THE CAUSES FOR HIS ASSASSINATION. Gaius Julius Caesar One of the most influential political and military leaders in history, Gaius Julius Caesar helped establish the vast Roman Empire. Caesar's triumph in a civil war in the 40s BC made him the absolute ruler of Rome, but political jealousies among his opponents led to his assassination. I N T R O D U C T I O N Gaius Julius Caesar, a patrician and noble, became …showed first 75 words of 2528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2528 total…discontent may have started when he felt he didn’t receive sufficient reward for when he helped Caesar in battle. (29) It is coincidental that Caesar was a descendent from the ancient Roman Monarchy, and Brutus, (at first his personal protege, and then one of his assassins) was a descendant of the Brutus which killed the last Roman Monarch, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (reigned 534-510BC). (30) Bruns, Roger, Julius Caesar (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987) pp25 [Cicero]