# The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE

> Follow the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, the Senate meeting at the Theatre of Pompey, and the struggle for power that followed. Explore why killing the dictator failed to restore the Republic.

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## Concepts

### Lucius Minucius Basilus

**Lucius Minucius Basilus** was a military commander and politician of the late Roman Republic, a trusted associate of **Julius Caesar**, who later participated in Caesar's assassination.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Minucius_Basilus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Minucius_Basilus?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar

### Plutarch

**Plutarch** was a Greek and later Roman **Middle Platonist** philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar

### Suetonius

**Gaius** **Suetonius** Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suetonius
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suetonius?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus

### Lupercalia

**Lupercalia**, also known as Lupercal, was a **pastoral** festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidus

### Roman Senate

The **Roman Senate** was the highest and **constituting** assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero

### Ides of March

The **Ides of March** is the day on the **Roman calendar** marked as the Idus, roughly the midpoint of a month, of Martius, corresponding to 15 March on the Gregorian calendar.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus

### Curia of Pompey

The **Curia of Pompey** was one of several named meeting halls from **Republican Rome** of historic significance.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curia_of_Pompey
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curia_of_Pompey?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar

### Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)

**Calpurnia** was either the third or fourth wife of **Julius Caesar**, and the one to whom he was married at the time of his assassination.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpurnia_(wife_of_Caesar)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpurnia_(wife_of_Caesar)?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar

### Pontius Aquila

**Pontius Aquila** was a Roman politician, military commander, and one of the assassins of **Julius Caesar**.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Aquila
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Aquila?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

### Publius Servilius Casca

**Publius Servilius Casca** Longus was one of the assassins of **Julius Caesar** and plebeian tribune in 43 BC.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Servilius_Casca
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Servilius_Casca?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar

### Lucius Tillius Cimber

**Lucius Tillius Cimber** was a Roman senator and one of the key conspirators in the assassination of **Julius Caesar** on the Ides of March, 44 BC.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillius_Cimber
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillius_Cimber?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony

### Gaius Trebonius

**Gaius Trebonius** was a military commander and politician of the late **Roman Republic**, who became suffect consul in 45 BC.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Trebonius
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Trebonius?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus

### Julius Caesar

**Gaius** **Julius Caesar** was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Triumvirate

### Battle of Philippi

The **Battle of Philippi** was the final battle in the Liberators' civil war between the forces of **Mark Antony** and Octavian and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination, Brutus and Cassius, in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

### Theatre of Pompey

The **Theatre of Pompey**, also known by **other names**, was a structure in Ancient Rome built during the latter part of the Roman Republican era by Pompey the Great. Completed in 55 BC, it was the first permanent theatre to be built in Rome.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Pompey
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Pompey?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar

### Gaius Cassius Longinus

**Gaius Cassius Longinus** was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate **Julius Caesar** on 15 March 44 BC. He was the brother-in-law of Brutus, another leader of the conspiracy.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Cassius_Longinus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Cassius_Longinus?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

### Dictator perpetuo

**Dictator perpetuo**, also called dictator in perpetuum, was the office **Julius Caesar** held at the end of his life.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator_perpetuo
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator_perpetuo?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus

### Cicero

**Marcus** Tullius **Cicero** was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

### Mark Antony

**Marcus** Antonius, commonly known in English as **Mark Antony**, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi

### Second Triumvirate

The **Second Triumvirate** was an extraordinary commission and magistracy created at the end of the Roman republic for Mark Antony, **Lepidus**, and Octavian to give them practically absolute power.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Triumvirate
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Triumvirate?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi

### The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE

Follow the conspiracy against **Julius Caesar**, the Senate meeting at the **Theatre of Pompey**, and the struggle for power that followed. Explore why killing the dictator failed to restore the Republic.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://www.ashmolean.org/article/an-ides-of-march-coin

### Augustus

Octavian, the future **Augustus**, was one of the three triumvirs who pursued **Caesar’s** assassins.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

### Lepidus

**Lepidus** joined Antony and Octavian in the legally constituted **Second Triumvirate**.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidus?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony

### Porcia (wife of Brutus)

**Porcia** was **Brutus**’s wife during the conspiracy; ancient accounts describe her knowledge of his secret.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcia_(wife_of_Brutus)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcia_(wife_of_Brutus)?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus

### Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus

**Decimus** and Marcus **Brutus** were distinct participants in the conspiracy against Caesar.

Topics: history

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

### Marcus Junius Brutus

**Marcus Junius Brutus** was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of **Julius Caesar**. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was retained as his legal name.

Topics: history, historical episode

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus?action=history
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

## Relationships

- Plutarch — related_to → Julius Caesar: Plutarch: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Plutarch: Plutarch: The Ides of March
- Suetonius — related_to → Julius Caesar: Suetonius: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Suetonius: Suetonius: The Ides of March
- Lupercalia — related_to → Julius Caesar: Lupercalia: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Lupercalia: Lupercalia: The Ides of March
- Roman Senate — related_to → Augustus: Roman Senate: Augustus
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Roman Senate: Roman Senate: The Ides of March
- Ides of March — related_to → Julius Caesar: Ides of March: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Ides of March: Ides of March: The Ides of March
- Curia of Pompey — related_to → Julius Caesar: Curia of Pompey: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Curia of Pompey: Curia of Pompey: The Ides of March
- Calpurnia (wife of Caesar) — related_to → Julius Caesar: Calpurnia (wife of Caesar): Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Calpurnia (wife of Caesar): Calpurnia (wife of Caesar): The Ides of March
- Pontius Aquila — related_to → Julius Caesar: Pontius Aquila: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Pontius Aquila: Pontius Aquila: The Ides of March
- Lucius Minucius Basilus — related_to → Julius Caesar: Lucius Minucius Basilus: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Lucius Minucius Basilus: Lucius Minucius Basilus: The Ides of March
- Publius Servilius Casca — related_to → Julius Caesar: Publius Servilius Casca: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Publius Servilius Casca: Publius Servilius Casca: The Ides of March
- Lucius Tillius Cimber — related_to → Julius Caesar: Lucius Tillius Cimber: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Lucius Tillius Cimber: Lucius Tillius Cimber: The Ides of March
- Gaius Trebonius — related_to → Julius Caesar: Gaius Trebonius: Julius Caesar
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Gaius Trebonius: Gaius Trebonius: The Ides of March
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Dictator perpetuo: Dictator perpetuo: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Cicero: Cicero: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Battle of Philippi: Battle of Philippi: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Second Triumvirate: Second Triumvirate: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Mark Antony: Mark Antony: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Theatre of Pompey: Theatre of Pompey: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Gaius Cassius Longinus: Gaius Cassius Longinus: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Marcus Junius Brutus: Marcus Junius Brutus: people, places, and context for the episode.
- The Ides of March: Caesar’s Assassination, 44 BCE — related_to → Julius Caesar: Julius Caesar: people, places, and context for the episode.
- Second Triumvirate — related_to → Mark Antony: Antony was a member of the Second Triumvirate alongside…
- Second Triumvirate — related_to → Augustus: Octavian, the future Augustus, was one of the three triumvirs who…
- Second Triumvirate — related_to → Lepidus: Lepidus joined Antony and Octavian in the legally…
- Marcus Junius Brutus — related_to → Gaius Cassius Longinus: Brutus and Cassius led the republican forces defeated at Philippi…
- Marcus Junius Brutus — related_to → Porcia (wife of Brutus): Porcia was Brutus’s wife during the conspiracy; ancient accounts describe her knowledge…
- Marcus Junius Brutus — related_to → Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus: Decimus and Marcus Brutus were distinct participants in the…