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On March 14, 44 BC, Antony was alarmed when Cicero told him the gods would strike Caesar.

Casca, Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius decided, in the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive.

The following day, the Ides of March, he went down to warn the dictator but the Liberatores reached Caesar first and he was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC.

In the turmoil that surrounded the event, Antony escaped Rome dressed as a slave ; fearing that the dictator's assassination would be the start of a bloodbath among his supporters.

When this did not occur, he soon returned to Rome, discussing a truce with the assassins ' faction.

For a while, Antony, as consul, seemed to pursue peace and an end to the political tension.

Following a speech by Cicero in the Senate, an amnesty was agreed for the assassins.