The Real Assassination of Caesar - a podcast by HISTORY

The Ides of March, 44 BC. Ancient Rome’s most powerful dictator, Julius Caesar, is running late to a senate meeting. When he arrives, senators surround him and stab him 23 times. The assassination of Caesar has been told and re-told for centuries, but the facts are wilder than the legend. What really happened on the Ides of March? And why do we tell this story over and over?

 

Special thanks to Professor Barry Strauss, historian and author of The Death of Caesar and Ten Caesars.

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