The first recorded autopsy in history was performed on Julius Caesar. Details:

• After Caesar’s assassination on March 15, 44 BCE, his body was transported to his home where a physician named Antistius conducted the autopsy. He identified that among Caesar’s many stab wounds, the fatal one was a single wound under the left shoulder blade that ruptured the aorta, and he reported these findings publicly to the people. This event is widely cited as the earliest surviving account of a postmortem examination and is often regarded as a foundational moment in forensic medicine and medicolegal death investigation.