My own self

Just as seeds are the origins of trees and plants, so, with equal certainty, you were the seed of that most grievous war.[*] Senators, you are mourning three armies of Roman soldiers slain in battle: Antony killed them. The authority of your Order has been destroyed: Antony destroyed it. For every evil which we have seen since that time - and what evils have we not seen? - he is responsible. There can be no other conclusion. He has been our Helen of Troy! He has brought upon our country war, and pestilence, and annihilation.