Caesar stab spot found THE exact spot where Roman Emperor Julius
Caesar was stabbed to death has been discovered by
archaeologists. The randy ruler, whose conquests included
Cleopatra and Gaul, was always thought to have been knifed in
the Senate. But Spanish academics have discovered that he was
slayed in the lobby of a theatre, which is now home to a colony
of stray cats. The site is now known as Torre Argentina in Rome
and is rarely open to tourists. However, it is hoped it will
become a big draw when its excavation is completed next year.
Umberto Broccoli, the head of cultural heritage for Rome, said:
“Next year we will complete the excavation work and give the
area back to visitors.” The bloody assassination plot, one of
the most infamous in history, was carried out on 15 March in
44BC, a date known in the Roman calendar as the Ides of March.
The legendary general died from twenty three wounds delivered to
his back by a group of conspirators who viewed him as a tyrant
who threatened the future of the rep