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Fun Facts About Julius Caesar: The Extraordinary Life of Julius Caesar. Follow me on Twitter for daily Historical Fun and #OnThisDay tweets. https://twitter.com/HistoricalFun The Ides of March:   On the 15th day of the third month in 44BC, Julius Caesar, the Dictator of Rome, was assassinated by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and a whole host of other Roman Senators. Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the Ides of March by a consortium of Roman Senators led by Caesar's friend, Marcus-I-did-Eat-Two-Brutus. Julius Caesar had been told to Beware The Ides Of March, but chose to ignore the prophecy. Just before Caesar passed into the shadowy world of gonna-return-as-a-zombie-and-eat-your-face-off, he looked into the eyes of his friend and whispered, "Et Tu, Brutus."  This translates into English as, "Your mamma was a snowblower." *** *** Real translation: "And you, Brutus?" FUN FACTS ABOUT THE EARLY LIFE ...

Historical Fun Presents: Fun Facts About Julius Caesar 1. Julius Caesar was the most famous Roman General in history, and a Dictator of Rome. He is not, as some believe, the first Roman Emperor. That accolade went to his nephew Octavius, who changed his name to Julius Caesar after his uncle's death, and then to Augustus Caesar when he became Emperor. Julius Caesar, the Julius Caesar we actually know, not the other one, or two, if you read below, was a Roman General, Senator, and Consul of Rome. He was also awarded the title of Dictator for life. Never was he an Emperor, even though he really, really wanted to be one. 2. Julius Caesar was born Gaius Julius Caesar. He dropped the Gaius after his father, also called Julius Caesar, who was originally called Gaius Julius Caesar, died. Wowser, that's not confusing at all. Basically : Gaius Julius Caesar dropped the Gaius to honour his father, Julius Caesar, who...