He himself, in his despair, thought for a time that the old Roman mode of escape would be preferable, and that he might with decorum end his life and his troubles by suicide.
Atticus and others dissuaded him from this, and recommended him to fly.
Among these Cato and Hortensius have both been named.

To this advice he at last yielded, and it may be doubted whether any better could have been given.

Lawlessness, which had been rampant in Rome before, had, under the Triumvirate, become almost lawful.

It was Caesar's intention to carry out his will with such compliance with the forms of the Republic as might suit him, but in utter disregard to all such forms when they did not suit him.

The banishment of Cicero was one of the last steps taken by Caesar before he left Rome for his campaigns in Gaul.