Similarities Between Julius Caesar And Jean Marat

The Back Stabbing Truth of Julius Caesar and Jean- Paul Marat According to Marcus Tulius Cicero, “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living” (Proverbia, 2015). In the past, many important people have died and, even after their death, influenced the lives of the many people around them. Julius Caesar and Jean-Paul Marat happened to be very influential to the citizens around them, but were struck down when they were assassinated by those who rejected them. These men were very important in society whether it be to run their country or express the same ideals as the people and demean their government at the time. Even though Julius Caesar and Jean-Paul Marat were born in different time periods, the resemblance between these …show more content…
and 44 B.C.. Julius Caesar had fought and had won many battles such as the Gallic wars, but he was known for defeating Rome’s savior, Pompey, in a civil war. After Pompey was killed, Caesar became a favorite of the people, but there were a select few that hated him for his ambition and arrogance. Caesar was even offered a diadem by Antony three times, and he denied it every time. That same day he was warned by a soothsayer that he should be very cautious around the Ides of March, but he dismissed the idea. Soon a group was made of some of Julius Caesar’s closest friends such as Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and a few others. This group set out to kill Caesar before he got too much power and destroyed Rome. Calpurnia, the wife of Caesar, warns Caesar not to go to the meeting set up, but Caesar goes against her wishes and makes his way to the meeting. Caesar is soon killed by the conspirators who stab him to death at the statue of Pompey. After Caesar dies, Marc Antony takes charge over Rome and gets revenge against all the men that have wronged him and Caesar, and the conspirators end up killing themselves or died at the battle of …show more content…
Both wives of the victims asked their husbands to not let their killer in or go to the meeting in which they got killed. The way that their assassin killed them was by stabbing them to death, and they were very proud in what they had done whether it be bathing their hands in the victim’s blood or if it was staying at the scene of the crime just to be taken in by the police. In the end, all the assassin’s died after they killed their victim. In Julius Caesar’s case they either killed themselves or died at the battle of Philippi, and with Jean- Paul Marat Charlotte Corday was