During the Roman Civil War between Caesar and Pompey in 49 BC , Pedius allied himself with Caesar . In 48 BC , Pedius was promoted to the praetorship in Rome . In that same year , he commanded a legion and successfully quelled an anti-Caesarean uprising at Compsa , resulting in the deaths of both Marcus Caelius Rufus and Titus Annius Milo , who had been leading the ill-fated revolt . In early 45 BC , Pedius served as a legate against Sextus Pompeius in Spain . Pedius claimed victory against Sextus Pompeius and returned to Rome with Caesar , whereupon he received a triumph and the title of proconsul . When Caesar was assassinated in March 44 BC , Pedius was named one of Caesar 's heirs in his will . Like his cousin Lucius Pinarius , he was to receive one eighth of Caesar ’s estate , but he renounced the inheritance in favor of Caesar ’s main heir , Pedius ' cousin Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ( the future emperor Augustus ) . In August 43 BC , Octavian and Pedius were elected as consuls after marching on Rome with an army
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Assassination of Julius Caesar
Quintus Pedius