Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC for many reasons. Many people, especially his opponents had feared his power and dominion in Rome. He was very ambitious from the very start, he had achieved many and proved himself to be a great military leader, other members of the Roman government felt jealous of his power. When he declared himself as dictator for life he threatened the careers of the ones on lower rank.

Julius Ceasar was a very powerful man in Rome, he declared himself as Dictator for life, this made him a king in all but name. At that time Rome was a Republic and the republicans hated the thought of having an empire, it enfuriated some and frightened others. The founding of Rome traced back to the overthrow of the Etruscan kings, the republicans hated having kings which Julius Caesar had the power of,they could not let Caesar have the chance to become an emperor.

In his youth Julius Caesar has achieved a lot. He was very ambitious and over-confident, in a short amount of time he had conquered Gaul and defeated his enemy Pompey, and made himself a Dictator. From looking at his past it seems very possible that he might go even further, to establish an empire as him

Among Caesar's efforts to increase his popularity he revised the calendar and even named the month "July" after himself, this Created resentment particularly members of the Senate, who have the Greatest urge to get disposed of him. This action influenced people to assassinate him.

As he was in power of Dictatorship he had great ablilties not only to match others but exceded greatly above them. He threatened the positions of other people because he was dictator for the rest of his life, the " Ladder of Office " is made a useless climb as Caesar will have absolute power until the end of his life. This destroyed all hope of government officials gaining significant power and threatened their positions. Thus for the sake of their jobs the members of the Senate may have assassinated Caesar for this reason.

` Julius Caesar gave himself a very powerful image, almost like a god, or a king. He had printed his face on coins and erected statues of himself all over Rome, even in temples, many people did not like this. At the time only kings printed their faces on coins, with his power of life dictatorship and the printing of his face on coins he created the image that he wanted to become a king. The Romans were determined never to be ruled by a monatchy ever again and they had to stop Ceasar now, before it was too late. Caesar was getting above himself, by ere

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