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Lucius Septimius stated to Julius Caesar that the Roman people loved him and saw him as their God. Brutus persisted nevertheless, waiting for Caesar at the Senate for Caesar's eventual arrival. That day, Caesar's wife attempted to convince him not to attend the Senate, delaying his arrival and leading the Assassins to fear that the plot had been found out. Defeating Septimius and assassinating Caesar They recruited forty senators and called themselves the Liberatores. The Hidden Ones chose to act as a group, ensuring that each of the conspirators was devoted to the task. In the Senate, Caesar would be alone, without the help of the inner circle and vulnerable to attack. īrutus ultimately chose to attack Caesar when he entered the Senate on the Ides of March, a date that had been presented to Brutus through the strange visions he received while in the temple. Cassius tasked Brutus with creating the plan for the assassination, and each time the Assassins met in the temple, the conspiracy took shape. The Hidden Ones met in a vault hidden beneath a Temple of Juno, in the heart of the city. In 44 BCE, after Caesar had declared himself dictator-for-life, many senators began to fear Caesar's growing power following his appointment. The Assassination Plotting the Assassination

1.2 Defeating Septimius and assassinating Caesar.

Together, they secretly recruited the senators, at least forty of which were members of the Senates and secretly chose to eliminate Caesar for the good of the people. This attracted the attention of several Hidden Ones, most notably Aya, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Meanwhile, the Order of the Ancients had also secretly supported Caesar.

The conspirators were unable to restore the Roman Republic, and the ramifications of the assassination led to the Liberators' civil war and ultimately to the Principate period of the Roman Empire. This declaration made several senators fear that Caesar wanted to overthrow the Senate in favor of tyranny. They stabbed Julius Caesar to death in the Curia within the Theatre of Pompey on 15 March, 44 BCE.īefore his assassination, Caesar was the dictator of the Roman Republic, having recently been declared dictator perpetuo by the Senate of the Roman Republic. The assassination of Julius Caesar was the result of a conspiracy done with many Roman senators who also happened to be members of the Roman branch of the Hidden Ones, a precursor group to the Assassins.