Why was julius caesar assassinated?

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Answer 1

Because he was overthrowing the Roman Republic and making himself king.

What Cesar did was this. He got himself a military command. He went and conquered Gaul. He and his troops stole what money the Gauls had and captured all the Gauls and sold them into slavery, (this was pretty much normal for the time).

Rome didn't have a Veteran's Administration... if (big IF) a solder lived long enough to retire he would either be awarded land in the area he helped conquer, or live off of his share of the loot and slaves taken in the conquest... both these awards came from the General he served under... or he would try to find a job working for the General he served under (they were wealthy Romans)... the point here is Cesar's Army was more loyal to Cesar than it was to Rome.

Cesar took his Army and, in violation of Roman law, marched it back into Rome. Cesar spend tons of money (mostly raised by selling Gauls into slavery) on games to entertain the poor of Rome and make himself popular. He had a mob of poor people on his side, ready to riot if necessary, and an Army full of combat veterans as well. He also had a lot of political supporters on his side as well.

Basicly he was going to have the Roman Senate proclaim him King.

Think of it this way... lets say we win the war in Iraq... and some General with as much money as Bill Gates and the good looks and charm of Tom Cruse comes back. He brings his Army back and camps them in Northern Virginia right outside Washington D.C. He spends tons of money on charity and TV time. He makes good political connections. He gets himself elected President... then he takes all this and goes to Congress and says..."Change the Constitution, I want to be President for life and I want you to disband the Supreme Court too, 'cuse I'll be taking over their job, and your job too". That is pretty much what Cesar was doing.

Brutus and the other republicans wanted to maintan the Roman Republic, they did not want to have an all powerful emperor take over their country and take their freedom and their lives... they had tried to beat Cesar politically, but they couldn't. They knew they couldn't defeat him militarily, so the only option they had left was to kill Cesar, in the hopes that it would save the Republic... so they killed him.

It didn't work. Cesar's friends and his Army got really mad when Cesar was killed. There was a war between Cesar's friends (Marc Anthony, Octavian, etc.) and Brutus and the few Romans that were still loyal to the idea of the Old Republic. The republicans lost... so it was pretty much a done deal that the Republic was dead.... Octavian and Marc Anthony and a guy named Lepidus formed "The Second Triumvarate" where the three of them agreed to share power... this was just a way of buying time. Marc Anthony hooked up with Cleopatra the Queen of Egypt, (she had previously hooked up with Julus Caesar) and before long war broke out between Octavian and Marc Anthony over who would be emperor (as everyone knew it would).

There was ANOTHER Roman Civil War... and Marc Anthony lost. (The Battle of Actium decided this one... one of the few important naval battles in history). Marc Anthony and Cleopatra both killed themselves rather than be captured by Octavian. Julus Caesar's son (by Cleopatra) was killed... (he would have been a threat to Octavian) and when the smoke cleared Octavian was the only one left standing... so he became Emperor Agustus.

Just a side note...Lepidus pulled off something stunningly rare though... he lived. When the war between Octavian and Marc Anthony started Lepidus just went back to his house in North Africa and didn't do ANYTHING...he just drank, read books, ran his farm and hung out... didn't even go anywhere...In the end he wasn't a threat to anybody; so nobody had him killed... he got to die of old age. This is stunningly rare in ancient history. The rule for politics in those days was "you win or you die". Nobody remembers Lepidus these days, but he and Octavian were the only ones who came out of the whole thing alive... so he should get more credit than he does.

Answer 2

Julius Caesar was gaining unprecedented power and the senate grew weary and Cassius and Brutus led in the assassination attempt and success. It is quite ironic that was the very thing that happened under Augustus Caesar and after.

Answer 3

Julius caeser was assassinated because Cassius felt he had too much power and would ruin Rome.