Free audio walk in Rome
The murder of Caesar
- 6 stops
- Free
Starts at Largo di Torre Argentina
About this walk
This short walk of under two kilometres follows the afternoon of 15 March in the year 44 BC, hour by hour. You begin at Largo di Torre Argentina, where the hall of Pompey stood and where Caesar was killed, walk through the morning with his wife's dream and the letter he never read, and end on the Forum where his body was burned and where the republic effectively came to an end.
The walk explains along the way who Caesar was and why some sixty senators wanted him dead, so no prior knowledge is needed. Everything is out on the street.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
The Man and His Power
Who Caesar was, how he came to power, and why sixty senators wanted him dead.
- 2Stop 2
The hall behind the theatre
The senate met in Pompey's hall, where a statue stood of the defeated rival whose name it bore.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
The Warnings
A dream, bad omens, and a letter he never read: the morning before he left.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
Twenty-three stabs
Midday, a petition used as a distraction, and twenty-three wounds of which only one was fatal.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
The Pyre on the Forum
Marcus Antonius delivering the eulogy, the bloodstained toga, and a crowd that set the pyre alight themselves.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
What Became of the Liberators
Philippi, the end of Brutus and Cassius, and the emperor who rose from their defeat.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk The murder of Caesar with ROODS.
6 stops through Rome. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
