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Assassination of Caesar
On March 15, 44 BCE (the Ides of March), Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Senate by Brutus, Cassius, and other republic…
Timeline
- -45–-44Rome · LazioCaesar received titles such as dictator for life; republican senators feared his royal ambitions, and Brutus, Cassius, and others conspired to eliminate him.
- -44Theatre of Pompey · LazioAttending a Senate meeting, Caesar was set upon by about sixty senators and died on the spot with over twenty wounds; according to accounts, his last words pointed to Brutus.
- -44Rome · LazioThe assassins failed to win popular support; Antony and Octavian inherited Caesar's legacy, and the republicans were completely defeated after the Battle of Philippi.
Sources
- Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar, 80-82 — Suetonius https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html
- Plutarch, Life of Caesar; Life of Brutus — Plutarch https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/home.html
- Appian, Civil Wars, Book II — Appian https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/2*.html