Was Julius Caesar A Tyrant

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Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC by the Roman senate. They had stabbed him to death, and it was all because they were afraid of what he might do if he became the king of Rome. They were afraid because they knew all too well what could happen if there is only one; all powerful ruler. Some of the senate thought saw Julius Caesar as a tyrant. The others thought that Julius Caesar had good ideas and that maybe he would not be that bad of a king; they most likely only thought this because he gave most of the senate jobs and other things like that.
Julius Caesar's assassination was inhuman and highly foolish if you ask me. If the senate had not assassinated Julius Caesar, there probably would have been some major differences. For example,

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