Under the mass of wounds, he fell at the foot of pompey's statue. everyone wanted to seem to have had some part in the murder, and there was not one of them who failed to strike his body as it lay there, until, wounded thirty-five times, he breathed his last. background information: nicolaus of damascus wrote this account of the murder of caesar a few years after the event. although he did not directly witness the event, he did have the opportunity to interview many of the people who were there. is this a reliable source for a historian to use when writing about caesar’s death? a) no, because nicolaus was not an eyewitness to the assassination. b) no, because this account was written long after caesar’s death. c) yes, because nicolaus interviewed many of the people there. d) yes, because this account was written in the same year as caesar’s death.