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PORTRAIT OF
                                                                                                                                    THE FALLEN
                                                                                                                                    This likeness of
                                                                                                                                    Julius Caesar was
                                                                                                                                    fashioned after his
                                                                                                                                    death on the Ides
                                                                                                                                    of March, 44 b.c.
                                                                                                                                    Vatican Museums,
                                                                                                                                    Rome
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              45 b.c.                            JANUARY 44 b.c.                     FEBRUARY 44 b.c.                   MARCH 15, 44 b.c.

              In Munda (Hispania),               A statue of Caesar on the           Caesar is nominated                Fearful of Caesar’s
              Caesar defeats Pompey’s            Rostra, a large platform            dictator for life during the       influence and ambition,
              sons. The Senate grants            in the city, is crowned.            Lupercalia festival. He            Brutus and Cassius carry
              him the title pater patriae        Caesar is hailed as king            rejects a crown offered to         out the plot to assassinate
              (father of the fatherland).        upon entering Rome.                 him by Mark Antony.                Caesar.
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