Cassius was pretty sure he was going to die.
He saw birds following him and he believed that those birds were foreshadowing his own death.
The Battle of Philippi constituted the ultimate battle within the Wars of the Second triad between the forces of general and Roman Emperor (of the Second Triumvirate) and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination.
The battle consisted of two engagements in the plain west of the old city of Philippi.
