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Explanation: During Caesar's triumph through Rome after the end of the Civil War in 45 BCE, one of the People's Tribunes, Pontius Aquila, refused to stand, as was customary, as Caesar passed during the triumph. This enraged Caesar so much that he called out during the triumph, "Come then, Aquila, take back the republic from me!"
For several days afterwards, Caesar remained so salty that he would add, after making any promise, "That is, if Tribune Aquila will let me."
Pontius Aquila would later become one of Caesar's assassins.