He made no further resistance; but, wrapping his gown over his head and the lower part of his body, he fell at the base of POMPEY'S STATUE, which was drenched with the martyr's blood.
Great tumult and commotion followed; and, in their alarm, most of the Senators fled.

It was two days before the Senate met, the conspirators meanwhile having taken refuge in the Capitol.

Public sentiment was against them.

Many of Caesar's old soldiers were in the city, and many more were flocking there from all directions.

The funeral oration of Mark Antony over the remains produced a deep impression upon the crowd.
They became so excited when the speaker removed the dead man's toga, and disclosed his wounds, that, instead of allowing the body to be carried to the Campus Martius for burial, they raised a funeral pile in the Forum, and there burned it.