page_title: Assassination of Julius Caesar
hierarchical_section_title: Assassination of Julius Caesar
caption_attribution_description: English: BRUTUS. Late Summer-Autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 gm, 12h). Mint moving with Brutus in northern Greece. L. Plaetorius Cestianus, magistrate. L. PLAET. CEST BRVT IMP, bare head of Brutus right / EID. MAR, pileus between two daggers pointing downward. Crawford 508/3; Cahn 23/21a (obv./rev.; same reverse die); CRI 216; Sydenham 1301; BMCRR East 68; RSC 15. Good VF, minor porosity. Of highest historical importance
context_page_description: Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March of 44 BC during a meeting of the Senate at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The senators stabbed Caesar 23 times. The senators claimed to be acting over fears that Caesar's unprecedented concentration of power during his dictatorship was undermining the Roman Republic, and presented the deed as an act of tyrannicide. At least 60 senators were party to the conspiracy, led by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius and Decimus Brutus. Despite the death of Caesar, the conspirators were unable to restore the institutions of the Republic. The ramifications of the assassination led to the Liberators' civil war and ultimately to the Principate period of the Roman Empire.
context_section_description: Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March (15 March) of 44 BC during a meeting of the Senate at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The senators stabbed Caesar 23 times. The senators claimed to be acting over fears that Caesar's unprecedented concentration of power during his dictatorship was undermining the Roman Republic, and presented the deed as an act of tyrannicide. At least 60 senators were party to the conspiracy, led by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius and Decimus Brutus. Despite the death of Caesar, the conspirators were unable to restore the institutions of the Republic. The ramifications of the assassination led to the Liberators' civil war and ultimately to the Principate period of the Roman Empire.
caption: Denarius portraying Brutus (obverse), minted in 43–42 BC. The reverse shows a pileus between two daggers, with the legend EID MAR, commemorating the assassination.[1]
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