Do you think Caesar's killers were justified in their actions?
I think that Caesar’s killers were not justified in their actions, because killing is never the right thing to do. The patricians or the people in the Roman Senate were definitely fearful of Caesar, but it did not mean that they should kill him. Julius Caesar was becoming a tyrant type dictator. He was reported as being cruel and nasty. Some people believed that he was only conquered all the land and was in power for himself. They though he wanted to have all the power. Some of the other people of his empire thought he was helping them. We can only make assumptions though. Caesar was also a threat to the Roman Republic, so the senators could have felt that they would lose power as Caesar grew stronger. There were about sixty men who participated in the assassination of Caesar, so something had to be really wrong. Caesar was also warned of this plan before he entered the senate meeting. He ignored it though. As bad as the circumstance were, I do not think the killers had any right to kill Caesar. It did change the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire in the end, but I do not think that is what the killers truly wanted. They were probably relieved when Caesar was gone. The senators that killed Caesar had a reason to kill him, but it was a selfish act. The Ides of March are still remembered today because of the day Caesar was killed by his senators, March 15.
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