tiny-librarian:On March 15th, in 44 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of conspir
tiny-librarian:On March 15th, in 44 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Marc Antony had gotten wind of the plot the night before and tried to head Caesar off, but the conspirators intercepted Caesar before he could do so. Caesar was assassinated just outside the Theatre of Pompey, and not directly inside the Senate Chambers as many paintings and dramatic retellings would have us believe.Over 60 men were said to have participated in the murder, and Caesar was stabbed a total of 23 times. According to the autopsy performed after the fact, just one of the stab woulds, the second to his chest, had been fatal. -- source link