Ides of March - the reenactment of the assassination of Julius Caesar in Rome
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🙌 This re-enactment was performed by the Gruppo Storico Romano in March 2023
Imagine if Caesar knew that 2067 years after he died, people would still be reenacting his death. Then again, Tribune Aquila did not give us permission to do this.
Id be like wtf
I'm sure someone asked tribune aquila for permission though.
But if they didnt, someone needs to go get tribune aquila
"non sto huius" - Tribune Aquilla
😂🤣
He would not be surprised in the least.
We have been to the forum and have seen the area where Julius Caesar was cremated. Very moving. The narrator was very informative about the lead up to the assassination. She was very easy on the eyes also!
Thank you so much ☺️ very true, even though there is not much left of the temple, it still has some powerful vibes!
From that date, Julius Caesar died 2066 years ago. And still is remembered today.
Guy’s a legend ❤
People are still putting coins and flowers on his tomb.
@@yvettefung8286 yo! He has a tomb?
Wow
... born as a daughTer wiTh also family rooTs of ITaLy
I happened to be in Rome on the exact day of 15th March but I didn’t know about this till the very next day… Caesar is my favourite historical person so I was really disappointed when I learnt that I missed it. But this video helped me a lot to overcome my disappointment. Thank you very much!
Teatro davvero fantastico! Roma e l’Italia hanno una storia così ricca! Vorrei che ci fossero più rappresentazioni di altri eventi storici! Greetings from the States! 😊
So interesting. Thanks for your video and explanation. I was always confused between the place of Cesar’s death and the place of his burial. Now I understand. My favorite part was when you were walking from Largo Argentina through Piazza Venezia and Via de Fori Imperiali. Bellissima! I have so many fond memories of that area. - Brendan
Thank you so much Brendan! 😊 It was such a beautiful experience
Cassius and his gang were cowards and traitors. But Caesar made a big mistake: You just can’t leave your enemies alive.
Sir you are just an ignorant. It was not the first time that the gangster Ceasar was the target of assassination attempt. In 63 this traitor tried to overwhelm the Consulate and escaped assassination in the Senate. He escaped assassination by Sulla for beeing an accomplice of the murderous proscriptions of Cinna and Marius. This asshole thought he would claim kingship without danger. This time he was slaughtered like a pig. Cassius wanted to kill Antonius and Octavius. Brutus was against. Big mistake.
he went too far and was a king in all but name. The Romans HATED KINGS
@@castorkat4868you spitting straight senate propaganda
@@marcobelli6856nobody liked him man. Rome was a republic before it was an empire and continued to be along with democracy being prevalent too. You could compare Julius Caeser to a dictator. He was not the emperor he gave himself the title. We don't put up with Communism in the modern era why would we then? And let's just put the idea of betrayal and being cowards right out the fucking window now. Rome was a peaceful empire. In fact the valued it above all. War and conquest wasn't seen as like unnecessary bloodshed or hatred it was just another part of life like going to school but they still did ATROCIOUS things to not just their enemies but the innocent too, their people and others in the name of the empire and the people. So it's really not too far fetched to think orchestrating an assassination is that cowardice even in their standards with all they did, especially under this dickheads reign. He was a tyrant. Tyrants need to go. I believe exile sounds a little more reasonable but hey stabbing someone to death to save pretty much everybody's life and way of living from a de facto dictator.
Fair, but for context, Caesar's uncle, Gaius Marius, fought a civil war with Sulla, who led the elitist senators.
After Sulla won, he commited political and social purges of those who shared Marius' Policies (which were populist).
Caesar experienced the horrors of these purges and roman society was traumatised by it. He didnt want to commit another purge and make the roman people go through the trauma again.
Thank you for sharing this ❤
Amazing video thank you! Got to visit Largo Argentina a few months ago and it was an truly amazing place to be.
Wow…Thanks for this….Great presentation and quite informative…Nice job!
Thank you so much Ken! 😊
Loved it, thank you for the explanation
Thank you so much! 😊
Fantastic video, so well done with lots of information 👏👏
Thank you so much Karen! 😊🙏🏼
I think "You too, Brutus" is from Shakespeare
Tu quoque fili
I thought it was his words were in Greek, something like “you, too, my child?” He loved Brutus, who might have been his bastard by Servillia, he made him one of his heirs, so must have felt terribly betrayed. (All the upper classes, and many others, were fluent in Attic Greek in ancient Rome. Nearly everyone at least knew some Koine (vulgar or common) Greek, it was the second, and more widespread, language of ancient Rome.@@elisabethruger8293
The correct quote " You too my child "
The more important detail is that their were two Brutus but many accounts mix the two together. One was the former pompeian and son of Ceasers lover, and who is typically potrayed as "Brutus" in most adaptions. He was a man that Ceaser barely knew and supported more for being his lovers son than anything else.
The other Brutus was the one mentioned above; Ceasers naval commander, closest confident and second heir (in his will he was second after Octavian, likely the reason for his betrayal at no longer being first) regarded by Ceaser as a son. his betrayal is one of the greatest in history, but because his identity is often eaten up by the other Brutus, it is half forgotten.
It is -there were no recorded last words, only endless speculation.
I hope places like this stay preserved. It's so cool to have the opportunity to go to the actual place this sort of stuff happened and see it for yourself. I've been to Gettysburg and actually walked the same route Pickett's men did that fateful day in July. It was really cool!
Not dissing it in any way but it just doesn’t compare. The USA are a historical infant if you know what I mean.
@@SaRkAsMuSoNe-200 years against 2800 years of history lol
1000 special thanks federica for your keeping your word, for dotng it again😘
Thank you Wissam 😊
This was cool to watch ! Thank you for sharing
So great to see this reenactment! You are a great guide! I’m heading back to Rome in a few weeks and will put your knowledge to good use! 😃 👍 Thank you!
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Omg I was there at this place today! So much history there
Thnk you ma'am ❤ Nice to see this... Bcoz u....god bless.... 🥰.........luv frm India ❤
I could listen to your accent and watch you talk about history allllllll dayyyy longggg. My god 😍🥰
Simp
Hail Caesar! Your name will live forever🇮🇹
molto bello... quando ci sono le ricostruzione storiche sarebbe bello vedere bandiere viola con insegne dorate... in giro x la città per l'evento...
Una bella rievocazione negli stessi luoghi dove si svolse uno dei maggiori eventi della storia antica. I costumi sono davvero belli. Grazie di farci condividere questo spettacolo. Tanti saluti dalla Francia.
This was excellent, thank you!
I enjoyed your narrative related to the assassination. Thank you and buona pasqua.
Thanks for this video. loved it
Thank you so much ☺️🙏🏻
thank you
They do this in Rome !!???? Yesssss reenact all the classics !!
I love your Channel, hopefully theres a similar channel about Turin and Milan!
Thank you so much! 😊🙏🏻 we don’t know if specific channels about Turin and Milan, sorry!
Con subtítulos en español o en italiano sería fantástico
A very good short documentary on Caesar's assassination. Also, the presenter speaks so well, mainly the Latin/Italian expressions. 👏👏👏
Yes the presenter . . . good looking, smiling, sunglasses. It goes well with the ruins and the murder, does it not ?
The actual spot is located under the present day street..through the arches you see in the background
This is SO cool!
🥺🥺🥺❤️ julious Cesar is a good man
He was directly responsible for the death of upwards of a million Gauls, so why say that he was good?
It's actually an Iron Maiden song. It was so ahead of its time that Caesar plagiarized it for his own death. The nerve of that guy.
Great video!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much! 😊
Just so you know there were as many as 60 conspirators at the meeting at the Senate. he was however, stabbed 23 times. But the idea that there were exactly 23 senate matching the number of stab wounds reported is historically innacurrate. And to be honest only exist because it sounds 'cooler' that way. Nevertheless, awesome video. Look to visit one day.
I was more concerned with Brutus and Mark Antony both looking a fair bit older than 40 years old 😂
People kind of paint Julius as a “good guy” killed by the bad guys. The victors write the narrative, in this case his nephew, his successor . Julius was a typical egotistical wannabe dictator. He was killed by the other faction, each side no better than the other.
Exactly
He was a reformer and tried to bring stability to Rome
He worked for people and not for the senatus , it is the difference !
Yes he wanted to absolute power but it was in the context of a republic that was becoming to greedy, corrupt and entrenched. All of this goes back to the social war, the killing of the Gracchi brothers and Sullas purges. Cesear was a populares and wanted to pass land reforms to give more lands to the plebs because of the early Republic conquests the senators had gobbled up a lot of land in Italy and the other provinces at the expense of others. Only the land owners had rights....so basically Cesear saw himself as the only one to fix and reform the republic and so was named dictator for life. He was 55 already so chances for life meant at most 25 years if he was lucky. He was also about to embark on a massive campaign with 16 legions to conquer Persia and Germany which could have very well shortened his life. Chances are cesear probably would have died on campaign with Octavian named successor in his will. Everything probably would have played out the same but perhaps not.
Cicero was trying to warn the world of the enroachment of tyranny, a lesson Americans have yet to learn or see in present day tyranny. This is why Classicism should never be taken from American education system !!!
"... but Brutus is an honorable man..."
Hello. This happens every march? I'm travelling to rome march 2024 ❤❤❤
good job Fede... 😉
Great video. Thanks
Thank you so much ☺️🙌
Loved this video.
Thank you so much!!
Do they do this every year?
this should be happening every year
By the way, there will be never another man like Gaius Julius Caesar.
He was a man more beloved to the people and gods and the State than every senator and historian would ever admit, even with their last breath of life.
Ave Caesar! ✊
The quote from Brutus was a Shakespeare addition I thought.
Yes it is. But it is a powerful line and we can imagine Julius Caesar would have pronounced that if only he had the time
Historian at the time claimed that his last words were just "Kai su tekknon" (roughly) meaning you too my son.
In Greek?
@@FittedSheet2000 "Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi"
@@nicolettastrada5976 In Latin
Had Caesar been armed and had even 4 guards around him he probably would have survived this attempt to kill him. He knew how to fight very well with a sword and used it to great effect in Gaul and at the Battle of Munda in Spain fighting Pompey.
Exactly. The majority of the conspirators that actually drew their daggers & stabbed him were not fatal & superficial. Only one was considered fatal. Because they were weak Senators who, at that time had not experienced battle. Decimus was, obviously. But I don’t think he drew his dagger or was involved in that part of the conspiracy. I don’t remember. I might be wrong because I just can’t remember. But still, only 1 fatal stab. Caesar was unarmed also.
Great post! I wonder what language these ‘actor senators’ used, Latin or Italian?
Latino
Caesar was one of the very first and very few examples we have in history of a man taking his destiny into his own hands and crafting his legacy.
Caesar left a legacy of personal greatness and aspiration that we still look at 2000+ Years later as an example of how to conduct ourselves, and the cunning, wit and tenacity with which to conquer all goals in front of you.
Personally, i shed a tear when watching this video. Caesar is one of my personal heroes, even as a Brit because the life le led and the legacy he left behind is unmatched in human history.
I don't think Caesar understood completely what he achieved, considering a lot of his achievements are almost by proxy, since a lot of things happened after he died because of the precedent he set, i.e: Octavian Augustus.
However, for me there is no greater exemplar of personal freedoms and aspiration, from a man that showed us that life will give you everything you ever wanted, if you would but reach out to touch it.
Anybody who does not love Caesar with every fibre of his heart, mind and spirit doesn't understand the symbol that Caesar is.
Caesar's death was a crime against humanity.
The man who was to rule the world.
This is sooo cool!
My cameo at 6:41, green shirt on the left.
It is relevant today also.
"You too brutus"
Really Nice 👍🏻
Beautiful. I would love to see more of you
Great amazing vedio.i enjoyed it.
Gracias, nunca imaginé que existe esta reinterpretación. Dios te bendiga.
Ave. Caesar murituri te salutant.
Molto interessante, bello verlo dal vivo, quello fa girare a Roma più bello
Grazie! 😊
Augustus walled off the area where the assassination happened, calling it an "accursed place". Part of that wall is still there. Have archaeologists looked behind that wall?
Honestly never knew this existed til now
It's kind of emotional watching that! Caesar could be classified as a mass murderer or terrorist today for what he did to the Gauls and others, yet at the same time, he instituted many reforms in favor of the proletariat and the masses of Roman people loved him for sticking up for them. One thing is for sure: our world would be something totally different today were it not for Julius Caesar.
Genocide or wholesale slaughter and another atrocities to womans and childs that he took to Rome
Bro the way those Romans still talk with their hands is hilarious. To quote Johnny Cash "To me they're all the same, except their name. For they all need love and they all need wine, to me they're all the same"
When I was in Elementary School in LOVERS LANE, Steubenville, Ohio (DEAN MARTIN's Home town: "How SWEET It is!"), it was 4th Grade, at STARK Elementary, RUTH CUNNINGHAM was my Homeroom Teacher, MISS FLEMING the alternate. My older brother David had then a close Friend, STANLEY KRAWSON, whom he often talked over the phone. Stanley was not io High School but at LINDSEY Military Institute. At that time, a Friend of mine, DONNAH, had given me an orange furred Calico like Kitten, named PUSS N BOOTS. David and Stanley changed the kitten's original name to BRUTUS. Then STANLEY talked to me on the phone and JOKED "DON"T ever become KING, Albert! BRUTUS will stab you!". A few years later the family moved to another location miles away. But my Cat failed to be found to take Him to the new place. I never saw BRUTUS again. So SAD. For a year or so I wandered ALONE, looking for my Cat, mt only consolation I had then.
Do re enactment of Alexander also
0:47/8:05" A Building used by The SENATORS as a Temporary Place to GATHER": that Place was The THEATER OF POMPEY (THEATRUM POMPEII in classical Latin); in History known as POMPEY The Great, His main RIVAL, whom He had reconciled after Defeating Him and CAESAR gave His own Daughter to Him for Wedlock, but She later tragically DIED!
What shoes are the senators wearing?
It is sad to see that politics is the same now as it was 2000 years ago. From Julius Ceaser to JFK nothing changes.
Very Nice Road Show ( Drama of Willam 👍
It's the same as today, we have corrupt people in power positions and they don't want to ever lose them..
This is better than an “Easter Pageant”😮
Hmmm. I think I now know where Agatha Christie got the idea for the MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS!
Great explanation of the motives behind the murder of JC, most popular history YT bungles this. I think it was very unfair, Caesar would have disbanded his army if Pompey, another general with a similar-sized army, would do the same, but the Senate just wouldn’t play fair. Up until he crossed the Rubicon, Caesar hadn’t committed any crime, but the Senate forced him into this move. The Senate were determined to kill him any way they could! I don’t believe for a minute that Caesar “wanted to be king”, this was an old accusation that the Senate flung at anyone they wanted to eliminate, they couldn’t stand the heat of any competition. He was also accused of the usual old crimes used to attack any provincial governor - war crimes, profiting from his governorship, etc. All politicians that the Senate wanted to take down were accused of these same crimes, guilty or not.
Great video, nicely done
Servilia wasn’t Caesar’s wife, she was his mistress. Caesar’s wife’s name was Calpurnia.
RIP to the GOAT
What about Cleopatra????
Wow- I didn’t understand a word she said, but I love her lips and eyebrows😎
Caesar! Beware of Brutus, take heed of Cassius, come not near Casca, have an eye to Sinna, trust not Trebonious, mark well Metallus Cimber, Decious Brutus loves thee not Thou have wronged Caius Legarius. There is one mind in all this men, and is bent against Caesar.
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( love the cat …)
Video is great, but I just want to meet that lady!
Hi the famous words "And you too Brutus?" well, he never said them. It's a common urban legend but its known by historians to be false. Otherwise great representation at the Forum! Very cool.
It was Decius Brutus not Marcus Brutus that went to his home to convince Cesar to go to the center
the way they protect their democracy is likewise legendary
If there where any good dictators though history Julius Cæsar must be one of the best, he vas very popular because what he did for the poorest people, i think he was a hero to the civilian people that time its very epic that his legacy still lives today
Bellissima la ragazza che spiega❤
According to those who were there. He actually said nothing. However he might have said “You too child.” to one of his friends, its unclear if he said this to Brutus or someone else. But he would have been gasping as he was being stabbed as the wind was taken out if him so it would be unclear to those close by if he said anything. However, he attempted to cover his face as he died as to not give them the satisfaction of seeing his death face which was an insult to people in those days.
Nice video! But why would anyone feel sad? Caesar was a tyrant. If anything I'd rather feel sad for Brutus and Cassius.
Caesar broke sacred laws and intimidated the senate by marching on the city. He wanted absolute power like a king despite the oath that there should never be a king in Rome. Not just that, he wanted to deify himself. If I'm not mistaken he even destroyed the Gracchi family temple to build his own, a very symbolic choice. I really don't think anyone should empathize with a tyrant just because it's far away in time. Caesar got what he deserved... Like Shakespeare says, "ambition's debt is paid".
Giulio Cesare non sarà mai dimenticato perché e la storia
2,068 years ago now*
He died surrounded by his friends and they had his back.
I love Italian women!!❤
Sorry, just had to throw that out first. Never knew that they reenact this though
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine if Rome didn't allow dictators or Caesars and stayed a true republic. Where would civilization be?
crazy italian mob hits were a thing then and in this modern era
Lol. Very true.
There is absolutely no contemporary evidence that Caesar said “even you, Brutus”.
There is the account of the Roman writer Suetonius...yes, he was not exactly a contemporary of Caesar but he is nevertheless an ancient writer who had access to other ancient historical sources, now lost.
Now reenact Augustus avenging our boy in the colosseum.
7.29 you say that Brutus held a speach? 😮 but you say that Brutus also killed him?
More then 2000 years and politics hasnt change a bit.
If Titus Pullo was there they would have never gotten to Julius Caesar
In America we call that a lone gunman
...looks like Brutus is very much older than Caesar...