of the property in case it should not come to him, and furthermore that he had directed various bequests to be given to different persons, and to the city the gardens along the Tiber, as well as thirty denarii (according to the record of Octavius himself) or seventy-five according to some others, to each of the citizens.  This news caused an upheaval and Antony fanned the flames of their resentment by bringing the body most inconsiderately[112] into the Forum and exposing it covered with blood as it was and with gaping wounds.  There he delivered over it a speech, in every way beautiful and brilliant but not suited to the state of the public mind at that time.  His words were about as follows:—­

[-36-] “If this man had died as a private citizen, Quirites, and I had happened to be a private citizen, I should not have needed many words nor have rehearsed all his achievements, but after making a few remarks about his family, his education, and his character, and possibly mentioning some of his services to the state, I should have been satisfied and should have refrained from becoming wearisome to those not related to him.  But since this man has perished while holding the highest position among you and I have received and hold the second, it is requisite that I should deliver a twofold address, one as the man set down as his heir and the other in my capacity as magistrate.  I must not omit anything that ought to be said but speak what the whole people would have chanted with one tongue if they could have obtained one voice.  I am well aware that it is difficult to hit your precise sentiments.  Especially is it no easy task to treat matters of such magnitude,—­what speech could equal the greatness of the deeds?—­and you, whose minds are insatiable because of the facts that you know already, will not prove lenient judges of my efforts.  If the speech were being made among men ignorant of the subject, it would be very easy to content them, for they would be startled by such great deeds:  but as the matter stands, through your familiarity with the events, it is inevitable that everything that shall be said will be thought less than the reality.  Outsiders, even if through jealousy they should distrust it, yet for that very reason must deem each statement they hear strong enough:  but your gathering, influenced by good-will, must inevitably prove impossible to satisfy.  You yourselves have profited most by Caesar’s virtues and you demand his praises not half-heartedly, as if he were no relation, but out of deep affection as one of your very own.  I shall strive therefore to meet your wishes to the fullest extent, and I feel sure that you will not criticise too closely my command of words or conception of the subject, but will, out of your kindness of heart, make up whatever is lacking in that respect.