Why was Julius Ceasar assassinated and who participated in the act?

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Why was Julius Caesar assassinated and who participated in the act

1 . On 15th march , 44 BC , Julius Caesar was assassinated by roman senators because they perceived him to be a dictator and they wanted to restore their republican liberties . An alternative explanation presented in the book , `The Assassination of Julius Caesar : A Peoples History of Ancient Rome ' claims that Caesar was assassinated by the senate aristocrats because they viewed him as a popular ruler who was a threat to their privileged interest

. Among the sixty men who conspired to kill him , 16 were senators who included Brutus , Casca , Cimber and Cassius . During a meeting held by the senate at the hall adjoining the theater , Cimber approached Caesar and knelt at his feet pleading to seek for his brother 's recall from banishment . When his grant was refused , he pulled Caesars toga from his neck and the rest of the conspirators stabbed Caesar to death (Parenti , 2

2 . After the senate declared Caesar the dictator perpetuo senators feared that he would dissolve the senate and establish a tyranny . Moreover , when the senatorial delegation went to inform him about his new honors , he failed to rise and meet them , an act that offended them . Suetonius says that Caesar was either restrained by Cornelius Balbus from rising or he balked at the idea . Lucius Cotta had asked the senate to grant Caesar the king ' title because there was a prophesy that Parthia could only be conquered by...