Assassination of Julius Caesar

<p><a href="/facts/Julius_Caesar/ptR603Gv">Julius Caesar</a>, the <a href="/facts/Roman_dictator/U8HtKy1f">Roman dictator</a>, was assassinated on the <a href="/facts/Ides_of_March/bwtd9CJ6">Ides of March</a> (15 March) 44 BC by a group of senators during a <a href="/facts/Roman_Senate/NXK83zU9">Senate</a> session at the <a href="/facts/Curia_of_Pompey/Ilhmy38J">Curia of Pompey</a>, located within the <a href="/facts/Theatre_of_Pompey/a9BRXYnU">Theatre of Pompey</a> in <a href="/facts/Ancient_Rome/cGqIuxPd">Rome</a>. The conspirators, numbering between 60 and 70 individuals and led by <a href="/facts/Marcus_Junius_Brutus/yvvvrWgc">Marcus Junius Brutus</a>, <a href="/facts/Gaius_Cassius_Longinus/ujjUIJpD">Gaius Cassius Longinus</a>, and <a href="/facts/Decimus_Junius_Brutus_Albinus/5CqEhzcw">Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus</a>, stabbed Caesar approximately 23 times. They justified the act as a preemptive defense of the <a href="/facts/Roman_Republic/Han0FRLT">Roman Republic</a>, asserting that Caesar's accumulation of lifelong political authority—including his perpetual dictatorship and other honors—threatened republican traditions.
</p><p>The assassination failed to achieve its immediate objective of restoring the Republic's institutions. Instead, it precipitated Caesar's posthumous <a href="/facts/Roman_imperial_cult/JKzrGV8X">deification</a>, triggered the <a href="/facts/Liberators%2527_civil_war/jxE3XAV4">Liberators' civil war</a> (43–42 BC) between his supporters and the conspirators, and contributed to the collapse of the Republic. These events ultimately culminated in the rise of the <a href="/facts/Roman_Empire/l4E1aUuV">Roman Empire</a> under <a href="/facts/Augustus/RGfMCR2V">Augustus</a>, marking the beginning of the <a href="/facts/Principate/v3Vh1aop">Principate</a> era.
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Assassination of Julius Caesar