guy Posted July 3, 2024 Report Share Posted July 3, 2024 (edited) (I am unable to respond directly to your question, Pompieus, so I opened a new thread.) Quote A Curile magistrate was usually escorted by lictors; burly fellows carryng bundles of rods. But Caesar evidently had no one to defend him. Were lictors excluded from the curia? Caesar's assassination took place at the Curia of Pompey, a temporary meeting hall for Roman senators after the usual Senate building, Curia on the Comitium, had burned down. Maybe the lictors weren't allowed in the Curia. (I assumed the lictors were permitted in the Curia, but for whatever reason, Caesar could not gather them before going.) Or possibly this temporary Senate Hall didn't have enough space for the extra lictors. Or maybe the assassination took everyone off guard, including the lictors. Good question, however. Confirmed: Curia of Pompey, where Julius Caesar was killed, was built in three phases | Ars Technica Edited July 4, 2024 by guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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