The Assassination of Julius Caesar: Explained
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Assassination of Caesar
According to nicolaus, caesar received more than 20 stab wounds before he died. Suetonius claimed that after receiving multiple stabwounds, but before he breathed his last, caesar caught sight of marcus brutus standing among the ranks of the conspirators. This was the inspiration for shakespeare's immortalized line, et tubrute. But it seems very plausible that caesar's iconic, you two, my child, final words are a later fabrication,. inserted in by sources writing much later with the benefit of heinset the alexander historians.
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