The death of a potent and admirable leader occurred in such a devastating, yet gruesome way. Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, held a great amount of sovereignty over his people and city before an unexpected attack was conducted upon him. On March fifteenth, forty-four B.C, otherwise known as The Ides of March, Julius and his fellow senators were scheduled to have a meeting. Caesar was oblivious that those senators had the intention of betraying him and planned to slaughter him to death. A horrific tragedy for such a commendable leader during this period. However, this attack was not an out of the ordinary scheme, rather the senators were triggered by Caesar and his actions, and were unknown on how far Caesar was willing to proceed. Ultimately, …show more content…
After his return to Rome, Caesar proclaimed he would be dictator for ten years, that he would assist the Roman state and then step down from his dictatorship. A year passes and Caesar now claims that his dictatorship would be for the rest of his life. There was no doubt in his mind that would change his decision or thoughts, the power was his and he planned on having it that way for quite a while. Soon after, speculation had risen in which Caesar began to plan on making himself the king of Rome. Citizens began to believe it was true because as a dictator one cannot pass power on to his offspring, but a king can. They thought that Caesar would marry Cleopatra and leave his Roman wife. He would become king with Cleopatra at his side as his queen. Therefore, he would leave Rome to his son once he had passed away. If Caesar were to make Rome a monarchy, then Rome’s current form of government controlled by the republic and senators would come to an end. The rumors had traveled onto the senators and they were not pleased with what they had heard. In fact, two senators, Brutus and Cassius, two of whom Caesar was extremely fond of came up with the idea of putting Caesar’s power to an end. Furthermore, they believed they had to kill him before it was too late in order for the republic to live on. Brutus and Cassius did not want any rumors to come true at …show more content…
He was the one that made the decision to go off into Egypt and have a child with a lady other than his wife. Caesar then took action on deciding to announce his dictatorship for life, eventually leading to the rumors of him wanting to become king. Furthermore, Caesar was the one who decided to avoid all the signs and warnings that were presented to him by the soothsayer and his ill manner, therefore he is the one to blame. If Caesar had been proceeding in the ways the republic had been setting for years then they would not have to believe in killing him to stop him. Instead he threatened the republic and senators by going about in an ill-advised pathway. Therefore, they had no decision in stopping what could have become a monarchy and an end to their position existence. However, maybe Caesar was not to blame for his own death, because, “Next, there were those who many believed were friends of Caesar, people who, while being rewarded for their loyalty, disliked many of his policies, especially his hesitance to overthrow the old, conservative Optimates” (Wasson). They followed the beliefs of what had been set for them in the past years, they respected the republic. Therefore, the senators could have well been filled with pure jealousy and anger. Although, they disagreed with his decisions, they did not have to kill him. Their intentions could have been to overthrow him, rid