On that day Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus met, and during their conversation, they concluded that Caesar's position was strengthening dangerously and something had to be done to protect Rome from his authoritarian rule. In later days, the recruitment of more rebels began. The number of conspirators could not be too small for them to have the ability to successfully carry out an assassination attempt, but not so large as to be easily deconstructed. According to reports from the time, between sixty and eighty people were successfully involved in the conspiracy within three weeks.
