In 44 B.C., on March 15, Caesar prepared to go to speak to the Senate, unaware that important senators plotted his death.
When Caesar arrived at the Senate chamber, he sat in his chair. Soon the plotters encircled him, took knives hidden in their togas, and stabbed him 23 times. They were led by Gaius Cassius and Caesar's friend Marcus Brutus. Caesar's last words were "You, too, Brutus?"