Bucilianus
{{Short description|Roman senator and assassin of Julius Caesar}}
Caecilius Bucilianus,Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, p. 10. American Philological Association.Victor Duruy, John Pentland Mahaffy (1885). History of Rome, and of the Roman People, from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire. Volume 3, Part 2, p. 541. University of Virginia. also spelled Bucolianus,Smith, William (1871). A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography. p. 152. Harper & Brothers. was a Roman senator who was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, on March 15, 44 BCE.Tchernia, Andre (2016). The Romans and Trade, p. 17. Oxford University Press. Along with Marcus Junius Brutus, Publius Servilius Casca, and others, Bucilianus attacked Caesar during a meeting of the Senate in Rome.Appian (2005 ed.). The Civil Wars, pp. 113-117. Penguin Books Limited. He struck Caesar either in the back or the back of the head.Williams, Henry Smith (1908). The Historians' History of the World, p. 586. Princeton University.
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The conspirators of the assassination were made up of both Caesar's opposition (Pompeians; on the side of Pompey) and former supporters (Caesarians); one source says Bucilianus was likely a Pompeian,Anton Powell and Kathryn Welch (2002). Sextus Pompeius, p. 23. Classical Press of Wales. while another refers to him as Caesar's former friend.
Most sources say Bucilianus' brother was a fellow senator and conspirator in the assassination,Strauss, Barry (2016). The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination, p. 278. Simon & Schuster. while another does not include him in the list of conspirators. Most say his brother's name was also Caecilius, while one source says his brother's name is unknown.