Julius Caesar: The General Who Broke Rome’s Political Order
Andrea Ferrucci’s marble Julius Caesar, about 1512–14, is a Renaissance interpretation rather than an ancient portrait. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913; 14.40.676. CC0 / Public Domain. Source and rights On March 15, 44 BCE, Julius Caesar entered a meeting of the Roman Senate and never returned. A group of senators…