Caesars' Assassination

Why was Caesar assassinated in 44BC?

Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC for many reasons. Many people, especially his opponents had feared his power and dominion in Rome. He was very ambitious from the very start, he had achieved many and proved himself to be a great military leader, other members of the Roman government felt jealous of his power. When he declared himself as dictator for life he threatened the careers of the ones on lower rank.

Julius Ceasar was a very powerful man in Rome, he declared himself as Dictator for life, this made him a king in all but name. At that time Rome was a Republic and the republicans hated the thought of having an empire, it enfuriated some and frightened others. The founding of Rome traced back to the overthrow of the Etruscan kings, the republicans hated having kings which Julius Caesar had the power of,they could not let Caesar have the chance to become an emperor.

In his youth Julius Caesar has achieved a lot. He was very ambitious and over-confident, in a short amount of time he had conquered Gaul and defeated his enemy Pompey, and made himself a Dictator. From looking at his past it seems very possible that he might go even further, to establish an empire as him

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Fear of Ceasar’s power may have led to his assassination. By doing this the people liked him and thus, he had even greater power. They wanted what he has and the first step to achieving this is to kill him.

Caesar did many things to earn the support of the roman citizens and to gain popularity with them. This action influenced people to assassinate him. To the eyes of his enemies and competitors this was very desirable, many of them became jealous of him. Caesar made himself the image of a very important person, members of the Senate once presented him with many great honors, so much that a mere mortal like himself should choose to accept, yet he did not even rise to greet them.

Caesar’s declaring himself as ‘dictator for life’ was against the laws of government. He threatened the positions of other people because he was dictator for the rest of his life, the “ Ladder of Office ” is made a useless climb as Caesar will have absolute power until the end of his life. Thus for the sake of their jobs the members of the Senate may have assassinated Caesar for this reason.

Among Caesar’s efforts to increase his popularity he revised the calendar and even named the month “July” after himself, this Created resentment particularly members of the Senate, who have the Greatest urge to get disposed of him.

Although many people liked Caesar, there were others who hated him. Caesar illegally crossed the River Rubicon and driven Pompey out of Rome in a civil war, Pompey fled and was later killed.

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