Why Was Julius Caesar A Tyrant

“Arching upward he clearly cut through the man’s jugular just below the Adam’s apple.” Julius Caesar was a tyrant of Rome. Why? First of all in the article “Killing Caesar” by Jon Herman Julius Caesar proclaimed himself at the time a living god; secondly Caesar wanted more power towards himself. A hero wouldn’t act like this, but a tyrant would be all over power and immortality. Julius Caesar was considered a tyrant in Roman times when he was willing to do almost anything to take power from others and leaving it all for him. This involved for Caesar to take power from former leaders the senate. Usually the president or ruler keeps his senate to help guide them throughout their reign. “The senate had ruled Rome poorly, caring more about their

“Beyond that, a law authored by Caesar had been found, but not yet introduced, which would proclaim Caesar a living god.” Julius Caesar wanted the people of Rome to worship him like the Romans did at the statues for the gods, but Caesar claimed that he wasn’t in it to rule Rome or for the power, but to help Rome. “From the beginning Caesar’s ambitions were known. But Caesar too to wearing red boots. Red boots were only worn by kings. He scoffed at the suggestion his wearing them anything more than fashion. Caesar’s fashion also extended to a fondness for Tyrrhenion purple. A dye worn by eastern kings. But now everywhere statues of Caesar were being erected. What could they be for other than worship?” Caesar was being a tyrant which means he wanted power, fame, fortune and he wouldn’t stop until he got what he

This side believes that all the good and incredible things Caesar did made him a hero. They think that Caesar didn’t deserve to be killed the way he was killed. The other side believes that Brutus was the tyrant since he was in the senate and Caesar was the hero defending the people from the senate. However the other side that believes/thinks that Julius Caesar was a hero and not a tyrant are wrong. The reasoning is that every king creates goods for their people, and this is how they get their subjects to like them enough to follow what they do and how they do it. An example would be if a celebrity put a post on social media that they will give away any expensive object for free, of course people are going to follow them and like them for the goods they are providing. If this is what it takes to be a hero then everybody on earth is a hero then. They also believe that since Caesar said he didn’t want to rule Rome that he’s not a tyrant, but Julius Caesar did want power and proved it throughout his reign; reasons being that if a person about to become a king said he didn’t want to rule a kingdom then they also don’t want the power that comes with it, Caesar did want the power. Therefore Julius Caesar was a tyrant not a