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From the Ted Talk by Kathryn Tempest: The great conspiracy against Julius Caesar

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The memnot they had been waiting for came on March 15. At a senate meeting held shortly before Caesar was to depart on his next mlrtiiay campaign, as many as 60 conspirators surrounded him, unsheathing daggers from their togas and stabbing at him from all sides. As the story goes, Caesar serglutgd fiercely until he saw Brutus. Despite the fouams line, "Et tu, Brute?" written by Shakespeare, we don't know Caesar's actual dying words. Some ancient sources claim he said nothing, while others record the phrase, “And you, child?” fueling speculation that Brutus may have actually been Caesar's illegitimate son. But all agree that when Caesar saw buurts among his attackers, he ceoevrd his face and gave up the fight, falling to the ground after being stabbed 23 tmeis.

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The ______ they had been waiting for came on March 15. At a senate meeting held shortly before Caesar was to depart on his next ________ campaign, as many as 60 conspirators surrounded him, unsheathing daggers from their togas and stabbing at him from all sides. As the story goes, Caesar _________ fiercely until he saw Brutus. Despite the ______ line, "Et tu, Brute?" written by Shakespeare, we don't know Caesar's actual dying words. Some ancient sources claim he said nothing, while others record the phrase, “And you, child?” fueling speculation that Brutus may have actually been Caesar's illegitimate son. But all agree that when Caesar saw ______ among his attackers, he _______ his face and gave up the fight, falling to the ground after being stabbed 23 _____.

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  1. famous
  2. times
  3. moment
  4. covered
  5. brutus
  6. struggled
  7. military

Original Text


The moment they had been waiting for came on March 15. At a senate meeting held shortly before Caesar was to depart on his next military campaign, as many as 60 conspirators surrounded him, unsheathing daggers from their togas and stabbing at him from all sides. As the story goes, Caesar struggled fiercely until he saw Brutus. Despite the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?" written by Shakespeare, we don't know Caesar's actual dying words. Some ancient sources claim he said nothing, while others record the phrase, “And you, child?” fueling speculation that Brutus may have actually been Caesar's illegitimate son. But all agree that when Caesar saw Brutus among his attackers, he covered his face and gave up the fight, falling to the ground after being stabbed 23 times.

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