How and when was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 1

Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March (15th of March) in 44 B.C. by Marcus Junius Brutus and the other senators because they hoped to end his reign and restore the normal running of the Republic, but only led to another Roman civil war. He was sanctified two years after his assassination by the Senate as one of the Roman deities. His rule was succeeded by Gaius Octavianus, his son.

On the day of his assassination, a group of senators called Caesar to the forum to read a petition written by the senators to ask him to hand power back to the Senate. However, the petition was a fake. Marcus Antonius (Mark Anthony), one of Caesar's generals and one of his most loyal friends and his second cousin, the lover of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, learned of the plot the night before from a frightened Liberator named Servilius Casca and went to warn him at the steps of the forum, however, Caesar was intercepted first by the senators as he was passing the Theatre of Pompey.

As Caesar began to read the petition, Tilius Cimber, the politician who handed him the petition, pulled down his tunic. At the same time, Casca pulled out his dagger and attempted to cut the man's throat but only made a glancing blow. Caesar turned and caught Casca by the arm. Caesar said in Latin to Casca, "Casca, you villain, what are you doing?"

Casca became frightened and shouted out in Greek, "Help, brother!" and within moments, all of the politicians including Brutus began attacking Caesar. He attempted to get away but blinded by blood, he tripped and fell and they continued to stab him as he lay defenseless on the steps.

Over sixty men were involved in his assassination. An examination of his body later by a physician showed that he was stabbed twenty-three times but it was only one wound that had been lethal - the second blow to his chest.

After the assassination, Brutus stepped forward as if to make a speech to his fellow senators but they fled the building and then he and his followers ran throughout the city shouting, "People of Rome, we are once again free!" They were met with silence as the citizens had locked themselves in as soon as rumors of what was happening began to spread.

Afterwards, they made a wax statue of Caesar that depicted all 23 stab wounds he had received in the forum. A crowd that amassed there set fire to the forum, badly damaging it and neighboring buildings. Marcus Antonius, Octavian, and many others soon had to fight a series of five civil wars that ended the formation of the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

It was the Ides of March: March 15, 44 B.C.

Answer 3

Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC.

Answer 4

Julius Caesar was killed on the Ides of March, which is the 15th March, and he was killed in 44BC.

Answer 5

March 15, the Ides of March The Ides of March (the fifteenth of March), 44 BC.

Answer 6

Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC.

Answer 7

It was 15 March 44 BCE.