It was Crassus (the third wheel of the first triumvirate) that may have been killed by molten gold. Cicero was killed on the orders of Mark Antony, 21 months after the assassination of Julius Caesar. His head and hands were nailed to the senate doors.
My humblebrag of the week is that I got arrested on Saturday in Parliament Square under section 13 of the 2000 Terrorism Act. I was one of the old duffers holding the sign in support of PA.
Tis a tragic joke