Pros And Cons Of Killing Caesar

Our beloved hero, leader and friend has been killed. Caesar was brutally murdered by the selected amount of despicable senators of the republic. People may feel beloved Caesar could have prevented it from happening if he had listened to augur Spurinna’s warning about how “The danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March” (Suetonius, 206). However, natural signs, mostly being birds, are what Augurs utilize to predict the future, which cannot be extremely accurate. Therefore it was not necessary for Caesar to listen to this man. The murderers spoken of are not civilized men, but beasts without hearts or compassion. Flying daggers hit Caesar twenty-three times all over his body. Ironically, Brutus, who at first thought killing Caesar was a negligent idea, lead the conspiracy and had the last stab at Him. This was obviously an act of hatred and not “for the good of Rome” in any way. If it was, why was there such secrecy among the
With our support and his loyalty to his country, was broadening the future. However the power driven conspirators desired Caesar killed for the anger he caused. Tragically, on the Ides of March, eight men with sick minds completed their mission when they not only murdered Caesar, but his dreams for the future. Caesar, Brutus, the leader of the conspirators and, “One of Caesar's closest friends” (Lee, “Killing Caesar), said he was doing it for the well-being of Rome seeing he had the public's opinion on his side. This unsurprisingly, was incorrect. Cassius had written fake letters to Brutus when he aspired to have him as the conspiracy leader. But he should have been more logical and wiser, and realize the public adored Caesar and his future ideas for Rome. Even though there was confusion, and Brutus thought he was doing what is best, the conspirators had one goal: rid of a political leader. These men all deserved to be sought as traitors and punished