The Assassination of Caesar

Two tribunes, vocal opponents of Caesar, ordered that the crown be removed and made a great fuss about it. Not long after this incident, while he made his way through town, Caesar was hailed as king by a man in the crowd. The same two tribunes had the man hauled off to stand trial, but Caesar ordered the man freed and instead turned his wrath against the agitating tribunes. What remains a mystery is whether Caesar himself planted first the crown and then the man in therowd as trial balloons,. or whether the two tribunes hoping to score political points engineered both events.