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The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar

By Peter Stothard Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £20, hardback, 288 pages

Cassius Parmensis’s name may be unfamiliar today, but his place in history is assured: he was one of the men responsible for the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. This dynamic account explores his motives for

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