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Angry plebeians kill wrong Cinna
Hannah Ruby

Everybody knows of the assassination of Julius Caesar, but what they don’t know is that another man has been murdered as well. Yesterday, on his way to Caesar’s memorial service, Cinna, a poet, was wrongfully attacked and killed by a group of angry plebeians.
As Cinna made his way to Caesar’s funeral, he was stopped and questioned by the plebeians. After he revealed his name, he was ambushed and killed. The plebeians claim they believed that he was part of the conspiracy that led to Caesar’s death the day before.
“We had been told the conspirator’s name, but nothing else about him,” said one of the plebeians, who has asked to remain anonymous. “How were we to know he was not the right man?”
A witness commented that, “They viciously attacked him with very little evidence. They asked him a few questions and then tore him to shreds. It seems he was a man who was loyal to Caesar, but in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“My speech was not intended to send the people of Rome on a killing spree,” said Marc Antony. “While I do recognize that this was a mistake, there will be consequences for killing an innocent man.”
As of today, no punishment for the plebeians had been confirmed. The whereabouts of Cinna the conspirator are still unknown.