O Tempus! O Mores!
Marcs Aemilius Lepidus is late to the most important meeting of his life. When he gets to the river at which the armies of Marc Anthony and Octavian are stationed his soldiers see the armies assembled in formation. Marc Anthony is parinoid about a republican attack, and so when the marching army is spotted it is attacked. The meeting breaks up in disarry: Octavian retreats back to Rome, Lepidus is slain before anyone realizes the mistake. Octavian knows that Marc Anthony is going to come after him, and so agrees to be elected consul alongside Circero and restore the republic. Marc Anthony's weakened forces flee from the senatorial army and he dies a coward's death, hit in the back with an arrow.