The assassination of Julius Caesar was the result of a conspiracy by 8 Roman senators who called themselves Liberators. Led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus, they stabbed Julius Caesar to death in a location adjacent to the Theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Caesar was the dictator of the Roman Republic at the time, having recently been declared dictator perpetuo by the Senate. This declaration made several senators fear that Caesar wanted to overthrow the Senate in favor of tyranny. The ramifications of the assassination led to the Liberators' civil war and, ultimately, to the Principate period of the Roman Empire.
Read more about Assassination Of Julius Caesar: Background, Ides of March, Portentous Events, Aftermath of The Assassination, List of Conspirators
Famous quotes containing the words julius caesar, julius and/or caesar:
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)
“The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)
“Brutus. How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport,
That now on Pompey’s basis lies along,
No worthier than the dust!
Cassius. So oft as that shall be,
So often shall the knot of us be called
The men that gave their country liberty.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)