Cika wannan jumla: Brutus na gaba ya kai wa Cassius hari saboda zargin da ake yi na ƙazantar da kyakkyawan aikin kisan sarki ta hanyar karɓar cin hanci. ("Shin babban Julius bai zub da jini ba saboda adalci? / Abin da villain touch'd jikinsa, cewa ya soke, / Kuma ba don adalci ba?") An sulhunta su biyu, musamman bayan da Brutus ya bayyana cewa matarsa ƙaunatacciyar ta kashe kanta a ƙarƙashin damuwa da rashin shi daga Roma; suna shirya don wani
yakin basasa a kan Mark Antony da kuma ɗansa na ɗa na Kaisar, Octavius, wanda ya kafa wani nasara a Roma tare da Lepidus. A wannan daren, fatalwa na Kaisar ya bayyana ga Brutus tare da gargadi na shan kashi. (Ya sanar da Brutus, "Za ku gan ni a Filibi. ")