44 BCE · Europe · War
Senators killed Caesar on the Ides of March, claiming to defend the Republic after his accumulation of extraordinary power.
Atlas dossier · Biblical & ClassicalFree device narration · synchronized English captions · transcript available
Why it matters
Silent pan-and-zoom motion derivative of the Assassination of Julius Caesar reconstruction; not archival footage.
Enlarge and examine the picturePrimary Atlas editorial reconstruction for Assassination of Julius Caesar.
World History in Pictures · Public site artwork. This record does not grant third-party republication rights.
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Enlarge and examine the pictureSupporting Atlas reconstruction within the same Assassination of Julius Caesar editorial package; not an independent archival record.
World History in Pictures · Same editorial artwork package
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Enlarge and examine the pictureContext crop from the same Assassination of Julius Caesar reconstruction; not an independent historical record.
World History in Pictures · Same editorial artwork package
How Atlas classifies this artwork →Supplemental archival visual
The Murder of Caesar, 1865 is presented as a period visual interpretation or documentary record. It does not independently establish the dossier’s chronology; use the linked item page and source trail for its provenance and reuse terms.
Open the item page and rights record ↗The Murder of Caesar, 1865 — Karl Theodor von Piloty; Public Domain; via Landesmuseum Hannover
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