The Assassination of Julius Caesar: Explained
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Assassination of Caesar
Tilius kimber had supported caesar in the preceding civil war, but since then, relations between the two had soured. As soon as caesar had seated himself on his ornate chair, kimber walked up to dictator hoping to speak to him before meeting officially began. He asked caesar for clemency on behalf of his exiled brother. For caesar, this issue was not a priority. Recalling kimber's exiled brother was not a pressing matter. But when Kimber grabbed hold of caesar's toga, shocking the seated dictator and many of those surrounding them,. There was kimber grabbing on to the revered caesar, a man who had
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