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Lincoln’s killer, was Roman?

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18 May 2019
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

The photograph shows the killer of president Abraham Lincoln – John Wilkes Booth (left) – as Mark Antony and his brothers: Edwin Booth as Brutus and Junius Brutus Booth Jr. as Cassius.

The picture was taken in 1864 during the performance of “Julius Caesar” at the Winter Garden Theater in New York.

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Busts of Julius Caesar and Pompey the GreatGreat Roman civil war Battle of Philippi in 42 BCEWars of second triumvirate Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar Gaul in the 1st century BCEGallic Wars Marcus Junius BrutusMarcus Junius Brutus

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