Spanish archaeologist finds exact place of Caesar’s murder

This picture shows a general view of the Largo di Torre Argentina,
 the exact spot among ancient ruins where Roman general Julius
Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC (AFP)

Archaeologist Antonio Monterroso claims he has discovered the precise spot – part of the concrete memorial placed by Caesar’s heir Octavian, where the dictator was stabbed to death in 44 BC.

The report came from the Spanish national research council CSIC.

The concrete structure three meters wide and two meters tall was situated within the Curia of Pompey – an administrative building used on a temporary basis for the Senate meetings.

The scientist claims the construction he discovered stands on the exact spot where Caesar’s seat was during the Senate sessions, and where according to historians he was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC.

"We always knew that Julius Caesar was killed in the Curia of Pompey on March 15th 44 BC because the classical texts pass it on, but so far no material evidence of this fact, so often depicted in historicist painting and cinema, had been recovered," Monterosso explains.

Classical sources say years after the assassination Octavian, Caesar’s nephew named son and the dictator’s sole heir ordered the Curia closed and place a memorial at the place where Caesar has his seat.

"We know for sure that the place where Julius Caesar presided over that session of the Senate, and where he fell stabbed, was closed with a rectangular structure organized under four walls delimiting a Roman concrete filling. However, we don't know if this closure also involved that the building ceased to be totally accessible", said Monterreso.

The historical finding was made in the center of modern Rome not far from the Capitoline Hill on Torre Argentina Square, which has long been an excavation area.

-  Rt.com