This Day in br History: Julius br Caesar is Assassinated March 15, 44 B.C.br The Ides of March As Caesar entered a hall br adjacent to the Theatre of br Pompey, he was surrounded by br several Roman Senators yielding daggers. In the ensuing attack, br the Roman dictator was br stabbed 23 times, including br by his protege, Marcus Brutus. Caesar's final words — said to be in br response to the sight of Brutus br among the assassinators — br are recorded as "You too, child?" Led by Cassius Longinus, the br conspiracy to assassinate Caesar br included as many as 60 nobleman. It stemmed from his br tensions with the Senate, br and his recent appointment br as "dictator in perpetuity." His death is widely br considered the beginning br of the end of the Roman Republic.