How did Julius Caesar die?

Answer 1

stabbed by Brutus. et tu brute'

Answer 2

He was assasinated. The assassination of Caesar sparked a civil war in which Mark Antony, Octavian (later Augustus Caesar), and others fought the Roman Senate for both revenge and power.

Answer 3

Brutus was part of the evil deed. For one of the great movies of all time, look up "Julius Caesar" in the words of Shakespeare, starring John Gielgud, Diana Rigg, and Charleton Hesston (as Marc Antony). Hesston, in my humble opinion, stole the show with his fabulous delivery of "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears......."

Answer 4

He was stabbed in 44BC by a man called Serulius Casca. He was then beaten to death by onlookers. Was the beginning of the end for the Roman Empire.

Answer 5

He was assasinated by men who wanted to take his place. You can't really take sides, cause they all were doing stupid things. and, unlike many people think, he wasn't stabbed by Brutus first, he was stabbed by Casca first.
my freinds were Caesar and Casca for Halloween last year.

Answer 6

Actually..he was stabbed by several people, but Brutus was there. They had called a council meeting and he was attacked by the members. "Et Tu, Brute?" That means "and you, Brutus? He couldn't believe that he was in on it too.

Answer 7

He was stabbed by the traitor Brutus, hence the saying, "Et tu, Brute"

Answer 8

Yes correct Burtus did stab him but many people did take a part in the killing such as many of the elders or concilmen sourded him as Burtus did his thing

Answer 9

The assassination plot
Plutarch records that at one point, Caesar informed the Senate that his honours were more in need of reduction than augmentation, but withdrew this position so as not to appear ungrateful. He was given the title Pater Patriae ("Father of the Fatherland"). He was appointed dictator a third time, and then nominated for nine consecutive one-year terms as dictator, effectually making him dictator for ten years. He was also given censorial authority as prefect of morals (praefectus morum) for three years.

At the onset of 44 BC, the honours heaped upon Caesar continued and the rift between him and the aristocrats deepened. He had been named Dictator Perpetuus, making him dictator for the remainder of his life. This title even began to show up on coinage bearing Caesar’s likeness, placing him above all others in Rome. Some among the population even began to refer to him as ‘Rex’ (king), but Caesar refused to accept the title, claiming, "Rem Publicam sum!"(I am the Republic!) At Caesar’s new temple of Venus, a senatorial delegation went to consult with him and Caesar refused to stand to honour them upon their arrival. Though the event is clouded by several different versions of the story, it’s quite clear that the Senators present were deeply insulted. He attempted to rectify the situation later by exposing his neck to his friends and saying he was ready to offer it to anyone who would deliver a stroke of the sword. This seemed to at least cool the situation, but the damage was done. The seeds of conspiracy were beginning to grow.

Brutus began to conspire against Caesar with his friend and brother-in-law Cassius and other men, calling themselves the Liberatores ("Liberators"). Two days before the assassination of Caesar, Cassius met with the conspirators and told them that, if anyone found out about the plan, they were going to turn their knives on themselves.

On the Ides of March (March 15; see Roman calendar) of 44 BC, a group of senators called Caesar to the forum for the purpose of reading a petition, written by the senators, asking him to hand power back to the Senate. However, the petition was a fake. Mark Antony, having vaguely learned of the plot the night before from a terrified Liberatore named Servilius Casca, and fearing the worst, went to head Caesar off at the steps of the forum. However, the group of senators intercepted Caesar just as he was passing the Theatre of Pompey, and directed him to a room adjoining the east portico.

As Caesar began to read the false petition, the aforementioned Casca pulled down Caesar's tunic and made a glancing thrust at the dictator's neck. Caesar turned around quickly and caught Casca by the arm, crying in Latin "Villain Casca, what do you do?" Casca, frightened, called to his fellow senators in Greek: "Help, brothers!" ("αδελφέ βοήθει!" in Greek, "adelphe boethei!"). Within moments, the entire group, including Brutus, was striking out at the great dictator. In a panic, Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men eventually murdering him as he lay, defenseless, on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around sixty or more men participated in the assassination.

The dictator's last words are, unfortunately, not known with certainty, and are a contested subject among scholars and historians alike. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar's last words are given as "Et tu, Brute" ("And [even] you, Brutus?"). His actual last words are most widely believed to be "Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi" ("You also, brutus, my son?"), or "Tu quoque, mi fili?" ("you also, my son?"). It is possible, however, that these phrases are translations or adaptations of his last words, which he spoke in Greek, into Latin; Suetonius stated (Jul. 82.2) that Caesar said, in Greek, "καί σύ τέκνον;" (transliterated as "kai su, teknon", or "you too my child?").

Answer 10

Stabbed to death by members of the senate.