Many Roman senators refused to resign themselves to the new, controlled oligarchy. Many were brave enough to risk their lives and joined the conspiracy led by Gaius Cassius and Decimus and Marcus Junius Brutus. They decided to kill the dictator when the Senate was supposed to meet on 15 March 44 BCE.
On that day, Caesar was ill and he decided to stay at home on the Forum Romanum with his wife Calpurnia, who was discomforted because of some nightmares. Brutus' brother Decimus, however, convinced Caesar 'not to disappoint the waiting senators'. On his way to Pompey's theater, where the Senate convened, Caesar was given a note telling him about the plot but he didn't read it at that time, instead, to read them after the meeting.
On that day, Caesar was ill and he decided to stay at home on the Forum Romanum with his wife Calpurnia, who was discomforted because of some nightmares. Brutus' brother Decimus, however, convinced Caesar 'not to disappoint the waiting senators'. On his way to Pompey's theater, where the Senate convened, Caesar was given a note telling him about the plot but he didn't read it at that time, instead, to read them after the meeting.
This segment tell us what is the situation during Caesar assassination;
As he sat down on his raised cushion and had received the senators who had gathered about him to pay their respects, a senator named Lucius Tillius Cimber came forward to make a request. He told Caesar that his brother was in jail and when the dictator started to reply that clemency was his usual policy, Tillius unexpectedly caught Caesar's toga. 'Be careful, there's no need to use force!', Caesar grumbled and ordered his guard to take away the man. However, before the guard could interfere, another senator, Publius Servilius Casca Longus, stabbed the dictator just below the throat. Then his victim understood what was happening, and he caught Casca's arm and run through it with the only weapon he could find, his pen. As Caesar tried to leap on his feet, he was kicked and stopped by another wound. He saw that he was surrounded by men with daggers and knew that he would not survive. He wrapped his head in his robe and covered the lower part of his body with a part of his toga, and was stabbed with twenty three wounds, not uttering a word.
As he sat down on his raised cushion and had received the senators who had gathered about him to pay their respects, a senator named Lucius Tillius Cimber came forward to make a request. He told Caesar that his brother was in jail and when the dictator started to reply that clemency was his usual policy, Tillius unexpectedly caught Caesar's toga. 'Be careful, there's no need to use force!', Caesar grumbled and ordered his guard to take away the man. However, before the guard could interfere, another senator, Publius Servilius Casca Longus, stabbed the dictator just below the throat. Then his victim understood what was happening, and he caught Casca's arm and run through it with the only weapon he could find, his pen. As Caesar tried to leap on his feet, he was kicked and stopped by another wound. He saw that he was surrounded by men with daggers and knew that he would not survive. He wrapped his head in his robe and covered the lower part of his body with a part of his toga, and was stabbed with twenty three wounds, not uttering a word.
It was hours after his death before three common slaves put his corpse on a litter and carried him to his home on the Forum Romanum.
The mastermind behind the plot;
- Gaius Cassius;
- a Roman Senator, a leader of the plot to kill Julius Caesar and the brother in-law of Brutus.
- Decimus Junius Brutus
- best known for introducing gladiatorial games to Rome in 264 BC
- Marcus Junius Brutus
- Vettius declared that Brutus and several other men were part of a complot to kill Pompey. Gaius Julius Caesar, an ally of Pompey, did his best to get rid of the accusations. because he had an affair with Brutus' mother, and he did not want to bring the young man into troubles.
- Brutus had shown that he had, 'the courage of a man and the brains of child'. He had acted out of idealism.
- 60 others senates
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