Wednesday, December 27, 2006

What was behind the assassination of Julius Caesar?

Gaius Julius Caesar was once the leader of Rome and might had the most military and political power in the world at that time. Some people called him a dictator of Roman people’s life. He did many great things such as extended Rome’s territory as far as he could , Invaded Britain , Conquered Gaul , Originated the word “Veni,Vedi,Veci ( I came,Isaw,I conquered )” , Prompt Civil war , Had an affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt. No doubt that he was one of the most influent man in the world. Some people liked him , some people didn’t. Finally, he was assassinated by a group of people that included his son-in-law. So what was the reason that Julius Caesar was assassinate? He was a great leader, why they had to kill him?
Although Julius Caesar was a great leader but he was too ambitious. He wanted to have the power that made him to be an emperor. So there was a group of people who fear that Caesar would be a threat to Rome because at that time Rome was a republic state and represented democracy. The Liberator ( a group of people that assassinated Caesar ) fear that Caesar would end up republic of Rome so they had to kill him.
One day before the assassination, there were a lot of omen which told that something bad would happen to Caesar such as his wife had a bad dream, his molded figure had been destroy, even one man gave him an assassination plan paper but he didn’t read it. If he read it, would he survive?
On 15 March 44 BC. , while Caesar was given a speech at a meeting place, he was injured by more over 20 people. Then at last, Brutus (his adopted son) ended Caesar life by using a knife cut his throat. Caesar tried to defend himself but he couldn’t do it so he died at that day. There was an interesting point that was before he died he was surprised that his son Brutus also in a group that betrayed him. He said “you too? , my son.”.
There were a lot of explanations about Julius Caesar last word. They believe that not only Caesar surprised that his son betrayed him but also warned Brutus that he would become like himself. If he wanted to be the most powerful man in Rome , he had to have a fate like him. He might warn that Brutus would have been killed by someone who jealous of the leader and wanted to be leader and had power like he was at that time that he killed his father. Some said that Caesar knew that he would be killed in that day but he still decided to end his life by went on the same appointment.
At the time that Caesar had a power in Rome, it was a republic era in Rome. But Caesar claimed that he was a dictator it made a threat to the freedom and democracy in Rome. So surely Some groups of people would dislike him and afraid that it would be the end of the republic era of Rome. So they assassinated Julius Caesar for protecting the democracy in their state although Caesar had a lot of favor things that he had done for Rome.
If he had read the letter that was an assassination plan, he might have survived. if there was a law or something that prevented Caesar from the death and just stepped down from his throne. Roman civilization might still exist in almost over the world in the present because Rome might still have the power all over the continent.
Julius Caesar also has an influent in the modern world. You can see that some kings or leaders of some countries use the word “Caesar” as a root of their name such as leader of Russia and Germany.
Julius Caesar was considered one of the foremost military geniuses of his time. He was assassinated because the Jealous of his power and the fear that he would end the democracy era in Roman civilization. That’s the reason why he was assassinated. As he wanted to be a kind of emperor, the Liberator killed him for protecting Rome.

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