Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . f king to Caesar, perpetual dictator ; and that Cffisar wouldnot accept of it. 123. The plot ripened into a determination to assassinateCaesar, and the conspirators fixed on the Ides His assassi-(i. e. 15th) of March as the time of putting the ^ into execution. Rumors of the plot got abroad, andCaesar was strongly urged not to attend the senate. But hedisregarded the warnings which were given him. As soonas Caesar had taken his place,
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . f king to Caesar, perpetual dictator ; and that Cffisar wouldnot accept of it. 123. The plot ripened into a determination to assassinateCaesar, and the conspirators fixed on the Ides His assassi-(i. e. 15th) of March as the time of putting the ^ into execution. Rumors of the plot got abroad, andCaesar was strongly urged not to attend the senate. But hedisregarded the warnings which were given him. As soonas Caesar had taken his place, he was surrounded by thesenatorial conspirators, one of whom, pretending to urgesome request, seized his toga with both hands and pulled itviolently over his arms. Then Casca, who was behind,drew a weapon and grazed his shoulder with an ill-directedstroke. Caesar disengaged one hand and snatched at thehilt, exclaiming, Cursed Casca, what means this ? Help ! cried Casca, and at the same moment the conspiratorsaimed each his dagger at the victim. Caesar for an instantdefended himself; but when he perceived the steel flashing 174 HISTORY OF CiESAR. in the hand of Brutus (Marcus Junius), he exclaimed, What! thou too, Brutus/^ {Et tu, Brute f) and drawing his robe over his face he made no further resistance. The assassins stabbed him through and through; and, pierced with twenty-three wounds, Caesar fell dead at the foot of the statue of his great rival, Pom- pey. 124. Julius Caesar was in hisPerson of fifty-sixth year, when,Caesar. q^ ^^iQ 15th of March, B. c. 44, he was strickendown. His personal appearance was noble and command-ing ; he was tall in stature, of a fair complexion, and withblack eyes full of expression. He never wore a beard;in the latter part of his life his head was bald; but beingquite mindful of his personal appearance, he was in thehabit of covering the defect with a laurel chaplet. 125. Intellectually he was distinguished by the most ex-traordinary gen
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