Question: Do you think Caesar's killers were justified in their actions?
Answer: After Caesar was assassinated, Rome was announced "free," according to the politicians. What the killers did not see coming was the end of the great Roman Republic. The middle and low class adorned Caesar and were very upset that a group of aristocrats murdered him. The citizens continued to revolt so they threw various things into Caesar's pyre, or fire when they burned his body. Mark Antony, the cousin of Julius, wanted to take control of Rome but there was an heir to the kingdom (unlike Alexander the Great). His grandnephew, Gaius Octavian, was only 18 when he took the throne. Numerous civil wars broke out following Caesar's death and Antony went off and married Cleopatra. The new couple wanted to conquer Rome and take charge. Rome beat Egypt and Octavian became the first Roman emperor to have the name Caesar Augustus. A huge turn of events in Roman history resulted after the death of the dictator. I think the saying "the ends don't justify the means" is the main theme because some good things and bad things came after Caesar's death.
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