text=BRUT.:book=1:letter=3.4
WE have lost two consuls-good men enough; yes, at any rate good men. As for Hirtius, he fell in the moment of victory, In storming Antony's camp a week after the battle of Forum Gallorum (21st April). having also won a great battle only a few days before. For Pansa had retreated, after receiving wounds which put him out of action. Pansa appears to have retired wounded to Bononia after the battle. It is rather remarkable that Galba says nothing of his being wounded in Letter DCCCXXXVIII. Decimus Brutus and Caesar are in pursuit of the remnants of the enemy. It turned out that Caesar had refused to join Decimus Brutus in the pursuit of Antony. All, moreover, have been declared "enemies," who followed the party of Antony: and that decree of the senate most people interpret as applying also to those whom you have captured or who have surrendered to you. For my part I refrained from urging any severity, though I proposed a decree referring to Gaius Antonius by name: for I had made up my mind that the senate ought to be informed by you of the merits of his case. 27 April.