#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

1180.725 - 1205.274 Gregory Aldrete

He forms a conspiracy, and on the Ides of March, 44 BC, he and 23 other senators take daggers, stick them in Julius Caesar, and kill him for acting like a king. So the way I always pose this to my students is, how many of you would stick a knife in your best friend because of what your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather did? That's commitment.