Carfulenus served under
Caesar in the
Alexandrine War in 47 BC.
Hirtius describes him as a man of great military skill. At the time of
Caesar's murder in 44 BC, Carfulenus was
tribune of the plebs. He was a supporter of the aristocratic party, and an opponent of
Marcus Antonius, the general of Caesar. When Antonius summoned the
senate to the
Capitol on November 28, in order to have Caesar's nephew,
Octavianus, declared an enemy of the state, Carfulenus and his colleagues,
Tiberius Canutius and
Lucius Cassius Longinus, were excluded from the Capitol, so that they could not interpose their veto against the senate's decree. In the following year, Carfulenus took an active part in the war against Antonius. He fell in the Battle of Mutina, in which Antonius was defeated. ==See also==