What Is Julius Caesar's Downfall
Life of Julius Caesar “I came, I saw, I conquered,” said Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on the 12 or 13 of July 100 B.C. He transformed Rome to become as strong and reputable as it is known today. Without his continuous ambition, Rome would not be as powerful as it was. But because of this, his arrogance took his own life.
In his early days, he was born into a well-known family. His father, a Praetor governing the Province of Asia, died when Caesar was 15 years old, making him remain close to his mother whom was of noble blood. He then married member of the Popular Faction, Cornelia, at age 18 which enraged the current dictator at the time, Sulla, and ordered their divorce. He refused Sulla’s demands after she gave birth to his only …show more content…
The Senate, enemies to Caesar, decide to use Pompey to rid of Caesar acknowledging his growing power and were convinced that they could rid of Pompey when the task was accomplished. Caesar, in Gaul, secures Italy after Pompey makes a decision to retreat eastward and defeats him at Pharsalus. Pompey flees to Egypt and is betrayed by the Egyptians. When Caesar arrives in Egypt to confront Pompey, he is presented by Ptolemy, to his horror, the head of Pompey. He orders the sum of money owed to him from the previous ruler and develops an affair with the joint ruler, Cleopatra VII who bores his son, Caesarion. But through this, he gains an alliance providing rich resources from Egypt to …show more content…
They were dissatisfied with Caesar’s growing power and dictator for life while also making the Senate too large and filled with his supporters rendering the Senate nearly powerless. And in 44 B.C. conspirators within the Senate plotted an assassination in the Senate House of Pompey. Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus lead this plan and were former enemies of Julius before joining the Senate. The conspirators hoped and expected the government to return back to before Caesar’s rule after he had gone. It was said that Julius was warned of this plan but brushed it aside and on March 15 44 B.C., the Ides of March, he was stabbed 23 times by his old allies. Within the group of killers plunging at him, he noticed Marcus Brutus, his protégé, and said in Greek, “You too, my boy?”
After his death, the assassins fled and were executed by Mark Antony. He was scheduled to a military campaign to what is known as modern day Iraq on March 18 before he was killed. The power struggle in Rome destroyed the Republic. Julius Caesar accomplished many in his lifetime. He was a undefeatable man who never lost a war. But because Brutus believed it was for the better of Rome, him and other conspirators assassinated Julius Caesar. Brutus in Shakespeare’s Act said, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” But even through Caesar’s death, his legacy and achievements lived on and with that, transformed Rome from a Roman Republic
In his early days, he was born into a well-known family. His father, a Praetor governing the Province of Asia, died when Caesar was 15 years old, making him remain close to his mother whom was of noble blood. He then married member of the Popular Faction, Cornelia, at age 18 which enraged the current dictator at the time, Sulla, and ordered their divorce. He refused Sulla’s demands after she gave birth to his only …show more content…
The Senate, enemies to Caesar, decide to use Pompey to rid of Caesar acknowledging his growing power and were convinced that they could rid of Pompey when the task was accomplished. Caesar, in Gaul, secures Italy after Pompey makes a decision to retreat eastward and defeats him at Pharsalus. Pompey flees to Egypt and is betrayed by the Egyptians. When Caesar arrives in Egypt to confront Pompey, he is presented by Ptolemy, to his horror, the head of Pompey. He orders the sum of money owed to him from the previous ruler and develops an affair with the joint ruler, Cleopatra VII who bores his son, Caesarion. But through this, he gains an alliance providing rich resources from Egypt to …show more content…
They were dissatisfied with Caesar’s growing power and dictator for life while also making the Senate too large and filled with his supporters rendering the Senate nearly powerless. And in 44 B.C. conspirators within the Senate plotted an assassination in the Senate House of Pompey. Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus lead this plan and were former enemies of Julius before joining the Senate. The conspirators hoped and expected the government to return back to before Caesar’s rule after he had gone. It was said that Julius was warned of this plan but brushed it aside and on March 15 44 B.C., the Ides of March, he was stabbed 23 times by his old allies. Within the group of killers plunging at him, he noticed Marcus Brutus, his protégé, and said in Greek, “You too, my boy?”
After his death, the assassins fled and were executed by Mark Antony. He was scheduled to a military campaign to what is known as modern day Iraq on March 18 before he was killed. The power struggle in Rome destroyed the Republic. Julius Caesar accomplished many in his lifetime. He was a undefeatable man who never lost a war. But because Brutus believed it was for the better of Rome, him and other conspirators assassinated Julius Caesar. Brutus in Shakespeare’s Act said, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” But even through Caesar’s death, his legacy and achievements lived on and with that, transformed Rome from a Roman Republic