After returning to Rome, Pullo kills a man in a gambling den who was cheating him.
Mark Antony’s guards react violently. In the chaos, the Senate and the public believe the attack was a planned assassination attempt on Antony himself.
Claiming his life is in danger and his sacred rights as a Tribune have been violated, Antony flees Rome to join Caesar. Caesar uses this "attack" on a legal representative of the people as his primary excuse to cross the Rubicon , effectively starting the civil war. Historical Reality vs. Fiction
