Does Julius Caesar Justify His Actions

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I know that Brutus is motivated by honor, weak, and doesn’t think strongly of his actions beforehand. Most of you know me for being close to both Caesar and Brutus. I also grew up with them as close friends, so I’ve known them for awhile now. Brutus held no grudge towards Caesar but was convinced to involve himself to kill his best friend without having some sort of communication for change. Brutus justified his death by saying he killed him because he cared about Rome more than Caesar. After all that Brutus had said to justify his actions, he ended up killing himself because he didn’t want to become a slave or rome. Although Brutus participated in the killing of Caesar, it was not Brutus’ idea. The idea to kill Caesar was organized by Cassius, who held a grudge on Caesar. Cassius recruited many people in order to kill Caesar, and Brutus joined Cassius because he thought what he was doing was right. Like I said before, I grew up with both Caesar and Brutus, so it really is saddening that Caesar had to go out like this. I stand with Caesar because he was strong and made Rome what it is. Caesar did not …show more content…

Brutus killed someone that everyone loved, valued, and needed. To be put simply, Caesar was too valuable to be killed just like that. Brutus is nothing, he stabbed Caesar in the back, said Rome was important to him, and then killed himself. Caesar, however, brought glory, money, denied the crown, and even gave land to the Romans. Caesar did well for his people and he was a great military leader who won many battles. “He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city. Is this the work of an ambitious man? When the poor cried, Caesar cried too. Ambition shouldn’t be so soft. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man. You all saw that on the Lupercal feast day I offered him a king’s crown three times, and he refused it three times. Was this ambition?”

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