Att. 8.1Secūtum est illud.Next came the following. Att. 8.1Occīsō Caesare cum rēs pūblica penes Brūtōs vidērētur esse et Cassium ac tōta cīvitās sē ad eōs convertisset, sīc M. Brūtō ūsus est, ut nūllō ille adulēscēns aequālī familiārius quam hōc sene, neque sōlum eum prīncipem cōnsiliī habēret, sed etiam in convīctū.When, after Caesar was killed, the state seemed to be in the hands of the Bruti and Cassius, and the whole community had turned towards them, he was on such terms with Marcus Brutus that that young man was no more intimate with any of his contemporaries than with this old man, and he made him not only the chief of his counsels but also his companion at table. Att. 8.3Excōgitātum est ā quibusdam, ut prīvātum aerārium Caesaris interfectōribus ab equitibus Rōmānīs cōnstituerētur.A plan was devised by certain men to set up a private treasury for Caesar's assassins, funded by the Roman knights. Att. 8.3Id facile efficī posse arbitrātī sunt, sī prīncipēs eius ōrdinis pecūniās contulissent.They thought this could easily be done if the leading men of that order contributed money.
Att. 8.3Itaque appellātus est ā C. Flāviō, Brūtī familiārī, Atticus, ut eius reī prīnceps esse vellet.So Atticus was approached by Gaius Flavius, a close friend of Brutus, with the request that he be willing to take the lead in this matter. Att. 8.4At ille, quī officia amīcīs praestanda sine factiōne exīstimāret semperque ā tālibus sē cōnsiliīs remōvisset, respondit: sī quid Brūtus dē suīs facultātibus ūtī voluisset, ūsūrum, quantum eae paterentur, sē neque cum quōquam dē eā rē collocūtūrum neque coitūrum.But he, who believed that services should be rendered to friends without taking sides, and had always kept himself clear of such schemes, replied that if Brutus wished to make any use of his resources, he could use them as far as they allowed, but that he would neither confer with anyone about this matter nor join with anyone in it. Att. 8.4Sīc ille cōnsēnsiōnis globus huius ūnīus dissēnsiōne disiectus est.Thus that united band was broken up by the dissent of this one man. Att. 8.5Neque multō post superior esse coepit Antōnius, ita ut Brūtus et Cassius omissā cūrā prōvinciārum, quae iīs dīcis causā datae erant ā cōnsule, dēspērātīs rēbus in exilium proficīscerentur.Not long afterwards Antony began to gain the upper hand, so that Brutus and Cassius, giving up the care of the provinces which had been given them for form's sake by the consul, and despairing of their cause, went into exile.
Att. 8.6Atticus, quī pecūniam simul cum cēterīs cōnferre nōluerat flōrentī illī partī, abiectō Brūtō Ītaliāque cēdentī sēstertium centum mīlia mūnerī mīsit.Atticus, who had refused to contribute money along with the rest to that party while it flourished, sent Brutus a gift of a hundred thousand sesterces when he was cast down and leaving Italy. Att. 8.6Eīdem in Ēpīrō absēns trecenta iussit darī, neque eō magis potentī adūlātus est Antōniō neque dēspērātōs relīquit.To the same man, though absent himself, he ordered three hundred thousand to be given in Epirus; and he neither flattered Antony any the more for his power nor abandoned those whose cause was lost.