Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar was famously assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March , 44 BC during a meeting of the Roman Senate . The senators , led by Cassius and Brutus and calling themselves Liberatores , had conspired in secret to kill Caesar and considered various ways to do so . Ultimately , they decided to kill him during a meeting of the senate , since only senators would be allowed in the meeting and Caesar would be alone . The senators drafted a fake petition requesting that Caesar hand over power to senate ; Caesar called a meeting of the senate to read it . When Caesar met the senators at the Theatre of Pompey , they stabbed him repeatedly with daggers concealed under their togas , killing him . Caesar 's assassination led to a civil war for control of the republic , ending ultimately with the rise of Caesar Augustus and the founding of the Roman Empire
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Assassination of Julius Caesar
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