camelotsqween: ANCIENT HISTORY MEME - 2/10 Events in the Ancient World “As he took his seat, t
camelotsqween:ANCIENT HISTORY MEME - 2/10 Events in the Ancient World“As he took his seat, the conspirators gathered about him as if to pay their respects, and straightway Tillius Cimber, who had assumed the lead, came nearer as though to ask something. When Caesar with a gesture put him off to another time, Cimber caught his toga by both shoulders. As Caesar cried, “Why, this is violence!”, one of the Cascas stabbed him from one side just below the throat. And in this wise he was stabbed with three and twenty wounds, uttering not a word, but merely a groan at the first stroke, though some have written that when Marcus Brutus rushed at him, he said in Greek, “You too, my child?”~ Suetonius on the Assassination of Julius Caesar -- source link
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