Brutus, Cassius, Cicero... and a betrayal that changed Rome forever. This is the true story behind Caesar’s fall.

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Julius Caesar’s conquest of France, Britain, and Germany, and his assassination of the Roman leader Pompey (in 48 BCE), had him emerge as the unrivaled leader of the Roman world.

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This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his enemies in Rome. She pretty soon hooked up with one of his closest allies.

Caesar Defeats the Troops of Pompey, from The Story Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680. Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans, after a design by Justus van Egmont. Detail from a larger artwork.