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Why was Julius Caesar assassinated by the Ides of March?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the Smithsonian Magazine, the Senators who assassinated Julius Caesar feared that the powers he had consolidated as a dictator would make him unstoppably powerful. And considering that the resulting civil war would end with the emergence of the first in a 500-year line of emperors, it wasn’t an unreasonable fear.

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Why was Julius Caesar assassinated by the Ides of March?

• He was hoarding Rome’s wealth for himself
• His dictatorial powers meant the end of the Roman Republic
• He had declared himself a god
• He had engaged in affairs with all of their wives