CN: Tutorial: Julius Caesar, why did he have to Die?

Caesar and Pompey worked with Crassus forming the "First Triumvirate"

they used their influence to advance their own interest

they get to where they are through military success

Crassus dies - Pompey and Caesar hate each other

'Crossing the Rubicon'

meaning going to war with Rome - he crossed the Rubicon

he says 'the die is cast'

"I came I saw I conquered" - Caesar

Caesar kills Pompey

Caesar campaigns 49-45BCE

military success accompanied by various reforms in Rome

Dictator in 49 renewed in 48

Dictators power = 10 years

Brutus' Coin

the to key ringleaders of the assassination were

Gaius Cassius

Marcus Brutus

did don't have the result they wanted

always remember who our sources are and how their views differ*

first text: - Dio Cassius

sympathy to Caesar

calls his death unlawful

jealousy towards Caesar and his advancements

portrays a monarchy as much better then a democracy - thinks Caesar is really good.

blames Brutus and Cassius for destroying the system

the crown is a symbol of monarchy which the people are undecided on

talks about Caesar being too kind to people who opposed him - clemency

Second text: - Nicolaus of Damascus

talks about the different motivations for killing Caesar

shows him as stupid

talks about his relations with Cleopatra

more neutral but mostly sympathetic

talks about how people think he has bad manners for not rising when guest came.

Third text: - Suetonius

un-sympathetic to Caesar

mentions the different reasons why people wanted him dead

says he's avoiding democratic process

he is accepting the honors - even the stupid ones (gilded chair raised above the others)

he punched the tribunes for taking the crown of since he didn't get to publicly say no to royalty

talks about his connections to Troy and Cleopatra