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RedstripeRhapsodyHP t1_ixfslhe wrote

Reply to comment by Huli_Blue_Eyes in TIL nearly 60 senators were part of the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar, but he was stabbed 23 times, with only 1 wound being fatal. Caesar ultimately died at the base of the statue of his former rival, Pompey the Great. by axonable

Not really? This is quite poetic (which should be enough to make you question it in classical sources), and the specific circumstances of Caesar's aren't that significant in studying it's impact.

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