Julius Caesar, military genius: “Men readily believe what they wish to believe”

The Roman general is considered one of the greatest strategists in history. Beyond that, he was also a renowned orator and ...
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Why Julius Caesar Was Assassinated | Full Documentary

In this episode, we explore one of history's most dramatic political assassinations—the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Learn how Brutus, Cassius, and other senators conspired to ...
Publishers Weekly

THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR: A People's History of Ancient Rome

Why did a group of Roman senators gather near Pompey's theater on March 15, 44 B.C., to kill Julius Caesar? Was it their fear of Caesar's tyrannical power? Or were these aristocratic senators worried ...
The Brooklyn Paper

A history of violence: A bare-bones ‘Julius Caesar’ looks at brutality

Friends, Romans, Brooklynites — lend us your ears! A new production of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” offers the ever-timely advice that stabbing your political opponents may not be the ...
Newsweek

First Evidence of Julius Caesar’s Invasion of Britain Could Rewrite History of the Roman Empire

Despite the fact that historians have widely accepted the fact that Julius Caesar led a Roman invasion of Britain in the year 55 B.C., any physical evidence of that invasion has been completely ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The War That Made the Roman Empire’ Review: Turning the Tide of History

On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar lay dead from 23 knife wounds inflicted by his assassins. The next day, the question on every Roman citizen’s mind was: Who will rule Rome now? Getting to the ...