An idea from Parallel Lives

By one account Caesar fought off his attackers until he saw Brutus’s sword drawn. Then he covered his face with his robe and let himself fall. No last words are given. The famous ones were written for a play more than 1,600 years later.

From Parallel Lives by Plutarch

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