that killing Caesar in the Senate House, which was a religious space, would make it clear that their actions were done on behalf of the state of Rome and not for personal revenge. It was this too which persuaded them not to kill Antony. They hoped the people would view the murder as the assassination of a tyrant and an attempt to restore the Republic, rather than an attempt to eradicate a rival political party. Cicero would later sigh heavily over this decision, writing that they acted with the bravery of men but the strategy of children.
