The Threat Is Not Over

Marcus Amelius Lepidus is a threat to the republic which we so greatly value. In a true republic, no one man should be given an unusual amount of power. His title of magister equitum and command of a legion located within Rome clearly set him up to assume Caesar's post as dictator. This failed when the Senate showed their lack of faith in his ability to lead and removed him from his office. However, this is where Marc Antony chose to leave the matter and this is where Marc Antony was mistaken.
Antony was blinded by his blood-thirst. Rather than choosing to contain an angry ex-magistrate, he moved on to his petty wishes of exacting revenge on the liberators. Now Lepidus runs amok somewhere within the nation. Yes, we have raised and army. However, Dolabella is in command and still sits in the Senate, day after day, playing lap dog to Antony. This legion is about as beneficial as the last one put in place to guard Rome, the very same one Lepidus has on a leash with him. It was suggested that Vorenus be in charge under Dolabella. However he did not see fit to include Vorenus in the raising of the army. Why? Because Vorenus would have used the legion for its purpose, to defend us.
We have also made Lepidus and enemy of the state. While I do think this is appropriate due to his blatantly criminal actions, we should not have stopped there. We did not send scouts to find him. We did not try to legally disband the army. We moved on to harassing our patriots as a scapegoat to draw attention away from Marc Antony's own tyrannical actions. I ask you, what good is two consuls when both are fed from the same pocket?
At the very least, we need to send out scouts to ascertain the location of Lepidus and his legion. What are we to do if he gathers his other legions? We should remove him from his command of all his legions. Some will argue that we do not know his intentions and that this act would be hasty and rash? What then was his act when he removed his legion from the city? It has been the purpose of that legion to reside within the city walls and protects us for over one hundred years. This whole situation smells of more chaos and confusion. We could very well have another civil war on our hands. Yes, we have raised an army. But will it stand when Lepidus returns with all his legions? We are giving him time to collect these other legions by ignoring him while Marc Antony pursues a personal vendetta against Brutus. Brutus is not going anywhere. He is a very noble senator loyal to the Republic. Anywhere there is something to be done for the good of the Republic, there you will find Brutus.
If Marc Antony does not wish for Lepidus to march on Rome, he should set his personal feelings aside, for at least the present, and pursue the real danger at hand. Perhaps he should have learned this had he actually listened to the wise words of Piso, rather than spend that time instructing his lap dog on how he wished the rest of the Senate meeting to run. Lepidus is dangerous. If we do not act quickly, he will act for us. When he does, there will be no more Senate conflict and squabbling because there will be no more Senate.