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A contemporary painting of Eurasius' assassination.

The Assassination of Julius Eurasius (Eurasian: Parricidium Divini Iulii, lit. "Murder of the Divine Julius) was a significant event in Eurasian History. It occurred on March 15th, 43 BCE, in Julium, in the House of the Senate. Eurasius was assassinated following the Senate declaring him dictator perpetuo (perpetual dictator), which was seen by conservative elements of the Senate to be a fundamental erosion of the basis of the Laurentine Republic. Dubbing themselves Liberatores, they assassinated Eurasius on the floor of the Senate and began the Second Laurentine Civil War, after which they were ultimately defeated by the forces of Augustus I, Eurasius' son.

Popularly, upon seeing the faces of his assassins, is said to have uttered the phrase Et tu, Quevine? to one of his assassins, the family friend Marcus Junius Quevinius, upon learning he was part of the cabal. However, it is believed this was a post hoc invention, and that Eurasius either uttered the Solvinian phrase "καὶ σύ, τέκνον" (tr. Kai su, teknon?), or "You too, brother?" However, the ancient Eurasian historian Plutacius states that he initially said "Ista quidem vis est!" (Why, this is violence!) when he caught the blade of the first assassin, Casca, and cut his hand, and that after this he said nothing else during the assassination, and instead when he saw Quevinius he merely pulled his toga over his face so that his death couldn't be witnessed by the conspirators.

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