Caesar 's Comet ( numerical designation C / -43 K1 ) – also known as Comet Caesar and the Great Comet of 44 BC – was perhaps the most famous comet of antiquity . Its seven-day cometary outburst was interpreted by Romans as a sign of the deification of recently assassinated dictator , Julius Caesar ( 100 – 44 BC )
recently assassinated dictator
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Caesar's Comet