On the Ides of March, 44 BCE, Rome's greatest general walked into the Senate and never walked out. Julius Caesar—the man who conquered Gaul, crossed the Rubicon, and reshaped an empire—was murdered by those he trusted most, including his closest friend.

But this is not simply a story of assassination; it's an investigation into betrayal itself: how a man who built Rome through victory became undone by his own ambition, arrogance, and refusal to see the daggers being sharpened in the shadows around him.

In this episode, we uncover the psychological fractures that split the Senate, the personal vendettas masked as patriotism, the warnings Caesar ignored, and the moment when the Republic itself died on the marble floor. Through primary sources—letters, historical accounts, and Senate records—we trace the conspiracy from  ...