Who Is Responsible For Caesar's Death

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Cassius and his friends are responsible for the death of Julius Caesar. Exhibit A shows that people liked Caesar more than the senators. Caesar gave homeless people food and shelter. Exhibit D shows that there were twenty three wombs in Caesar's body. This proves that more than one person killed Julius Caesar. Also, exhibit F proves that Cassius was angry enough to kill Caesar. Caesar lacked respect to people including Cassius. Cassius got mad at Caesar for this because Cassius thought that Caesar was the same as him. Cassius believed that they were both free and fed well. As one can see, how Cassius and his friends were responsible for Julius Caesar’s death.

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