§1.3a.1consules duos bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos consules amisimus.
We have lost two consuls who were indeed good, but only good consuls.
Hirtius quidem in ipsa victoria occidit, cum paucis diebus ante magno proelio vicisset.
Hirtius indeed fell in the very moment of victory, although he had won a great battle a few days before.
nam Pansa fugerat vulneribus acceptis quae ferre non potuit.
For Pansa had retreated, having received wounds which he could not bear.
reliquias hostium Brutus persequitur et Caesar.
Brutus and Caesar are pursuing the remnants of the enemy.
hostes autem omnes iudicati qui M. Antoni sectam secuti sunt, idque senatus consultum plerique interpretantur etiam ad tuos sive captivos sive dediticios pertinere.
Moreover, all those who followed the party of Marcus Antonius have been declared public enemies, and most people interpret this decree of the senate as applying also to your men, whether captives or surrenderers.
equidem nihil disserui durius cum nominatim de C. Antonio decernerem, quod ita statueram, a te cognoscere causam eius senatum oportere.
Indeed, I argued nothing too harshly when I was decreeing specifically about Gaius Antonius, because I had determined that the senate ought to learn of his case from you.
V. K. Maias.
April 27th.