Fun facts regarding what happened to the senators who assassinated Julius Caesar:
Gaius Cassius Longinus, or Cassius. Committed suicide after his defeat at the Battle of Philippi.
Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, or Brutus. Also committed suicide after the Battle of Philippi.
Servius Sulpicius Galba. Condemned to death and subsequently executed in 43 BCE.
Publius Servilius Casca Longus, or Servilius Casca. Believed to have committed suicide as well along with Cassius and Brutus.
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus. Tried to escape to join Cassius and Brutus, but was waylaid and executed by a Gallic chieftain loyal to Marc Antony.
Lucius Tillius Cimber. Fate unclear, but most likely to have been killed during the Battle of Philippi.
Gaius Trebonius. Tried for treason by Publius Cornelius Dolabella, tortured and finally beheaded.
Gaius Cassius Parmensis. Declared an outlaw by the Second Triumvirate, but eventually joined Marc Antony in the latter’s power struggle against Octavian. Fled to Athens after Antony’s defeat in the Battle of Actium, where he was killed by Lucius Varus upon Octavian’s orders.
Quintus Antistius Labeo. After the defeat in the Battle of Philippi, had allowed himself to be killed by his favorite slave whom he freed, a form of ritualized suicide.
Fun facts regarding what happened to the senators who assassinated Julius Caesar:
Gaius Cassius Longinus, or Cassius. Committed suicide after his defeat at the Battle of Philippi.
Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, or Brutus. Also committed suicide after the Battle of Philippi.
Servius Sulpicius Galba. Condemned to death and subsequently executed in 43 BCE.
Publius Servilius Casca Longus, or Servilius Casca. Believed to have committed suicide as well along with Cassius and Brutus.
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus. Tried to escape to join Cassius and Brutus, but was waylaid and executed by a Gallic chieftain loyal to Marc Antony.
Lucius Tillius Cimber. Fate unclear, but most likely to have been killed during the Battle of Philippi.
Gaius Trebonius. Tried for treason by Publius Cornelius Dolabella, tortured and finally beheaded.
Gaius Cassius Parmensis. Declared an outlaw by the Second Triumvirate, but eventually joined Marc Antony in the latter’s power struggle against Octavian. Fled to Athens after Antony’s defeat in the Battle of Actium, where he was killed by Lucius Varus upon Octavian’s orders.
Quintus Antistius Labeo. After the defeat in the Battle of Philippi, had allowed himself to be killed by his favorite slave whom he freed, a form of ritualized suicide.
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