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The Conspirator In Julius Caesar
In Julius Caesar the conspirators used both logic and emotions to bring other people to their side and help them take down Caesar. They also used bribery on the people and let the people's greed over power them leading them to become easily manipulated.

one thing that one of the conspirators did , Cassius , was forge letters from the people complaining about Caesar for Brutus to find , and make him think that the the roman citizens were against the growing power that Caesar controlled. Cassius was counting on Brutus's ideal for the roman citizens to rule themselves and not be thrown around by a tyrant. Of course this led to Brutus siding with Cassius and the rest of the conspirators to take down Caesar and keep him from becoming emperor. Soon

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