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Julius Caesar funeral pyre (Rome - 44 BC)

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Julius Caesar’ funeral pyre
41.892075°N 12.486006°E

The place near the Temple of Caesar where they brought Julius Caesar’s body after he was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC and cremated on a funeral pyre.

Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Senate floor on March 15, 44 BC and his body was cremated on a funeral pyre near where the Temple of Caesar was built a few years later here.


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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, Consul and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass power through populist tactics were opposed by the conservative elite within the Roman Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the frequent support of Cicero. Caesar's conquest of Gaul, completed by 51 BC, extended Rome's territory to the English Channel and the Rhine. Caesar became the first Roman general to cross both when he built a bridge across the Rhine and conducted the first invasion of Britain.

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