If Julius Caesar Had Social Media: The Ides of March (44 BC)

Julius Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March, 44 BC, told as a group chat. More than sixty conspirators. One Senate meeting. One unread note. Brutus and Cassius, Calpurnia's dream, Mark Antony at Caesar's funeral, Octavian, Cleopatra and the Battle of Philippi: the fall of Julius Caesar and his assassins, played out on a phone and on the map. The jokes are exaggerated, the facts are checked. CHAPTERS 00:00 Julius Caesar's Assassination: The Ides of March (44 BC) 00:36 Caesar, Dictator for Life 00:50 The Lupercalia Crown: "I Am Not a King" 01:56 The Conspiracy Against Caesar 03:16 Brutus and Porcia 03:39 Caesar's Senate Meeting Invite 04:30 The Warnings: Spurinna and the Ides of March 05:15 Calpurnia's Dream 06:41 The Ides of March, 44 BC 07:49 The Assassination of Julius Caesar 08:55 Caesar Joins the Veterans 09:21 The Liberators and the Amnesty 10:30 Caesar's Will: Octavian Is His Heir 11:16 Caesar's Funeral: Mark Antony 11:54 Brutus and Cassius Leave Rome 12:55 Octavian, the Comet and Mark Antony 13:25 The Second Triumvirate 14:04 The Death of Cicero 14:52 The Battle of Philippi (42 BC) 16:03 The Death of Cassius 17:41 Second Battle of Philippi: The End of Brutus 18:30 The Fate of Caesar's Assassins 19:01 "Et Tu, Brute?" Did Caesar Really Say It? CREDITS Music (public domain recordings): Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro Overture and The Magic Flute Overture · Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King · Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Egmont Overture, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (II) · Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 "Italian" (IV) · Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" (IV): Musopen Symphony (Musopen) · Holst, Mars from The Planets: U.S. Air Force Band Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, modified) · doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04516-9 Roman roads: Itiner-e (Brughmans, de Soto, Pažout, Bjerregaard Vahlstrup; de Soto et al. 2025, CC BY 4.0, modified) · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17122148 Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata Elevation: Terrain Tiles (Tilezen) via AWS Open Data · World map and coastlines: Natural Earth Portraits: public domain artworks and photographs via Wikimedia Commons · Spartacus (Denis Foyatier, 1830): photo Gautier Poupeau, CC BY 2.0, cropped Fonts: Cinzel, EB Garamond, Lilita One (SIL Open Font License) Sound effects: ElevenLabs · Meme sounds: MakeBestMusic #rome #history #countryballs