The Legacy of Julius Caesar's Assassination
The Ancients
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The Assassination of Caesar
After caesar was assassinated, the conspirators and their followers had to flee italy. They then found themselves in a war between the conspirators heirs. And they minted a coin the conspirators which has engraved on it the inscription indicating ides of ah. It also has two daggers to indicate the murder that they undertook. But between the two daggers, there's a cap - for a roman, signifies slavery. So what that coin is doing is indicated that, as far as the conspirators are concerned, the ides of march represents the day that they freed rome from slavery.
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