Julius Caesar died on this day back in 44 B.C.

[KamaAina]

Et tu, Brute?

[era veteran]

1. Backstabbing Senate

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[Wait Wut]

2. Brute...

...ancient history's Liebermann.

[bikebloke]

3. I can remember exactly where I was...

when I heard the news.

[Yavin4]

4. An Appropriate Song for Today

[LeftinOH]

5. He must have known the truth about Obama's place of birth,

so George Soros and Michael Moore had him bumped off.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Caesar, beware of Brutus

'Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius;
come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna, trust not
Trebonius: mark well Metellus Cimber: Decius Brutus
loves thee not: thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius.
There is but one mind in all these men, and it is
bent against Caesar. If thou beest not immortal,
look about you: security gives way to conspiracy.
The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover, 'ARTEMIDORUS.'

[lunatica]

7. After watching Rome on HBO I can see why

[mikeSchmuckabee]

8. He was ambitious

and should have been made of sterner stuff. Wanna buy a lock of his hair?

[nolabear]

9. I saw his grave in Rome. It's extraordinarily moving.

It's a tiny stone igloo-like structure in the midst of the ruins, with a plaque in Latin on the outside and just a little mound of earth on which people leave flowers. It's incredibly humble.

It really gave me pause when I compared it to St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

[dimbear]

10. Julius had a rough life. All that childhood sexual abuse, the joking, and then

early onset male pattern baldness. Bummer.

[ellisonz]

11. Just gonna push the...

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[Odin2005]

12. I recomend that everybody read the Masters of Rome novels by Colleen McCullough.

She portrays Caesar very well, she gets into his head and shows him as a human being.