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Tens of thousands died in the bloody battle, and the defeated Brutus and Cassius each committed suicide. The triumvirate eventually turned on each other. Octavian forced Lepidus into exile and took up arms against Antony, whose affair with Egyptian ruler Cleopatra VII damaged his reputation in ...