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If, O conscript fathers, while I learned from the letters which have been read
that the army of our most wicked enemies had been defeated and routed, I had
also learned what we all wish for above all things, and which we do suppose has
resulted from that victory which has been achieved,—namely, that
Decimus Brutus had already quitted Mutina,—then I should without any hesitation give my
vote for our returning to our usual dress out of joy at the safety of that
citizen on account of whose danger it was that we adopted the robe of war, But
before any news of that event which the city looks for with the greatest
eagerness arrives, we have sufficient reason indeed for joy at this most
important and most illustrious battle; but reserve, I beg you, your return to
your usual dress for the time of complete victory. But the completion of this
war is the safety of Decimus Brutus.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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