Julius Caesar’s power was at its peak. He had angered many Patricians due to his liaison with Cleopatra. These Patricians had thought of a very drastic plan; they wanted to assassinate Caesar. Gaius Cassius, the brother-in-law of Marcus Brutus, was a chief colluder of the plan, along with Marcus Junius Brutus, a good friend of Caesar, Decimus Brutus, a distant cousin of Caesar, and 12 other unnamed men. These men decided to kill Julius Caesar on March 15th, which they called the “Ides of March.” The Ides of March typically was the 15th day of every month on the Roman calendar. Caesar also had a plan, just three days after his planned assassination. He had planned to depart from Rome to Parthia, which is now modern-day Iraq on March 18th for a military campaign.
On the day of March 15th, Caesar went to the senate-house for a meeting. On his way there, a man gave him a note warning him of the conspirators’ plan to kill him. The man begged him to read it, but he held the note in his
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One struck him with a dagger in the neck. Others stabbed him repeatedly in the head. As Marcus Brutus stabbed Caesar, he reportedly said, “You too, my child?” Altogether, Julius Caesar was stabbed an estimated 23 times. Due to Marcus Brutus’ involvement in Caesar’s assassination, tension grew between him and Caesar’s family, and his own family. Julius Caesar always tried to find talent in others, especially younger people, like Brutus. Brutus and Caesar had a father-son relationship, and even though Brutus fought against Julius Caesar in the Roman civil war, Caesar spared him from death, so it was very surprising for Brutus to become an instigator in Caesar’s assassination. After Caesar’s death, there was a crisis with power and ruling, which led to the falling of the Roman Republic. Years later, a victory over the colluders of Caesar’s death resulted in the first Roman Emperor,