![]() Caesar entrusted Brutus and Cassius to be his eyes and ears in the Senate, but they did just the opposite. The conspirators were not from outside forces of Rome instead, they were from Caesar’s inner circle of elite senators. ![]() Bust of Julius Caesar | Exhibition at the Grand Palais | Dated to 50-40 B.C.E. Julius Caesar’s assassination cannot be justified it was treason and murder, even though those who murdered him defended their actions as tyrannicide. Members in the Senate, however, would not allow this. 2 Caesar did not want to do away with the Republic despite what critics say all he wanted to do was reform it and give more power to the people. He was an ambitious figure that conquered modern day France, led the civil war, and influenced the fall of the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic before its fall served the wealthy and the privileged. in Rome, and became dictator of the Roman Republic in October 49 B.C.E. The powerful image of Caesar even today cannot be compared, and that is why his legacy is still alive today. 1 Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 B.C.E. Despite being hailed as a powerful war hero in history, Julius Caesar was murdered in his own city by his own people on the Ides of March 44 B.C.E. Twenty three stab wounds was all it took to take down one of the most powerful leaders in Roman history. SP 3392 – Language Variation and Dialectology of Spanish.SC 3300 – Special Topics: Public Health.HS 1302 – United States History since 1877.HS 1301 – United States History to 1877. ![]() 3 Post-Classical History (600 CE-1492 CE).6 Contemporary Latin America (2000-2030).1 Pre-Columbian Latin America (to 1492).4 Late Middle Ages-Renaissance-Reformation Europe (1300-1648).6 Great Depression and WWII (1929-1945).5 Emergence of Modern America (1877-1929).4 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877).2 Revolution and Early Republic (1754-1801).1 Colonization and Settlement (1500-1763).So that Pompey himself seemed to have presided, as it were, over the revenge done upon his adversary, who lay here at his feet, and breathed out his soul through his multitude of wounds, for they say he received three and twenty. Some say that he fought and resisted all the rest, shifting his body to avoid the blows, and calling out for help, but that when he saw Brutus's sword drawn, he covered his face with his robe and submitted, letting himself fall, whether it were by chance, or that he was pushed in that direction by his murderers, at the foot of the pedestal on which Pompey's statue stood, and which was thus wetted with his blood. For it had been agreed they should each of them make a thrust at him, and flesh themselves with his blood for which reason Brutus also gave him one stab in the groin. Which way soever he turned, he met with blows, and saw their swords leveled at his face and eyes, and was encompassed, like a wild beast in the toils, on every side. But those who came prepared for the business enclosed him on every side, with their naked daggers in their hands. And both of them at the same time cried out, he that received the blow, in Latin, "Vile Casca, what does this mean?" and he that gave it, in Greek, to his brother, "Brother, help!" Upon this first onset, those who were not privy to the design were astonished and their horror and amazement at what they saw were so great, that they durst not fly nor assist Caesar, nor so much as speak a word. Caesar immediately turned about, and laid his hand upon the dagger and kept hold of it. Casca gave him the first cut, in the neck, which was not mortal nor dangerous, as coming from one who at the beginning of such a bold action was probably very much disturbed. When he was sat down, he refused to comply with their requests, and upon their urging him further, began to reproach them severally for their importunities, when Tillius, laying hold of his robe with both his hands, pulled it down from his neck, which was the signal for the assault. When Caesar entered, the senate stood up to show their respect to him, and of Brutus's confederates, some came about his chair and stood behind it, others met him, pretending to add their petitions to those of Tillius Cimber, in behalf of his brother, who was in exile and they followed him with their joint supplications till he came to his seat.
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