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The assasination of Julius Caesar

Today in history it happened the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC, known as the Ides of March.
A group of senators, led by Cassius and Brutus, plotted Caesar's assassination in the hope of restoring the Roman Republic and curbing its growing power.
Around noon, Caesar was stabbed in the Senate. He is said to have received 23 stab wounds. The attack occurred near the statue of Pompey, Caesar's old rival.
The conspirators believed that Caesar had become a dictator and that his death was necessary to save Rome's freedom.
His assassination sparked a series of civil wars that ultimately led to the end of the Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire under Octavian, later known as Augustus.