Brutus and his followers rest briefly in the field. Brutus asks each of them in turn to help him kill himself to avoid capture. Clitus, Dardanius, and Volumnius all refuse, and when Antony’s troops approach, they run away. Strato agrees to hold Brutus' sword while he runs on it, and Brutus thus commits suicide. Antony and Octavius find Strato and the dead Brutus. They ask what happened, and Antony says that Brutus’ suicide was in line with his noble nature. He promises to forgive all the men who were followers of Brutus, as Brutus was the only one of the conspirators who was truly honorable.