Julius Caesar Ides Of March Essay

Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 B.C. He lived up until his death on March 15, 44 B.C. or as what we now call it, the Ides of March. Caesar is remembered best as the general who defeated the Gauls and expanded Rome’s territories. Caesar was also a brilliant orator, a writer, a skilled politician, and much more. Despite these accomplishments though, his power made him a tyrant. Even though he was warned about his destiny, he scoffed at omens and “wasn’t afraid of death.” Julius Caesar should have listened to his warnings of the Ides of March because he was unaware that it was his closest colleagues that killed him. When Caesar returned to Rome, he started to act more like a king than a leader of a republic. The senators were offended by this behavior because it was a sign of disrespect to Balbus. Caesar showed melodrama when he realized how insulting his actions were and threatened to kill himself. Lucius Cotta, a cousin of Caesar and one of the priests in charge of the Sibylline Books, announced that it was written in them that the Parithians could be conquered only by a king, and that Caesar should be given that title. When Caesar was riding home one day, a person from the crowd hailed him king. Two tribunes, Marullus and Flavius, grabbed the spectator and took him to court. Then Caesar ordered that Marullus and Flavius to be put to …show more content…
They decided to on a Senate meeting scheduled for the Ides of March. The Ides were normally on the thirteenth of most months, but in March, it would fall on the fifteenth. There was no other day sooner or later than that if they were going to kill him at the theatre of Pompey. From there, Julius Caesar was about to receive the warnings that he should’ve listen to about the Ides of March because he was unaware that it was his closest colleagues that killed