ista quidem vis est! ('Why, this is violence!' or 'But this is violence!')
Roman dictator and conqueror
Reported by Suetonius as Caesar's exclamation when Tillius Cimber pulled down his toga, signaling the start of the assassination.
44 BCE
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Controversial