@historicaltidbits: Fake Grief or Genuine Horror? How Caesar Reacted to Pompey’s Murder In late October 48 BCE, Julius Caesar was handed the severed head of his biggest rival and former friend, Pompey the Great. Was his tearful reaction genuine horror, or just brilliant political theater? Plutarch says Caesar was completely disgusted, Cassius Dio claims it was all fake grief for the cameras, and Caesar himself didn't even mention it in his civil war memoirs. #JuliusCaesar #AncientHistory #RomanHistory #HistoryFacts #HistoricalTidbits

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