Antony was now Consul of Rome, and all his acts were conciliatory. “Above all, we must have order, for we are the people of the law.” Antony put into law decrees which he said were the will of Caesar, but Cicero, broken of heart, told friends that the “decrees” were forged. The old enmity between the two men was renewed freshly, and Antony vowed to his followers that this old man must be destroyed, one way or another.
