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originally posted in:Sapphire
3/17/2013 5:42:11 PM
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Did Caesar deserve to be assassinated?
I was going to post this for the ides of march, but I was busy that day. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar]Anyway, on March 15th, during the days of the roman republic, Julius Caesar was assassinated by eight roman senators who feared his growing power and that he would overthrow the republic.[/url] Do you believe Caesar's actions where wrong, and if so, did he deserved to be assassinated?
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Et tu Brute?
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4 RepliesSince I think everyone said he should have been assassinated I will be playing devil's advocate. He did deserve to be killed since Caesar wanted to overthrow the Roman Republic, which in the classical world was one of the closest forms of democracy and would serve as an example for future democracy's. Caesar was making a grab for power and had himself declared dictator of the Republic, there was no way the senators could have had him removed. There fear was also justified since the Roman Republic was formed originally due too a king abusing it's power, which meant there was a culture of fear for abuse of power
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3 RepliesDoes any man ever really deserve to be assassinated? Usually the answer is no.
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Yes, Brutus and friends mae sure the Roman Empire could become the greatest empire in history.
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No Caesar was cool guy.
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Course not. The republic was doing far better under Caesar's authority than it was under the tribunal and senate.
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He should have been removed from office for abusing his power but not executed. Then again, it might have been too risky to let him live.
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I'm hardly an expert on the system of government at the time but it would seem as though there could have been more peaceful solutions to the problem. Not that I necessarily believe it's a problem - despotism is great when the despot is great.
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I don't think so, especially because after him the Roman emperors got even more powerful.
