When Heraklia wrote that she could imagine JC smiling at that... I pictured it as well! LOL!
Plus, a lot of his portrait show a hint of a smile on his face... I can easily imagine that smile a little larger but just as ironic... one final victory!

I know this will make the "Republicans" hair stick up, but... I often wondered how much we'd know of Brutus and Cassius & C. if they had not murdered Caesar... true that might have done something remarkable anyway, but... up to that point they hadn't done anything that really made them unforgettable for posterity. And moreover, they ARE remembered first of all because they killed JC and then and only then, their gestures and motives become the focus of further issues of defending the Republic.
I wonder how much Brutus would like to know that after 2000 years he’s still remembered mainly as one of Caesar’s killers and only by a comparatively small number of people as the defendant of the Republic… Guess he’d be quite mad!
:-)