Do you think Caesar's killers were justified in their actions?
I don't think they were. Caesar was planning on getting rid of the Senate and naming himself king, which is why the Senate members killed him. Caesar was well liked by much of Rome, and I think everyone would have been happy to have him as king, but the members of Senate liked being in power, so they had to stop him. Just wanting to stay in power doesn't justify your action. Many times, the people tried to get Caesar to become king, but he would refuse the crown every time. Members of Senate became annoyed with him, and they began to conspire against him. They formed a group called the Liberatores, or Liberators.
On the day of the assassination, many people told Caesar not to go to the Senate, but he went anyway. Mark Antony had heard of the plot, and he went to try to warn Caesar, but he was headed off. Once he heard the commotion inside he ran away in terror. Caesar didn't even want to be king and they killed him. Once, when Caesar was returning to Rome, someone put a wreath on the head of his statue and he ordered that it should be removed. The "Liberators" were the exact opposite of liberators. They were only freeing themselves. The rest of the country wanted Caesar to stay. So, in conclusion, the "Liberators" had absolutely no justification for the murder of Julius Caesar. He didn't want to be king, and they had no reason to kill him except to save themselves.
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ReplyDeletei disagree, Caesar was killed in front of his many loyal follows, brutally, by his own partners. His killer got more then what they wanted because they succeeded in clearing Caesar's name from the slate. This blog is good though, very detailed(:
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