Why Did Julius Caesar Commit Suicide

The great Dictator of Rome from October 49 BC to 15 March 44 BC had committed suicide, in other terms “suicide by cop”. Why did Julius Caesar commit suicide? Caesar had many reasons to end his life while he was in power and he did so in a very clever and sneaky way. Julius Caesar was very ambitious and he wanted all control with no sharing (PBS). Caesars health was also getting worse (PBS). Because Caesars health was getting bad and he wanted total control he would have feared that people were going to try to take him over so they could replace him with a different style of government where all people have a say. If Caesar had this fear then he wouldn't have wanted to live through it, so he saw an opportunity to end his life in an unsuspicious way that nobody would notice. Caesar also ended his …show more content…
Caesar suffered from epilepsy, some say he even had temporal lobe epilepsy (PBS). Side effects of epilepsy can be seizures and unexpected movements and actions such as unexpected diarrhea, it was reported that Caesar did suffered from extreme diarrhea (PBS). Caesar's epilepsy would be extremely embarrassing if he had a seizure while giving a speech to thousands of people, so Caesar wanted to end those embarrassments and he did it by using the conspirators. Caesar was also cocky and somewhat selfish and he never wanted people to forget him. If Caesar had peacefully died at the end of his life than people would be sad and maybe a little upset but they would be glad that Caesar had peacefully died. The people would probably forget about Caesar if he had died peacefully. By using the conspirators to commit suicide Caesar's death was very very gruesome and unexpected, making the death unforgettable. The people of rome were very shocked and angry when Caesar was murdered. By dying this way people will never forget Julius Caesar, today some people