They also knew that only Senate members were allowed inside the Senate chambers, prohibiting any outsiders Caesar usually surrounded himself with. They knew Caesar would be unaccompanied and surrounded by Senate members such as themselves. They premeditated their attack before Caesar left by taking into account time, numbers, and politics. 6 The raid on Parthia would cause Caesar to be away for months on end, so the conspirators had to act quickly. The conspirators intended to kill Caesar before he left for Parthia on March 18, 44 B.C.E. Murder consists of three things and the conspirators held all three of them, which is intent, malice, and premeditation. An oil on canvas painting depicting the murder of Julius Caesar by Karl von Piloty in 1865 | Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsĪlthough some of his actions were faulty, Caesar did not deserve to die in the treacherous way that he did. And so their treasonous act will forever be remembered as the most infamous assassination in history. 5 Doing away with Caesar would do good to the people of Rome therefore, tyrannicide was justifiable in their eyes. He was defying their unspoken and unwritten rule that commoners cannot be placed in charge. 4 For example, Caesar completely disregarded their unwritten constitution and the Roman mos maiorum, or ancestral customs, when he appointed commoners to offices that only aristocrats could hold. They wanted to restore republican liberties that Caesar had robbed from them. They truly believed they were saving the Republic. The conspirators defied Caesar’s authority and perceived him to be a popular leader who threatened their privileged interests. In some ways, the conspirators who plotted against Caesar’s life had a clear justifiable reason in mind. He took the saying keep your enemies close to an extreme, since they ended up close enough to assassinate him. Instead of dealing harshly with his enemies, he pardoned them and kept them close. Repeatedly, Caesar seems to have contributed to his own death by pardoning those who did not deserve to be pardoned. 3 Cassius, another conspirator who had been pardoned by Caesar at the beginning of his dictatorship, was also one of the masterminds behind the assassination. In 44, Caesar appointed Brutus as proprietor of Gaul, or modern day France, which was one of the highest offices a nobleman could hold. Brutus, who was pardoned by Caesar after helping Caesar’s foe Pompey during the recent civil war, was one of the masterminds behind the assassination. Caesar entrusted Brutus and Cassius to be his eyes and ears in the Senate, but they did just the opposite. The conspirators were not from outside forces of Rome instead, they were from Caesar’s inner circle of elite senators. Bust of Julius Caesar | Exhibition at the Grand Palais | Dated to 50-40 B.C.E. Julius Caesar’s assassination cannot be justified it was treason and murder, even though those who murdered him defended their actions as tyrannicide.
Members in the Senate, however, would not allow this. 2 Caesar did not want to do away with the Republic despite what critics say all he wanted to do was reform it and give more power to the people. He was an ambitious figure that conquered modern day France, led the civil war, and influenced the fall of the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic before its fall served the wealthy and the privileged. in Rome, and became dictator of the Roman Republic in October 49 B.C.E. The powerful image of Caesar even today cannot be compared, and that is why his legacy is still alive today. 1 Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 B.C.E. Despite being hailed as a powerful war hero in history, Julius Caesar was murdered in his own city by his own people on the Ides of March 44 B.C.E.
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