Some descended into wells, others into filthy sewers.Some took refuge in chimneys.Others crouched in the deepest silence under the thickly-packed tiles of their roofs.For some were not less fearful of their wives and ill-disposed children than of the murderers,while others feared their freedmen and their slaves;creditors feared their debtors and neighbours feared neighbours who coveted their lands.There was a sudden outburst of previously smouldering hates and a shocking change in the condition of senators(men who were about to enter upon those offices, or who had already held them),who threw themselves with lamentations at the feet of their own slaves, giving to the servant the character of saviour and master.
Icelius, who was one of the judges in the trial of Brutus and Cassius,when Octavian was supervising the tribunal with his army, and who, when all the other judges deposited secret ballots of condemnation, alone publicly deposited one of acquittal, now unmindful of his former magnanimity and independence, put his shoulder under a dead body that was being conveyed to burial, and took a place among the carriers of the latter.The guardsgates noticed that the number of corpse-bearers was greater by one man than usual,but they did not suspect the bearers.They only searched the bier to make sure that it was not somebody counterfeiting a corpse, but, as the bearers convicted Icelus as not being a member of their trade.
While these events were taking place Lepidus enjoyed a triumph for his exploits in Spain, and an edict was displayed in the following terms: "May Fortune favour us. Let it be proclaimed to all men and women that they celebrate this day with sacrifices and feasting. Whoever shall fail to do shall be put on the list of the proscribed." Lepidus led the triumphal procession to the Capitol, accompanied by all the citizens, who showed the external appearance of joy, but were sad at heart. The houses of the proscribed were looted, but there were not many buyers of their lands, since some were ashamed to add to the burden of the unfortunate.