Does Julius Caesar Deserve To Die

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The question of whether or not Julius Caesar deserved to die is a controversial question. His death wasn’t caused by natural causes, it was caused by the fears of the people who wanted to “save” Rome. These fears caused his murderers, who were known as the conspirators, to perform an action that changed history. An action that they would never be able to take back. An action that is known as murder. Julius Caesar was a man who did everything for his country. He expanded the Roman borders, signed treaties, and put together one of the strongest armies in history. Although he became very ambitious about his power, there were other ways to inform him about the way he acted. People are so quick to perform actions, that they do not even think about what the consequences …show more content…

If Brutus was so scared about what Caesar would do with his power, shouldn’t he have just talked to Caesar about it face to face? While the conspirators were stabbing Caesar, Caesar saw that Brutus was the last person to stab him. This caused Caesar to ask him, “You too, Brutus?” in latin, which made the audience feel the betrayal and disappointment Caesar felt. Caesar then realized that if his best friend Brutus had to kill him, it had to be for a good reason. If Brutus spoke to Caesar about how he felt about him becoming emperor, Caesar probably would’ve thought about it. He would probably say to himself, “If my best friend put his foot down to tell me to be careful when I become emperor, maybe I should watch what I say or do.”. Others might even say that Caesar deserved to die right then and there due to him automatically declaring himself king. People argue that it was all Caesar’s fault for destroying the Roman Republic due to him defeating Pompey on September 28, 48 BC. Caesar returned to Rome and eventually changed the system himself. He made so many contributions to Rome by doing

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