What is Assassination of Julius Caesar?
{{Infobox civilian attack |title = Assassination of Julius Caesar |image = [[File:Vincenzo Camuccini - La morte di Cesare.jpg|250px|Man in red and yellow being stabbed by men in white, with a man in green and man in blue joining in. People scattered on the outside of the stabbing are shown shocked]] | image_size = 250px | image_upright = 1.16 | alt = | caption = ''[[The Death of Julius Caesar (Camuccini)|The Death of Julius Caesar]]'' by [[Vincenzo Camuccini]], 1806 }} The '''[[assassination]] (murder) of [[Julius Caesar]]''' was the result of a [[conspiracy]] by forty Roman [[senator]]s, the self-styled ''Liberatores''. They were led by [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]] and [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]]. == Attack and death == The senators stabbed Caesar to death in the ''Theatre of Pompey'' on the [[Ides of March]], 15 March 44 [[BC]]. Caesar was the [[dictator]] of the [[Roman Republic]] at the time. He had been declared ''dictator perpetuo'' (dictator for life) by the [[Senate]]. This declaration resulted in many senators fearing that Caesar wanted to overthrow the Senate in favour of a [[tyranny]]. The assassination led to [[civil war]]. The [[Second Triumvirate]] led to the ascendancy of Caesar's adopted heir [[Augustus|Octavian]] to the position of [[Roman Emperor|emperor]], and the end of the Republic leading to the [[Roman Empire]]. In the end, by murdering Caesar, the Liberators caused the end of the Republic they supported. == List of conspirators == The known members of the plot were: *[[Gaius Cassius Longinus]] *[[Marcus Junius Brutus]] *Servius Sulpicius Galba *Quintus Ligarius *Lucius Minucius Basilus *[[Servilius Casca]] *Gaius Servilius Casca (Servilius Casca's brother) *Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus *Tillius Cimber *Caius Trebonius *Caecilius *Bucolianus (Caecilius' brother) *Rubrius Ruga *Marcus Spurius *Sextius Naso *Minucius Basilus *Pontius Aquila {{history-stub}} [[Category:44 BC]] [[Category:Ancient Rome]] [[Category:Assassinations in Europe|Julius Caesar]] [[Category:March events