Death of Jlius Casear
27-09-13
English L2 why was Julius Caesar stabbed to death by two of his closest friends Cassius and Brutus?
Julius Caesar, has been an important man for the roman republic: he did a lot of conquests and he has always been supported by the Roman populous. He was born in Rome in 100 B.C., from the noble “gens Julia”. When he was eighteen, he married Cossuzia under his father’s will. At her death he married Cornelia, unleashing Silla’s anger that exiled him. In 69, he came back to Rome and took part of the “cursus honorum” and he was appointed quaestor. Afterwards, he became propraetor in Spain. Since he was stuck in Spain he could not manage to run for the consulate.
Caesar returned to Rome, where he made an agreement with Crassus and Pompey, and they swore reciprocal loyalty. The agreement is known as “ first triumvirate”.
In the same year he obtained the consulate of Gaul, which he subdued almost all, destroying forever a historical enemy. That made him gain a great popularity, but he wasn’t seen well at conservators’ eyes. The conservators, guided by Marco Procio Catone, wanted to exile him for betrayal because not all the war he declared in Gaul had been authorized by the senate. At the end of Gaul wars, Caesar asked to ratify all his victories. The senate instead, ordered Caesar to renounce to his position and to come back to Rome as a private citizen, to be processed. Caesar rebelled and with his army he went through the Rubicon river pronouncing the sentence “alea iacta est” or rather “ the die has been cast” that was to symbolize that he could not come back anymore.
This is how a civil war started in 49 and finished in 45 B.C.The senate proclaimed Caesar as dictator for fear, and the following year he was named consol. Meanwhile Pompey escaped and got murdered by Tolomeo who thought to get in the Caesar’s graces by this gesture, but Caesar on the contrary,
English L2 why was Julius Caesar stabbed to death by two of his closest friends Cassius and Brutus?
Julius Caesar, has been an important man for the roman republic: he did a lot of conquests and he has always been supported by the Roman populous. He was born in Rome in 100 B.C., from the noble “gens Julia”. When he was eighteen, he married Cossuzia under his father’s will. At her death he married Cornelia, unleashing Silla’s anger that exiled him. In 69, he came back to Rome and took part of the “cursus honorum” and he was appointed quaestor. Afterwards, he became propraetor in Spain. Since he was stuck in Spain he could not manage to run for the consulate.
Caesar returned to Rome, where he made an agreement with Crassus and Pompey, and they swore reciprocal loyalty. The agreement is known as “ first triumvirate”.
In the same year he obtained the consulate of Gaul, which he subdued almost all, destroying forever a historical enemy. That made him gain a great popularity, but he wasn’t seen well at conservators’ eyes. The conservators, guided by Marco Procio Catone, wanted to exile him for betrayal because not all the war he declared in Gaul had been authorized by the senate. At the end of Gaul wars, Caesar asked to ratify all his victories. The senate instead, ordered Caesar to renounce to his position and to come back to Rome as a private citizen, to be processed. Caesar rebelled and with his army he went through the Rubicon river pronouncing the sentence “alea iacta est” or rather “ the die has been cast” that was to symbolize that he could not come back anymore.
This is how a civil war started in 49 and finished in 45 B.C.The senate proclaimed Caesar as dictator for fear, and the following year he was named consol. Meanwhile Pompey escaped and got murdered by Tolomeo who thought to get in the Caesar’s graces by this gesture, but Caesar on the contrary,