The Death of Julius Caesar
1798
Oil on canvas, 400 x 207 cm
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
The assassination of Julius Caesar was the result of a conspiracy by approximately 60 Roman senators who called themselves Liberators. Led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus, they stabbed Julius Caesar to death in a location adjacent to the Theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Caesar was the dictator of the Roman Republic at the time, having recently been declared dictator perpetuo by the Senate. This declaration made several senators fear that Caesar wanted to overthrow the Senate in favour of tyranny.
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Author: CAMUCCINI, Vincenzo
Title: The Death of Julius Caesar
Time-line: 1801-1850
School: Italian
Form: painting