Gaius Julius Caesar, Dictator of Rome.
Julius Caesar was, famously, forewarned to "beware the Ides of March". He was subsequently stabbed to death onMarch 15th of the year44 BCE, the 'ides' of the month.
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Until March 15, 44 BCE, the Ides of March were simply the appearance of the full moon, but from this day forward, it marked the bloody assassination of Julius Caesar in which he was stabbed repeatedly by the senators (Vernon, National Geographic).
He had assume dictatorial control over Rome
On 15 March 44 BCE, the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered.
Rome was conquered in 530
Carthage was destroyed in 146 BCE, leaving Rome the dominant power in the Western Mediterranean.
146 BCE.
31 BCE.
King Xerxes was assassinated in 465 BCE, stabbed by the captain of the guards.
Well, "Pompey," as in Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, one of the three members of the First Triumvirate of Rome was assassinated in 48 BCE. September 29th, 48 BCE. He was assassinated in Egypt by order of the counselors of the then young Egyptian ruler Ptolemy XIII. He was stabbed to death by Achillas, Salvius and Septimius. His head was presented to Gaius Julius Caesar by Ptolemy XIII, in hopes of securing some favor from Rome. Caesar was greatly displeased that his friend and son-in-law had been killed, even though they were military enemies at the time.
False. Rome started out as a monarchy; that changed around the year 509 BCE, when the monarchy was overthrown and Rome became a Republic; and then, eventually, around 29 BCE, Rome became an empire.