Hola MaHigh-School - February 2020

In every historical event, a legend is always remembered by the things
he or she did and the life they lived, but for Ceaser this did not apply.
Extraordinarily so, he is famously remembered by the way he died till
date.
We know the story: The killing of Ceasar is best known
as the Ides of March, in which he was assassinated in 44
BC. He was stabbed to death by Marcus Brutus and other
senators. The famous ‘Et Tu, Brutus?’ we all know.
Why? The claim was that Caesar wanted to be king
(which was synonymous with dictator). Surely he was
about to introduce a set of laws which would have given
him even more power.
Many Senators hated him because he would kill off the
republic.
Now here is the question. Was Brutus another Judas? Or
freedom fighter? Or rebel? Or just another assassin? And
more importantly: who wrote the story?
Let us remember that Brutus was a
senator. And all the ‘killers’ got an
amnesty. It later got invoked and
triggered civil wars.
That just shows that the resentment
of Caesar was running vey deep. Bru-