Julius Caesar: The Assassination Of Julius Caesar

Julius caesar was a roman statesman and a very successful general before the time of augustus caesar. After his victory over pompey, caesar had plans to become dictator for life over the roman empire, until he was assassinated. His assassination was an act committed by the following eight conspirators: marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, trebonius, ligarius, decius brutus, metellus cimber, and cinna. The location of his assasination was in the roman capital, on the ides of march. This crime was committed by the conspirators out of fear of what caesar would do if he were dictator over rome. The conspirators believed that rome should stay a republic and never become an empire. The speeches at caesars funeral, which were given by brutus and marc antony,

His speech heavily favored the ethical side of the mob attending the funeral and contained little to no verbal irony. Instead Brutus stated that he killed caesar not for his disliking of caesar but for his love of rome. He was attempting to impress the mob my saying that he cared more about rome than he did about his own best friend when he said, “If then that friend demand why brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that i loved Caesar less, but that i loved rome more.” he stated his reasonable arguement to the mob by saying that because the assassination of julius caesar was for the betterment of rome, anyone who contradicted the decision to have him killed was someone who didnt love theor country and would be a slave under julius caesar. He also said that those people and only those people were the people of whom he wronged in the killing of Jullius Caesar when he said, “who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a roman? If any speak for him have i offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any speak for him have i offended.” The mob reacted to his speech by shouting that caesar was a tyrant and believing that the conspirators did the right thing. This speech was both reasonable and ethical that was adequate enough to persuade the people

For instance, both speeches contained a respectable amouht of reason. In brutus’ speech, he told the commoners that because this assassination was for the betterment of rome, to be against it would be like saying you invite the atrocities that would come with the dictatorship of caesar. While this seems reasonable enough, marc antony states the fact that Caesar had shown no evidence that he would bring these atrocities to rome. He states this when he says, “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was