Gaius Julius Caesar was killed from twenty stab wounds during a Senate meeting in Pompey's Theater this morning. He was stabbed mostly on the back and on his chest. One of the most fatal wounds was one close to his heart, which contributed to his immediate death. He fell down and breathed his last under the statue of his once enemy, Pompey.

The officials who stabbed Gaius Caesar were some of his closest friends. They were Casca, Lingarius, Decius, Metelius, Cinna, and the most surprisingly of all, Brutus Marcus. No doubt they had planned carefully ahead. The stabbing was carried out so quickly that it took every one by surprised. Some senators present were stricken by fear and immediately fled from the meeting.

"I thought I was in my sleep and all this was but a dream," said Senator Mecius. "Those conspirators, they gave no indication what so...