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The assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15 44 BC) was the result of a conspiracy by several Roman senators, led by Gaius Cassius Longinus (85 BC-42 BC) and Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BC-42 BC), against the dictator of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC).

Julius Caesar's ceasing of power in 49 BC had not gone without hinders. Ceasing Power as a dictator went straight against the democratic values of the republic of Rome and was only used in desperate times, such as the preceeding wars. When these wars were over Caesar promised to bring back the republican ways when order was restored. Some senators feared that Caesar would claim to be a tyrant or a king of Rome. That, together with more or less aprooved of political reforms, led to the senators conspiring against Caesar, a conspiracy which Brutus, Caesar's adoptive son, and his brother-in-law Cassius would soon join. It appeared as well that Caesar had plans to leave towards the eastern parts of the empire in March 44 BC, which gave the conspirators a timetable to follow.

On the 15th of March, also known in Roman traditions as the religious feast of Ides of March, the year 44 BC Caesar entered the senate house. He was aproached by the senator Lucius Tillius Cimber (-42 BC) who presented Caesar with a petition to recall his exiled brother. The other conspirators agreed to this petition but Caesar waved it away for the time being. Cimber all of a sudden grabbed Caesar's shoulders and dragged down his tunic. Soon the others joined in. A senator named Casca tried to stab Caesar in his neck but Caesar is said to have grabbed his arms. Soon the others joined in, including Brutus, and stabbed Caesar to death with their daggers. Caesar most likely tried to get away but crowded as he was, suffering from Heavy blood loss, it would be impossible. He later tripped and fell. Caesar died of blood loss from the 23 stab wounds he had gotten.

Many would like to believe that Caesar's last words would have been "Et tu, Brute?" (You too, Brutus?) but this is most likely just a consequence from William Shakespear's drama from his play Julius Caesar.

Caesar's assassination awoke rage among Rome's lower classes, who turned against the aristocratic senators. Marc Anthony (83 BC-30 BC) used this to his and Caesar's allies' advantage. Soon enough, the murder of Caesar would evolve into a political struggle for power called the Liberators' Civil War (43–42 BC) between the Second Triumvirate, with Marc Antony, Gaius Octavian Caesar (63 BC-14 AD) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (88/89 BC-13 BC). This would eventually lead to the end of the Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire, under the leadership of Octavian, later on emperor Augustus.

This pic is, by the way, a remake from an old pic: fav.me/d6uqeig

Description
The assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15 44 BC) was the result of a conspiracy by several Roman senators, led by Gaius Cassius Longinus (85 BC-42 BC) and Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BC-42 BC), against the dictator of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC).

Julius Caesar's ceasing of power in 49 BC had not gone without hinders. Ceasing Power as a dictator went straight against the democratic values of the republic of Rome and was only used in desperate times, such as the preceeding wars. When these wars were over Caesar promised to bring back the republican ways when order was restored. Some senators feared that Caesar would claim to be a tyrant or a king of Rome. That, together with more or less aprooved of political reforms, led to the senators conspiring against Caesar, a conspiracy which Brutus, Caesar's adoptive son, and his brother-in-law Cassius would soon join. It appeared as well that Caesar had plans to leave towards the eastern parts of the empire in March 44 BC, which gave the conspirators a timetable to follow.

On the 15th of March, also known in Roman traditions as the religious feast of Ides of March, the year 44 BC Caesar entered the senate house. He was aproached by the senator Lucius Tillius Cimber (-42 BC) who presented Caesar with a petition to recall his exiled brother. The other conspirators agreed to this petition but Caesar waved it away for the time being. Cimber all of a sudden grabbed Caesar's shoulders and dragged down his tunic. Soon the others joined in. A senator named Casca tried to stab Caesar in his neck but Caesar is said to have grabbed his arms. Soon the others joined in, including Brutus, and stabbed Caesar to death with their daggers. Caesar most likely tried to get away but crowded as he was, suffering from Heavy blood loss, it would be impossible. He later tripped and fell. Caesar died of blood loss from the 23 stab wounds he had gotten.

Many would like to believe that Caesar's last words would have been "Et tu, Brute?" (You too, Brutus?) but this is most likely just a consequence from William Shakespear's drama from his play Julius Caesar.

Caesar's assassination awoke rage among Rome's lower classes, who turned against the aristocratic senators. Marc Anthony (83 BC-30 BC) used this to his and Caesar's allies' advantage. Soon enough, the murder of Caesar would evolve into a political struggle for power called the Liberators' Civil War (43–42 BC) between the Second Triumvirate, with Marc Antony, Gaius Octavian Caesar (63 BC-14 AD) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (88/89 BC-13 BC). This would eventually lead to the end of the Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire, under the leadership of Octavian, later on emperor Augustus.

This pic is, by the way, a remake from an old pic: fav.me/d6uqeig