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Pompey forwarded to Rome the news of his surrender and execution. The senate blamed Pompey for the perfidious act.<ref>[[Plutarch|Plut]]. Pomp. 16</ref><ref>[[Appian]], B. C. ii. Ill</ref><ref>[[Livy|Liv]]. Epit 90.</ref> John Leach in his biography of Pompey defends his subject by arguing that Brutus "presumably began to whip up further support for Lepidus (the name of the town suggests that there were hereditary clients of his there)" and so Pompey was "forced" to send Geminius to Regium Lepidi to recapture and execute him.<ref>Leach, John, ''Pompey the Great'', Croom Helm, 1978, p.42.</ref>
Brutus is quoted by [[Cicero]], who says he was well skilled in public and private law.<ref>[[Cicero]], ''[[Brutus (Cicero)|Brutus]]'' 36.</ref>
==See also==
* [[Junia (gens)]]
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