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155 - Why Did Julius Caesar Get Shanked (Assassinated)?

No Dumb Questions

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Pompey and the Senate

"I think Pompey probably wanted him to just screw up real big somehow," he says. "These guys were like brothers for a time, and I mean, they're related by marriage." If you were in Julius Caesar's shoes, what would you be whispering to try to get everybody to do? He wants his soldiers to turn against him; that doesn't go over so well.

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