A group of Senators, led by Brutus, began a plot against him. On March 15, 44 BC, a date known as the Ides of March, this group surrounded him and stabbed him to death at a Senate meeting. There is a popular quote attributed to Caesar as he was dying “Et tu Brute?”; however, most scholars believe this is just a dramatic addition by Shakespeare when writing his play. The average middle class and poor Roman citizens were furious at Caesar’s assassination and began to revolt. Caesar’s death marked the end of the Roman Republic and the empire fell into many years of civil war. I believe that Julius Caesar was a good man to an extent. He did care for the poor and wanted to reform the Roman government for the people, but he also loved power and wanted things his way. He was ruthless in battle, but also showed mercy to his enemies. This shows that he was a complex person and it is very hard to judge a famous figure based only on the writings of historical
A group of Senators, led by Brutus, began a plot against him. On March 15, 44 BC, a date known as the Ides of March, this group surrounded him and stabbed him to death at a Senate meeting. There is a popular quote attributed to Caesar as he was dying “Et tu Brute?”; however, most scholars believe this is just a dramatic addition by Shakespeare when writing his play. The average middle class and poor Roman citizens were furious at Caesar’s assassination and began to revolt. Caesar’s death marked the end of the Roman Republic and the empire fell into many years of civil war. I believe that Julius Caesar was a good man to an extent. He did care for the poor and wanted to reform the Roman government for the people, but he also loved power and wanted things his way. He was ruthless in battle, but also showed mercy to his enemies. This shows that he was a complex person and it is very hard to judge a famous figure based only on the writings of historical