... C. Boren, the assassination of Julius Caesar was, "the act of men who did not know that the Republic was dead." When most people thought that Caesar had truly crossed the line in terms of manipulation of offices, that he had assumed way too much personal power, and that he intended further perversions of power and subversions of the constitution, they were ... probably right. However, they were wrong in their reasoning that killing the dictator would be the alternative way to return to old republican forms. His assassination only meant the resumption of civil war and another long period...

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