The Assassination of Julius Caesar: Explained
The Ancients
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The Assassination of Caesar
According to nicolaus, caesar received more than 20 stab wounds before he died. But our later sources include another event during caesar's dying moments that has become one of the most famous parts of the assassination story. According to suetonius, after receiving multiple stablets, 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 immortalize line, et tubrute. Some now even debate the whole intended meaning of kai su technon,. Rather than you too, my child, they posit that caesar was actually cursing brutus and i'll see you in hell
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