The Death of Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar, aged 55 years old, was murdered yesterday at the steps of the Senate in between ten and eleven o’ clock in the morning.

The suspects of the crime include Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus, in addition to sixty or more other members from the Senate.

Caesar’s wife had many nightmares for days leading to this murder, and begged him not to go to the meeting. A soothsayer also warned Caesar about the Ides of March, the day of his death, and a Greek man handed him a note that warned him of the Senate’s plan as he was heading towards the meeting.

This was a truly brutal and public event.

Julius Caesar was allegedly persuaded by Marcus Brutus to attend a meeting with the Senate and was then led to the Senate House. As Caesar entered the room of the waiting men, they rose from their chairs and viciously attacked him with daggers. Julius Caesar was seen to have struggled outside, but fell onto the steps of the Senate as the stab wounds engulfed him. As he was onto the ground, more of the Senate rushed and pierced their daggers into his body. There were a total of twenty-three wounds found on his body. Even though he was stabbed so many times, the physician, Antistius,

who performed an autopsy on Caesar, said that only the second wound on his

chest was fatal. Caesar’s body was left on the steps for a long while before three slaves carried him to his wife.

As rumour has it, the Senate planned on many other ways on assassinating the great leader.

The likely cause of Caesar’s death was that he announced that he was dictator for life, which possibly motivated the Senate into murdering Caesar because of his selfishness. Another motive was that Caesar did not stand up for the Senate as they were honouring him. However, he did not read the given note and ignored the warnings and cautions. Did Julius Caesar walk right into death by himself? Investigators are still unsure of the culprit who actually killed Caesar with the second stab wound.

Julius Caesar’s last words were: “you too, my child?” which he said as Marcus Brutus attacked him.