HIST 1061 Lecture 23: The Death of Caesar
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On the ides of march 44 bc (the middle of march so like march 15th), caesar is assassinated. Some celebrate the ides of march, most mourn the death and caesar becomes a martyr. Many people grew to resent caesar as a dictator due to his arrogance and his ignorance of. The senator position gets more watered down under his rule, he increases the number of senators to 900. He develops many enemies in the senate because he completely ignores them. Caesar answered to nobody once the first triumvirate ended. Caesar made himself appear to be a king that did not want to be called king. Apparently in the middle of the forum he staged an event where antony tried to crown him king of rome and. Caesar officially names himself perpetual dictator in february and his killed one month later. As he walked past the theater of pompey, the conspirators jump out and stab hi(cid:373).
