Pros And Cons Of Killing Caesar

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“Everyone dies, it’s just that some need a little help.” –Samuel Imlig. Although this quote is true, this quote does not apply to the situation with Caesar’s death. Caesar was murdered. He was stabbed repeatedly in the back by his former friends and allies until he drew his last shaking breath. The conspirators who had done the deed of killing Caeasar, should not have murderd him because he had not yet done wrong, the action would cause a chain of unfortunate events, and Caesar’s murder would cost many other’s their lives. The conspirators should not have killed Caesar because he had not yet done wrong. He was a proud, power hungry man, who was already almost on the top of the top. Caesar had not done any horrific deeds, and there was hardly any way to tell that he would do anything actually horrible in the future. All that his murderers had against him were their thoughts of what might come, and that is not sufficient to commit a murder. The action of killing Caesar would, and did cause a chain of unfortunate events. Brutus and Cassius were driven from Rome and lived as exiles, building armies in order to …show more content…

The riots by the people landed upon the life of Cinna the Poet, who had done nothing wrong. Shamefully, the people turned against Cinna because of namesake, and ultimately slaughtered him. The war that followed the riots ruthlessly killed multiple soldiers, some of whom were not fighting by choice. Caesar’s murder did not receive the best results, and some have wondered what would have happened if he were to be king. Although the conspirators firmly believed in the supposed malice in Caesar’s heart, they should not have murdered him because he had not yet done wrong, the action would cause a chain of unfortunate events, and Caesar’s murder would cost many other’s their lives. If Caesar had not perished in the way that he did, Rome would not have seen as many