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Welcome. apply. See motepoint.com.uk for details. Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC

History magazine. The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most infamous plots of the ancient world.

But the dictator's death wasn't the only moment in his life and afterlife marked by political machinations.

Speaking to Emily Briffitt, Jessica Clark reveals how careful curation and stage management

transformed Caesar's funeral into a bloody spectacle of revenge.

The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC really drove tension sky high in ancient Rome.

How had popular feeling in Rome reached such a climactic fervour?

What exactly was it that lit that spark? So the assassination

of Julius Caesar is probably one of the most famous assassinations to take place. Maybe not only

in ancient history, but in history in general. He had just announced he was dictator for life

in January of 44, so that year. And then by March he had been assassinated by his fellow

senators. His funeral was there for an incredibly intense political event. It had been

organised by Mark Anthony, his most loyal follower, and it was an opportunity to really capture

the public mood and win them over to Mark Anthony's

cause. And he used all sorts of ways of doing that, including most importantly and what we're

going to talk about theatre shows at the performance to really incite the crowd and to get

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