Although the assassination of Caesar is quite well known, there were many different plans by the Senate to kill him. To name a few, they were going to murder him on a trail that he liked to walk on, push him off a bridge after elections, and wait to murder him at one of the gladiator fights. It seems that they liked the dramatic effect, because they decided that it would be fitting to kill him in the Senate. Marc Antony heard about their plan and tried to stop Caesar from attending, but the senators met Caesar before he even got to the Senate. As the senate crowded around Caesar to see the petition he was reading, Casca stabbed Caesar in the neck with his dagger. He then panicked when Caesar yelled, "Casca, you villain, what are you doing?". He yelled for help, and the entire Senate started stabbing Caesar. He had fallen down, and was stabbed 23 times. Brutus was among the people that killed Caesar on the ides of March, he betrayed his friend completely and announced the news to Rome. However, all the people had locked themselves in their houses when they heard what had happened. Too bad that Brutus wasn't received with the hero's welcome he expected.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar#Assassination
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