304. The Murder of Julius Caesar

“He was trapped - he couldn’t get up. There was blood everywhere. The faces were coming closer, the knives rose and fell. And then, to his relief, he saw Brutus.” 
One of the most iconic deaths in history, Caesar’s assassination is the brutal climax to an impressive series of victories: from triumphing during the First Triumvirate, to outlasting Pompey and Cato, gaining Imperator status and becoming dictator for life. How did it all come to such a gory end?
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[@michaelbedford8017]

I think the Roman people were more worried by the fact that year 48 was followed by year 47, then year 46!? Alarming to everyone I would have thought. No wonder the Julian calender fell our of favour. 🤔

[@shawnparadise6504]

This is violence!

[@johncarroll772]

Kato is that the character that Bruce played

[@CL-we8tn]

Truly great episode, thank you. I would like to just put it out there that you guys are well educated on the death of Caesar. A five year old could have followed that story and been entertained by it. That's what I like about historians and amateur historians who do things like you and Dan Carlin do them. Academia is sometimes to quick to parrot back their iedetic memory when talking history.

[@michaelandrewsalomonenewje4107]

Have you gentlemen read Michael Parente’s book The Assasination of Julius Caesar? Thoughts?

[@clazy8]

Kingly boots. Isn't that a song by Sonic Youth?

[@donaldcatton4028]

One arm dangling is an artistic motif of the pieta militare from that era..

[@ludviglidstrom6924]

People should look up Michael Hudson and what he has to say about this event and ancient Roman history in general from a kind of Marxist economic perspective. Very interesting. Brutus for example was apparently a notorious debt collector, very exploitative, and there was a general fear in the ruling class that Ceasar might cancel the debts for ordinary people.

[@user-yg1zj5dz9f]

i heard a theory that julius gaius was making money trading precious metal but this money drained out of the empire leading to deflation.if caesar insisted on numismatic base metal money as used before 200bc they could have retained economic integrity

[@_BirdOfGoodOmen]

Look at how they massacred my boy 😢

[@Johnconno]

I'm not interested in your partition!

[@mattweems7842]

Caesar granting citizenship to prominent Gauls is the kind of political wisdom lacking in Britain when she failed to allot the thirteen colonies seats in parliament.

[@ludviglidstrom6924]

Caesar seems to me like a relatively progressive character, threatening the privileges of the oligarchy.

[@Desert-Father]

What a horrid apologia of one of the most notorious military dictators in human history.

[@ludviglidstrom6924]

Are you a fan of the old corrupt aristocracy?

[@Desert-Father]

@ludviglidstrom6924 I'm not a fan of a self aggrandizing tyrant who overthrew Republic because he doesnt want to be prosecuted for crimes he committed while in office. That was Caesar

[@TheDominionOfElites]

Oh come on. It's a fairly tame hour of podcast about Julius Caesar, one of the top 3 famous men in history. Are we really going to cry over this spilled milk?

[@Desert-Father]

@@TheDominionOfElites The is a difference between covering history and praising the man. They did the latter.

[@rdreidmehrabi]

You are brain damaged.

[@aleksandarilic9806]

Comparing Caesar to Donald trump....

[@Terinije]

My attitude is that the murder of Caesar was absolutely justified, but that the knock against it was that the aftermath was badly bungled and the blowback from it ended up being worse.