Brutus's Murder In Julius Caesar

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Murdered in the hands of a close friend, apparently too close. Brutus, a close friend, was planning a murder for Caesar, but how did he keep it on the down low? Apparently, he was planning Julius Caesar's murder with the Senate and he intended for Julius to be right on time for his beating. I say that Brutus and Cassius murdered Julius Caesar.
First, Brutus was out for revenge when Julius Caesar sliced his hand with a dagger. He planned this for a while. He got Cassius and the Senate in on it also, so they agreed and staged the murder. Now for the cold hard facts. The conspirators never met openly, but they assembled a few at a time in each other's' homes. There were many discussions and proposals, as might be expected, while they investigated

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