The group of murderers was not small, and they would drive out and murder Caesar's relatives.When they heard this they were greatly disturbed (it was just about the time that they were going to dinner). Speedily a report spread to those out of doors and through the whole city, revealing nothing accurately, but only that some great calamity had befallen. Then when the evening was fully come many of the foremost Apollonians came up with torches, asking with kind intent what the news was. After taking counsel with his friends Octavius decided to tell the most distinguished of them, but to send the rabble away.
殺人者集団の規模は決して小さくなく、彼らはシーザーの親族を殺そうとしているという。
それを聞いたとき、彼らは酷く困惑した(そのとき彼らはちょうど夕食をとろうとしていた)。
実際は正確なことは何もわかっていなかったのだが、そのうわさはすぐに町中に広まり、大騒動に発展した。
完全に日が暮れた頃、何人もの高位の神官達がたいまつを持ってやってきて、何を耳にしたのかと丁寧に聞いて回った。
友人達から助言を受けたオクタビアスは神官達の中で１番上位の高官に野次馬を追い払うように言った。
He did so, and when the crowd was with difficulty persuaded by the leaders to leave, Octavius had the opportunity of taking counsel with his friends (much of the night already having been spent) as to what ought to be done and how he should improve the situation.After thoroughly considering the case, some of his friends advised him to go and join the army in Macedonia; it had been sent out for the Parthian War, and Marcus Acilius was in command of it. They advised him to take the army for the sake of safety, to go to Rome, and to take vengeance upon the murderers. The soldiers would be hostile toward the murderers because they had been fond of Caesar, and their sympathy would increase when they saw the boy.
そうして、神官達がどうにか群衆を説得してその場から立ち去らせた後、既に幾晩も時間を割いていた時と同じ様にオクタビアスはこれから何をすればいいか、どうやって状況を改善しようか、友人に助言を求めた。
考えに考え抜いた末、何人かの友人がマセドニアの軍に加わることを提案した。
既にParthian Warに送り込まれたMarcus Aciliusの指揮する軍である。
友人たちは安全のために軍隊を連れ、その後ローマに行き、そして暗殺の報復をするよう訴えた。
兵士たちはシーザーを敬愛していて、彼の子供を見たら同情の念をきっと強めるだろうから、下手人達に対して敵意をむき出しにするだろう。
