The death of Julius Caesar in a painting
The death of Julius Caesar it was one of the epochal events in the millenary history of Rome.
The dictator, now strongly disliked by most of the members of the Senate, fell pierced by over 40 stabs on the Ides of March in 44 BC
Among the conspirators, as is known, there was the beloved adopted (or natural) son Brutus ( see also: https://www.pilloledistoria.it/6909/storia-antica/perche-bruto-odiava-cesare-suo-padre and https://www.pilloledistoria.it/5678/senza-categoria/falsi-storici-dubbi- sentence-cesare-quoque-tu-brute-fili-mi).
The ancient Romans, as we know, were very superstitious, always ready to catch occult signs in any event, but the death of Julius Caesar, indeed, was as foretold by disturbing omens.
It may have been a pure coincidence, but starting a few days before the murder, strange coincidences followed one after the other.
Catastrophic forecasts and premonitory dreams characterized the eve of that event.
In short, the end of Caesar was in the air.
The first to upset the mind of the politician was the soothsayer Spurinna, that she tried to warn him of the danger she felt close by.
“ Beware of the Ides of March! She ”she told him.
The second was his wife Calpurnia, who in her dream saw her husband perish in the collapse of the roof of his home.
Finally an alarming dream vision, in which he was seen flying in the sky and shaking the hand of Jupiter, disturbed the sleep of the dictator himself.
But it took much more to stop Julius Caesar, who certainly had never lacked courage.
When Calpurnia begged him not to go to the Senate, he reassured her by telling her not to believe certain superstitions.
It was the last time they spoke ( Photo from :tanogabo.it).