![]() ![]() Politically-motivated killing wasnt exactly rare in Caesars day. Moments later, he was mobbed by the group, as Cimber grabbed Caesar’s shoulders and pulled the toga away from his neck – the signal to begin the attack. The incident was the vicious and bloody assassination of the all-powerful consul of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar, which occurred on March 15 the now infamous Ides of March. According to his account, Caesar entered the meeting hall, took his seat at the podium, and was presented with a petition by senator Tillius Cimber, one of the main conspirators. Civil war ensued, and from its ashes rose the first Emperor of the vast Roman state: Gaius Octavius, known to history as Augustus. Writing at the beginning of 2nd century AD, some 150 years after the events, Greek historian Plutarch, born in Chaeronea, Boeotia, provides one of the most detailed descriptions of the assassination. Ironically the assassination of Caesar accelerated rather than halted the collapse of Republican Rome. We also know the main ringleaders were Brutus and Cassius, the former being the son of Caesar’s former lover, Servilia. We know that the assassination took place during a meeting of the Senate at the Curia of Pompey, a meeting hall inside the Theatre of Pompey in the heart of ancient Rome, and at least 60 senators were party to the conspiracy. Nevertheless, some details emerge with chilling clarity. The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A Peoples History of Ancient Rome - Michael Parenti - Google Books Sign in Try the new Google Books Books Add to my library Write review View eBook Get. Inside the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar Blow-by-blow accounts of the Ides of March spare few details on how Romes dictator-for-life met a bloody end in 44 B.C. Beginning with Casca they stab Caesar to death and bathe their arms and hands in his blood. Once inside the Capitol, the conspirators gather around Caesar under the guise of pleading for the return of an exile. Assassinated by a group of senators calling themselves the “Liberators,” the precise details of Caesar’s untimely death continue to be a source of morbid speculation, clouded by conflicting accounts by the ancient writers. One of the most iconic deaths in history, Caesars assassination is the brutal climax to an impressive series of victories: from triumphing during the First. Synopsis: In the street Caesar brushes aside Artemidorus’s attempt to warn him of the conspiracy. In Rome the administrative machine had inevitably been disrupted, and Caesar had always remained in control, as consul or as dictator.
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