Julius Caesar, an infamous man whose death was more epic than his life. I believe that Caesar did in fact have some knowledge and input in his own “assassination” which is more like a suicide. Facts support that he knew something was up long before the deed was done and that he did nothing to stop what was happening to him. Days before his murder, Caesar starting to act more like a King, evidence is that he brought the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra back to Rome to be his mistress while he was still married to his third wife, Calpurnia and that he started to wear the color purple which symbolized royalty. He also disrespected the Senate repeatedly in full public view. On one occasion he didn’t stand as they made him into a demi-god and the other time when they tried to present a crown to him which he refused. These actions could have only been to provoke the Senate into action, along with his yelling, whether out of madness or desperation: “Kill me now, I won’t resist.” Days closer to his death, Caesar received warning from both a Soothsayer and his wife about his murder on the 15th of March. On the exact day he was to be killed, clearly having been warned prior, he dismissed his personal body guard and was found with a warning note from a teacher clutched in his hand from the coroner. Caesar was a man of great pride and vanity and he wouldn’t have wanted to die due to his embarrassing illness of epilepsy. He would rather have died than ruin his image; which was more important than his reputation. I believe that Caesar knew what was going to happen and used it to his advantage to create a better image of himself than what he already had. He became “immortal” in a sense, which was his ultimate goal.
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