The Assassination of Julius Caesar - Did He Deserve to Die?
Most men in history need an introduction. He did this, she did that, he discovered this land...etc. But a few, don't. Alexander the Great. Queen Elizabeth. Charles Darwin. Emperor Justinian... ...Julius Caesar. Arguably, one of the three greatest generals in history, Caesar added much of Western Europe to the Roman Republic and set the stage for the transition to Empire. Much of what we call the "Western world" today was his creation. From Britain to France to Germany...he brought them out of the Stone Age and put them on the path to future greatness and civilization. But instead of becoming a long-term ruler, he was assassinated by his own Senators on the Senate floor. How did it end like that? Did he deserve it? Surely, the great general who secured so much land for the Republic deserved better? It all began in Egypt. After his famous conquests, Caesar was dispatched to Alexandria to deal with the internal squabble playing out between two would-be Pha