The Murder of Julius Caesar (TRIH ep 304)
44 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook narrate the rise and fall of Gaius Julius Caesar, focusing on the political tensions that culminate in his assassination on the Ides of March (44 BC). They set the scene with Caesar's Gallic command, the Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus, the crossing of the Rubicon and the civil wars that followed, and highlight key opponents such as Cato the Younger, Cicero, Cassius and Brutus. The episode covers Caesar's clemency, his urban and constitutional refor...
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Around 44 BCE
- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Fall of the Roman Republic (133 BCE)
- Spartacus slave revolt (73 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)