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A Rare Coin Depicting Brutus, Caesar's Infamous Assassin, Sells for $2 Million
A gold coin depicting Marcus Junius Brutus—the Roman senator who assassinated Julius Caesar, fatally stabbing him 23 times with a group of co-conspirators—has sold for €1.98 million (just ...
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How Julius Caesar Started a Big War by Crossing a Small Stream
If Caesar chose to cross the Rubicon, there would be no turning back. Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts ... minted this second-century B.C. gold coin. Photograph by Erich Lessing/Album ...
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Rare gold 'Brutus' coin minted after Julius Caesar's murder is up for auction
A rare coin minted by Marcus Junius Brutus after he helped assassinate Julius Caesar will ... of men to a meeting of the Roman Senate. Their plan was to murder Caesar, as they thought his growing ...