But that was not the plea which Caesar himself valued most it was his personal honour. […] Brutus came to feel shame for his own disloyalty: he composed a pamphlet in honour of the Republican who died true to his principles and to his class. […] As late as July he expected popular manifestations of sympathy at the games furnished by him, in absence, in honour of the god Apollo. […] The honour of the army had been outraged. […] But the times called for daring and the example of Caesar taught him to run risks gaily, to insist upon his prestige, his honour, the rights due to his name and station.