“However, he knew no amount of wine could put off his fate. He had to kill the most powerful man in the world. He had to kill a man who was like a father to him. He had to kill Gaius Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome.” To some, Julius Caesar may have looked like a power-hungry tyrant who would end up destroying Rome. However, there were also many who loved him, and believed that everything he did for Rome and its people was a blessing. In “Killing Caesar” by Jon Herman, Brutus, one of the conspirators against Caesar, was not portrayed in a very good light. This probably makes readers question if his motives were for the better of Rome or for the better of himself. Judging by all of the evidence within the passage, the reasoning was surely the latter.
Everyone but the senate and conspirators absolutely adored Caesar. He would always think of the people, which was shown by his many attempts to help them. He would help make jobs by building temples, aqueducts and roads, as well as feed the hungry by supplying Rome with grain and free bread. “Caesar created jobs by building roads,…show more content… Even if he was searching for power, he was still a wonderful ruler to the Romans. Brutus killed him not because of people’s hatred towards him, but because it was his own destiny to, as his family had killed many tyrants in the past. However, just because Caesar was beginning to rule Rome doesn’t mean he would have become a horrible tyrant! At the very least, they should have waited until after he became an issue to kill him, as then they would have had a good reason to, and it would have been necessary. "For but a moment, a glimmer of hope resonated in Caesar's eyes, but then Caesar saw the naked knife in Brutus' hand pointed directly at him. The color drained from Caesar, his prior expression of hope and defiance gave way to a looy of agony and defeat. Julius Caesar, ruler of the Roman world, now looked a broken
