Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te kohurutanga o Hurihi Hihara i te tau 44 i mua i a Karaiti, ka rere ano nga kaiwhakahuru, ko Brutus raua ko Cassius te rangatira, ki te rawhiti. I tukuna e Mark Antony, te rangatira o mua o Caesar, he ture e whakahau ana i te kawana, a Quintus Hortensius Hortalus kia hoatu te kawanatanga ki a Antony. Engari, i whiriwhiria e ia te whakanoho i te kawanatanga ki raro i te mana o Brutus - he nekehanga i mohiotia e te Senate i te 43 BC. Na tenei i arahi a Mark Antony ki te honohono ki a Octavian i roto i te Tuarua Triumvirate me
Ka whakaekea a Makeronia, ka hinga a Brutus me ana ope i te Pakanga o Piripi i te tau 42 BC.