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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:05 AM
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Happy Ides of March Day!
Edited on Wed Mar-15-06 10:06 AM by zulchzulu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March

"Caesar was attacked and stabbed to death by a group of senators who called themselves the Liberatores ("Liberators"); they justified their action on the grounds that they committed tyrannicide, not murder, and were preserving the Republic from Caesar's alleged monarchical ambitions."

Sounds like a plan...

:mad:
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:15 AM
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1. And as a result...
The Roman Senate granted Caesar's successor, Octavian, the title of Augustus (previously reserved only for the gods) and unprecedented power to command at will, thereby marginalizing the Senate and effectively abolishing the republic they sought to preserve from Caesar.
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:45 AM
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2. And the coffers were emptied to pay for the bloody war.
And the perps were forced to fall on their own swords.

And the beat goes on...
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