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The Second Triumvirate Prescription
Many of the people on the list had nothing to do with the assassination of Caesar. They were put there simply because they had money, or for petty personal reasons. The first person who was killed was a Tribune of the Puebls by the name of Salvia. Cicero fled town and had a lot of support from the people. He was eventually caught in a litter going from his estate to a ship waiting for him to take him to Macedonia. According to the historian Appian, over 300 senators and 2,000 equities were killed.
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