Julius Caesar
In Our Time: History
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The Assassination of Caesar
In the roman world, king is much worse than god. The big mistake thawere, one of the mistakes that caesar seems to have made, is not just to take on some of the attributes of a god, but to take on the attributes ofa king. So he er was given the honor of being at official ceremonies, being able to wear the old ceremonial clothing of a king. He had all these features that looked as if he was aspiring to kingship. And then the key, there are key events leading up to the assassination that are moments when it looks as if he is aspiring toing quite publicly. Three times mark antony tries to put a diadem
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