seen and they gave a sign for the new foundation of the city just like the auspices offered to Romulus. When Caesar, Antony and Lepidus were reconciled there was a disgraceful proscription of leading citizens.