Some said that Caesar was intending to rise, but was prevented, and held down by those who stood around him.

Others said that an officer motioned to him to rise, but he rebuked his interference by a frown, and continued his seat.

Thus while, in fact, he received the Roman Senate as their monarch and sovereign, his own intentions and designs in so doing were left somewhat in doubt, in order to avoid awakening a sudden and violent opposition.
[Sidenote: Caesar's statute crowned.] Not long after this, as he was returning in public from some great festival, the streets being full of crowds, and the populace following him in great throngs with loud acclamations, a man went up to his statue as he passed it, and placed upon the head of it a laurel crown, fastened with a white ribbon, which was a badge of royalty.

Some officers ordered the ribbon to be taken down, and sent the man to prison.

Caesar was very much displeased with the officers, and dismissed them from their office.