wow, color! 

LOL....and yet another clue....oh boy

i have never felt so stupid as i do at this moment.   i still go back to cleve-age....gus i give into you....my gray matter is mush.

both got wounded across the chest and bled but didnt die?

We already guessed that Verman chased pirates, as Cassius did (along with Pompey).  Leibniz also mentioned that Cassius, like Nelson, joined forces with a pirate (well, Pompey turned piratical).