HCC — Historical Crisis Committee
Agenda: The Assasination of Julius Caesar and the Aftermath
About this Committee
The assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in 44 BC was intended by his assassins to save the Roman Republic from tyranny, but it accidentally triggered its absolute destruction instead. When the senators killed Caesar, they lacked a concrete plan for government, creating a massive power vacuum that threw Rome into an immediate panic rather than a celebration of liberty. Mark Antony fueled public rage by revealing Caesar’s generous will at his funeral, sparking violent riots that forced the assassins to flee the city. This chaos set off two decades of brutal civil war, pitting Caesar's loyalists against his killers, and eventually against each other. Ultimately, the Republic collapsed entirely, paving the way for Caesar’s adopted son, Octavian, to consolidate total power and become Augustus, Rome's very first emperor.