Beware The Ides of March! One of the most famous moments in classical history as Julius Caesar is assassinated by Brutus, Cassius and their followers in 44 BC.
Beware The Ides of March! One of the most famous moments in classical history as Julius Caesar is assassinated by Brutus, Cassius and their followers in 44 BC. Caesar was due to appear at a session of the Senate. Mark Antony accompanied Caesar on his way. The plotters, however, fearing that Antony would come to Caesar's aid, had arranged for Trebonius to intercept him just as he approached the portico of Theatre of Pompey, where the session was to be held, and detain him outside. When Antony realized what had come to pass, he fled the scene fearing he might be next. According to Plutarch, as Caesar arrived at the Senate, Tillius Cimber presented him with a petition to recall his exiled brother. The other conspirators crowded round to offer support. Both Plutarch and Suetonius say that Caesar waved him away, but Cimber grabbed his shoulders and pulled down Caesar's tunic. Caesar then cried to Cimber, "Why, this is violence!" ("Ista quidem vis est!"). At the ...