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Caesar's assasination (Yavetz (page 190: The conspirators saw Caesar…
Caesar's assasination
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Nicolaus of Damascus
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6:0: they said that they were unhappy with the rule of an autocrat and were demanding a government by democracy.
Gold statue with diadem around head: 69: those guys removed it: banished them - brought charges against the tribunes . He said that these men secretly set in place the diadem so that they might openly insult him and seem to have done brave deed by dishonouring his state because they has no respect for the senate or for him
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73: some were annoyed because the attempted crowning manifested Caesar's power, which was greater than was consistent with a democracy/
73: when antony crowned him again, the people shouted spontaneously, "long live the King."
79: remained seated ...he did not face the procession, nor did he pay them ant attention, but, without a change in posture, he dealt with the business on hand.
Dio 44:
6: a guided chair was granted him, and a gard that once the kings has used and a body-guard of knits and senators
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Suetonius
78: He remained sitting when he received the whole body of senate before the temple of Venus Genitrix
Epsetein-2
Caesar, through the unique powers he exercised as a dictator
LR Taylor
page 172 - 173: it seemed at times that it was only to make a mockery of the constituition that caesar maintained the assemblies and the senate. He called the assemblies only to have them vote in the affirmative on laws constructed in his offices and to elect the candidates he has commended. HE NOMINATED THE CONSULS AND HALF THE OTHER OFFICES, Leaving the people free to choose the others
Caesar was a monach, and, while making sport of the old constitution, he was concerned, as every monarch must be, to establish a firm basis in popular support.
175: descendant of the Brutus who drove out the last king of Rome... famous slayer of a would-be tyrant of early republic
Yavetz
page 190: The conspirators saw Caesar as a tyrant, and tyrannized was their method of getting rid of him
190: There is no doubt that the conspirators' real desire was to try any means that would eliminate a hated tyrant.
194: He sought full tribunician powers for himself, because he preferred to deal wig the people directly and not through such middle-men, which did not always follow instructions
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196: We have no definite lies about teamwork in Caesar's camp. ALSO - senate was powerless to prevent it
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197: Caesar's ways of handling matters hurt senators. ALSO Caesar has made no attempt to conceal his unfathomable hatred of the Senate
198: Tiberiys had given him a sigal to rise, but that Caesar had thrown him a hostile glance and remained seated
204: Cicero said in speech - that "[Caesar's] statues were placed among kings" . though he didn't think this was a big deal
205: With Caesar's appointment as dictator perpetuo, many senators realized that a magistracy totally different from those common under the Republic has spring into being before their very eyes... such a distatorship was enough to make then want to be rid of Caesar