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The Curia building by the Theater of Pompey on the present day Largo Argentina in Rome, the place of Julius Caesar\u2019s assassination.\u00a0Supposedly, the place will undergo renovations and be opened to the public in a couple of years (although there have been many earlier reports to this effect), which is causing concern among the city of Rome’s many cat lovers since the spot is currently inhabited by felines who have lived there, probably ever since the murder of Caesar.\u00a0https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/site-where-julius-caesar-was-stabbed-will-finally-open-public-180971613\/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190305-daily-responsive&spMailingID=39059296&spUserID=ODM4Njc3MTA5NjUS1&spJobID=1480462980&spReportId=MTQ4MDQ2Mjk4MAS2&fbclid=IwAR1llLQDzEH15xKhUGIe-PB25s67afhUOjMnjG6ageSAL0Hjg5hYbO9NoSU \u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Plutarch<\/strong><\/p>\n “\u2026\u1f65\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bc\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u1f73\u03c1\u1fb3 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03b7\u03bd\u1f79\u03c2, \u1f23\u03bd \u0395\u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1fec\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b9, \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b5\u1f77\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u1f73\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f71\u03c4\u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u1f77\u03bd\u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u0387 \u1f10\u03bb\u03b8\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03ca\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f41 \u039a\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u1f7b\u03b3\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03c3\u03c0\u03b1\u03c3\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c0\u03b1\u1f77\u03be\u03b5\u03b9\u03b5 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bc\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c6\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2\u0387 \u201c\u0391\u1f31 \u03bc\u1f72\u03bd \u03b4\u1f74 \u039c\u1f71\u03c1\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b9 \u0395\u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f71\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd,\u201d \u1f41 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f21\u03c3\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b5\u1f34\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u0387 \u201c\u039d\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f71\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1fbf\u03bf\u1f50 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03bb\u03b7\u03bb\u1f7b\u03b8\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u2026” (Parallel Lives, Caesar<\/em> 63.3-4).\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/plutarch-lives_caesar\/1919\/pb_LCL099.443.xml?rskey=FylsHE&result=37<\/a><\/p>\n “A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: \u201cWell, the Ides of March are come,\u201d and the seer said to him softly: \u201cAye, they are come, but they are not gone.”<\/p>\n Shakespeare<\/strong><\/p>\n Julius Caesar<\/em>, Act I, Scene II:<\/p>\n http:\/\/shakespeare.mit.edu\/julius_caesar\/julius_caesar.1.2.html<\/a><\/p>\n Soothsayer<\/strong><\/p>\n Caesar!<\/p>\n CAESAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Ha! who calls?<\/p>\n CASCA<\/strong><\/p>\n Bid every noise be still: peace yet again!<\/p>\n CAESAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Who is it in the press that calls on me? Soothsayer<\/strong><\/p>\n Beware the ides of March.<\/p>\n CAESAR<\/strong><\/p>\n What man is that?<\/p>\n BRUTUS<\/strong><\/p>\n A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.<\/p>\n CAESAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Set him before me; let me see his face.<\/p>\n CASSIUS<\/strong><\/p>\n Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.<\/p>\n CAESAR<\/strong><\/p>\n What say’st thou to me now? speak once again.<\/p>\n Soothsayer<\/strong><\/p>\n Beware the ides of March.<\/p>\n CAESAR<\/strong><\/p>\n He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.<\/p>\n Suetonius<\/strong><\/p>\n “<\/em>Assidentem conspirati specie officii circumsteterunt, ilicoque Cimber Tillius, qui primas partes susceperat, quasi aliquid rogaturus propius accessit renuentique et gestu in aliud tempus differenti ab utroque umero togam adprehendit; deinde clamantem: \u201cIsta quidem vis est!\u201d alter\u00a0e Cascis aversum\u00a0vulnerat paulum infra iugulum. Caesar Cascae brachium arreptum graphio traiecit conatusque prosilire alio vulnere tardatus est; utque animad\u00advertit undique se strictis pugionibus peti, toga caput obvolvit, simul sinistra manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet etiam inferiore corporis parte velata. Atque ita tribus et viginti plagis confossus est uno modo ad primum ictum gemitu sine voce edito, etsi tradiderunt quidam\u00a0Marco Bruto irruenti dixisse:\u00a0\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u1f7a \u03c4\u1f73\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd; Exanimis diffugientibus cunctis aliquamdiu iacuit, donec lecticae impositum, dependente brachio, tres servoli domum rettulerunt. Nec in tot vulneribus, ut Antistius medicus existimabat, letale ullum repertum est, nisi quod secundo loco in pectore acceperat” (De Vita Caesarum<\/em>, The Deified Julius<\/em> 82.1-4).https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/suetonius-lives_caesars_book_i_deified_julius\/1914\/pb_LCL031.37.xml?rskey=IIrllU&result=1<\/a><\/p>\n “As he took his seat, the conspirators gathered about him as if to pay their respects, and straightway Tillius Cimber, who had assumed the lead, came nearer as though to ask something; and when Caesar with a gesture put him off to another time, Cimber caught his toga by both shoulders; then as Caesar cried, \u201cWhy, this is violence!\u201d one of the Cascas stabbed him from one side just below the throat.\u00a0Caesar caught Casca\u2019s arm and ran it through with his stylus,\u00a0but as he tried to leap to his feet, he was stopped by another wound. When he saw that he was beset on every side by drawn daggers, he muffled his head in his robe, and at the same time drew down its fold to his feet with his left hand, in order to fall more decently, with the lower part of his body also covered. And in this wise he was stabbed with three and twenty wounds, uttering not a word, but merely a groan at the first stroke, though some have written that when Marcus Brutus rushed at him, he said in Greek, \u201cYou too, my child?\u201d All the conspirators made off, and he lay there lifeless for some time, until finally three common slaves put him on a litter and carried him home, with one arm hanging down. And of so many wounds none turned out to be mortal, in the opinion of the physician Antistius, except the second one in the breast.”<\/p>\n The Most Famous of all Roman Coins<\/strong>!<\/p>\n BRVT \u2219 IMP \u2219 PLAET \u2219 CEST with Brutus head on the obverse and EID \u2219 MAR with a pileus and two daggers on the reverse.<\/p>\n Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.59 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; L. Plaetorius Cestianus, magistrate. Bare head of Brutus right; BRVT above, IMP to right, L \u2022 PLAET \u2022 CEST around to left \/ Pileus between two daggers pointing downward; EID \u2022 MAR below. Crawford 508\/3; Cahn 22 (same dies); CRI 216; Sydenham 1301; RSC 15; RBW \u2013. Good VF, deeply toned, a little off center and minor porosity on obverse. Very rare. This extraordinary type is one of the few specific coin issues mentioned by any classical author, in this case, Dio Cassius.\u00a0Roman History<\/em> 47.25.3: \u201cBrutus stamped upon the coins which were being minted his own likeness and a cap and two daggers, indicating by this and by the inscription that he and Cassius had liberated the fatherland.\u201d<\/p>\n Brief Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n Today is the day of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, precipitating the death of the Republic. Below are some passages from Plutarch, Suetonius, and Shakespeare speaking of the Ides of March as well as of the assassination … Continue reading ![\"Greeks](\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Largo-Argentina-cats.jpg\")
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