A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

14. TITINIUS, a centurion in the army of Cassius at the battle of Philippi, B. C. 42, was sent by his commander, after his defeat by Antony, to see how Brutus had fared; but as Titinius did not return so soon as was expected, Cassius, supposing all was lost, put an end to his own life. Titinius, on his arrival, killed himself over the body of Cassius, to atone for his involuntary error. (V. Max. 9.9.2.) The story is told a little differently by Appian (App. BC 4.113) and Plutarch. (Brut. 43.)