Editing Second Triumvirate (section)

=== Proscriptions ===

In desperate need of money, the three men issued a declaration which – according to Appian – declared Caesar's ''clementia'' to have been a failure; it was appended with a death list.<ref>{{harvnb|Rawson|1992|p=486|ps=, citing {{harvnb|App. ''BCiv''.|loc=4.8–11}}.}}</ref> Some three hundred senators and 2,000 [[equites]] were then killed;<ref>{{harvnb|Thein|2018|ps=, citing {{harvnb|App. ''BCiv''.|loc=4.5}}.}}</ref> some victims escaped to Macedonia or Sicily (held by [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]] and [[Sextus Pompey]], respectively) or were able to plead successfully for clemency. Still without sufficient funds, the triumvirs seized eighteen rich Italian towns and redistributed them to their soldiers.{{sfn|Rawson|1992|p=486}}

The proscriptions claimed enemies and friends of the triumvirs. Cicero, whom Octavian had held in high esteem, was placed on the death lists along with his brother, nephew, and son; Cicero's activism against Antony in the [[Philippicae]] marked him for retribution. The triumvirs themselves traded friends and family to secure the addition of their enemies to the death lists. Persons on the proscription lists had their properties confiscated and sold; freelance assassins, bounty hunters, and informers received cash rewards for aiding in the killings.{{sfn|Thein|2018}}