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Ides of March - 44 B.C.

"Et tu, Brute??!"

 

On March 15 - the Ides of March, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was attacked and murdered by a group of senators, including Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's friend and protégé.

 

On the steps of the Forum, Caesar initially resisted his attackers, but when he saw Brutus, he supposedly spoke those words and resigned himself to his fate.

 

Ultimately, the death of Caesar led to the final transition of the Roman Republic to - Roman Empire.

 

Ave Caesar!

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