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Episode CXXI - Assassination

Emperors of Rome

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The Assassination of Julius Caesar

All the conspirators run off. That doesn't surprise me. They probably very much in shock about that they've actually done this. Caesar had a lot more power and a lot more backing from the people. So even though apparently some of the people had turned against him towards the end, he still has a big power base. The people on his side use his wounds, kind of in the way apimius had his servant's body. And they use the funeral as this big event. Yes, this is what the senate has done to the person who was speaking for you. El, the conspirators, i dontthink they'd even use the word senate, but they are much more

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