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by RavenTheRabbit on April 7th, 2008

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Does anyone know how Julius Caesar died?

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  • by iwnit on May 17th, 2009

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    assassinated

    "On the Ides of March (March 15; see Roman calendar) of 44 BC, a group of senators called Caesar to the forum for the purpose of reading a petition, written by the senators, asking him to hand power back to the Senate. However, the petition was a fake. Mark Antony, having vaguely learned of the plot the night before from a terrified Liberator named Servilius Casca, and fearing the worst, went to head Caesar off at the steps of the forum. However, the group of senators intercepted Caesar just as he was passing the Theatre of Pompey, located in the Campus Martius, and directed him to a room adjoining the east portico.

    As Caesar began to read the false petition, Tillius Cimber, who had handed him the petition, pulled down Caesar's tunic. According to Suetonius, Caesar then cried to Cimber, "Why, this is violence!" ("Ista quidem vis est!"). At the same time, the aforementioned Casca produced his dagger and made a glancing thrust at the dictator's neck. Caesar turned around quickly and caught Casca by the arm. According to Plutarch, he said in Latin, "Casca, you villain, what are you doing?" Casca, frightened, shouted "Help, brother!" in Greek ("ἀδελφέ, βοήθει!", "adelphe, boethei!"). Within moments, the entire group, including Brutus, was striking out at the dictator. Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men continued stabbing him as he lay defenceless on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around sixty or more men participated in the assassination. He was stabbed 23 times. According to Suetonius, a physician later established that only one wound, the second one to his chest, had been lethal."
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar

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  • by Seanzie is smiling again on February 12th, 2009

    Seanzie is smiling again

    He got shanked.

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  • by Uncle Rick on May 17th, 2009

    Uncle Rick

    He was stabbed multiple times. This was so that no-one could be blamed for the stab that ultimatly killed Julius Caeser. The senate (correctly) thought that they could get away with murder as no-one would effectively execute the entire political process.

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  • by bob-tom on February 12th, 2009

    bob-tom

    Stabbed by Brutus, Cassius, and several others. I read somewhere that only one of the stabs was fatal, don't know if that is true I just find it interesting.

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  • by Firebrand on April 7th, 2008

    Firebrand

    He was assassinated on the 15th of March as he entered the Senate building .
    He was attacked and stabbed about 20 times by a group of men including Brutus.

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  • by youngandinlove on April 7th, 2008

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    http://www.biography-help.com/Julius_Caesar_Killed.html

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  • by Factotum on May 17th, 2009

    Factotum

    He was BRUTalized! <rimshot>

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  • by AK First Blitz on May 17th, 2009

    AK First Blitz

    At the hands of his friends.

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  • by Tallyman on April 7th, 2008

    Tallyman

    Hit by a train?

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