Caecilius Bucilianus,[1][2] also spelled Bucolianus,[3] was a Roman senator who was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BCE.[1][4] Along with Marcus Junius Brutus, Publius Servilius Casca, and others, Bucilianus attacked Caesar during a meeting of the Senate in Rome.[5] He struck Caesar either in the back[5] or the back of the head.[6]
Details
editThe conspirators of the assassination were made up of both Caesar's opposers (Pompeians; on the side of Pompey) and former supporters (Caesarians); some sources say Bucilianus likely was a Pompeian,[7] while another refers to him as Caesar's former friend.[3]
Most sources say Bucilianus' brother was a fellow senator and conspirator in the assassination,[1][5][8] while another does not include him in the list of conspirators.[7] Most say his brother's name was also Caecilius,[1][5] while one source says his brother's name is unknown.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, p. 10. American Philological Assocation.
- ^ Victor Duruy, John Pentland Mahaffy (1885). History of Rome, and of the Roman People, from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire. Volume 3, Part 2, p. 541. University of Virginia.
- ^ a b Smith, William (1871). A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography. p. 152. Harper & Brothers.
- ^ Tchernia, Andre (2016). The Romans and Trade, p. 17. Oxford University Press.
- ^ a b c d Appian (2005 ed.). The Civil Wars, pp. 113-117. Penguin Books Limited.
- ^ Williams, Henry Smith (1908). The Historians' History of the World, p. 586. Princeton University.
- ^ a b Anton Powell and Kathryn Welch (2002). Sextus Pompeius, p. 23. Classical Press of Wales.
- ^ a b Strauss, Barry (2016). The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination, p. 278. Simon & Schuster.