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The Death of Julius Caesar: A True Tragedy
The Death of Julius Caesar Many of us can recollect all of the amazing things that Julius Caesar accomplished during his lifetime, but maybe we overlook one thing that may change our perspectives on him. His death, now many of us know how sad and betrayed Julius Caesar might have felt when he saw Brutus stab him but what if he intended for the congress to kill him? What if, he actually planned his own death and wanted it to end this way? What if, is the big question right here. Now I believe through all of my evidence and information that in fact Julius Caesar did plan his own death. He was a smart man and a man of pride, but did it actually lead him to plan his own death? Now as I previously stated although Caesars assassination brought great tragedy to Rome, was it really an assassination? Now here comes the first reason why I believe he had miraculously planned his own death. As we all know Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March. And well before he had walked into the senate house a man had gave him a warning and told him to beware on the Ides of March. Caesar had ignored the man's statement and walked into the senate house without any guards. Another point is his wife also had a dream of him getting killed on the Ides of March and he still didn’t take any precautions. That’s being careless. Now let's move on. Caesar or any leader always walks with security everywhere they go. It's just out of protection because at any given moment danger may arise and a leader as noble as Caesar always needs backup. But how come on the Ides of March he decided to enter the senate house without any security. It was like he was begging to be killed. No matter where you are if you’re a leader having security is a must and even after someone warned you. At least take minimal precautions and bring extra backup along but isn't this kind've weird what Caesar did? Lastly, Caesar had a mental illness kind of like epilepsy. During that time rarely anybody knew of

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