▁P ann onia , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁leading ▁troops ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Mar com ann ic ▁War , ▁had ▁elected ▁him ▁em peror . ▁Some ▁versions ▁say ▁that ▁Cass ius ▁was ▁trick ed , ▁or ▁persu aded , ▁by ▁Fa ust ina ▁the ▁Young er , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁A ure lius , ▁because ▁she ▁fe ared ▁that ▁A ure lius ▁would ▁die ▁while ▁Com mod us , ▁their ▁son , ▁was ▁still ▁young , ▁a ▁situation ▁which ▁would ▁likely ▁have ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁us ur per ▁se izing ▁the ▁throne ▁for ▁himself . ▁According ▁to ▁these ▁accounts , ▁Fa ust ina ▁thus ▁trick ed , ▁or ▁persu aded , ▁Cass ius ▁into ▁reb elling , ▁to ▁ensure ▁the ▁next ▁em peror ▁was ▁someone ▁of ▁her ▁choosing . ▁The ▁exact ▁date ▁of ▁his ▁revol t ▁is ▁unknown , ▁although ▁it ▁is ▁known ▁that ▁he ▁revol ted ▁by ▁at ▁least ▁ 3 ▁May , ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁document ▁about ▁his ▁em peror ship ▁from ▁that ▁date . ▁A ▁pap yrus ▁from ▁the ▁O xy rh yn chus ▁Pap y ri ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁Cass ius ▁was ▁confident ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁support ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁April ▁or ▁even ▁March . ▁ ▁A ure lius ▁attempted ▁to ▁suppress ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁revol t , ▁but , ▁when ▁it ▁became ▁w ides p read ▁throughout ▁his ▁camp , ▁chose ▁to ▁address ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁speech . ▁The ▁exact ▁word ing ▁of ▁his ▁speech ▁is ▁unknown , ▁as ▁the ▁record ▁given ▁by ▁Cass