Type: Artisan Made Ring Signet with Replica (REPRODUCTION of original coin) of Famous Roman Ancient Coin with Brutus Julius Caesar March days Ides of March, Et tu, Brute?
Gender: Men
Metal: All Solid Sterling Silver
Metal Purity: 925
Weight: 7 grams
Ring US Size: 10
Defects/Additional info: no defects/tested for sterling /amazing/ stamped 925
Theme: Ring With Replica of Roman Ancient Coin Famous Rare
Condition: Very Good Condition, Ready To Wear
Origin: Greece
One of the most famous coins of all time is the EID MAR denarius issued by Marcus Junius Brutus in 43/42 BC.
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, he threw Rome into more than three years of civil war, eliminating his opponents along the way. In 49 BC, many leading citizens, including some sixty Roman Senators, had come to see Caesar as a power-grabber who wanted to make himself king.
This state of affairs was an unacceptable situation for men like Brutus, who wished to retain their beloved Republic.
The Liberators
Brutus, who was a trusted friend of Caesar's, conspired with a group of his fellow senators to assassinate Caesar.
This group of conspirators called themselves the Liberatores or Liberators. They believed that they would liberate the Roman Republic from the threat of tyranny by a monarch if they could remove Julius Caesar from power.
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
In 44 BC, on the 15th day of March, a day is known in the Roman calendar as the Ides of March, Brutus and his co-conspirators struck.
Using daggers they had hidden beneath their tunics, they flew at Caesar in a hail of knife blows, stabbing him at least 30 times.
When Caesar realized his good friend Brutus was among his attackers, he asked, "Et tu, Brute?" ("You, too, Brutus?").
As Caesar lay dead on the steps of the portico, Brutus jubilantly shouted, "People of Rome, we are once again free!"