He lived and worked in Rome. When: When was Julius Caesar born, and when did he die? How might his death have been different if he had lived in our century? He was born July 13, 100 BC and died on March 15, 44 If he has lived in our century, he probably would have been assassinated by a gunman on the Grassy Knoll, rather than stabbed to death by senators. When: When was Brutus born, and when did he die?
•Hoffa had told a federal informant that he would like to kill RFK but that his brother was the more desirable victim because "when you cut down the tree, the branches fall with it." •Marcello -- according to Las Vegas promoter Edward Becker -- once coolly explained why it was better to target JFK than RFK: "If you cut off a dog's tail, the dog will only keep biting. But if you cut off its head, the dog will die." •An FBI informant testified before the HSCA that Trafficante told him in 1962 that the president "was going to be hit." •In 1992 Frank Ragano, a longtime lawyer for Hoffa and Trafficante, told the New York Post that the two mobsters and Marcello had agreed to kill the president.
Michelle Byrom: Death Row Inmate In 1999, Michelle Byrom plotted a murder with her son, Edward Byrom Jr., to kill her abusive husband, Edward Byrom Sr. After her son had killed Edward Byrom Sr., he fled and Michelle was arrested for the murder. Michelle was tried, was found guilty and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Despite repeated confessions from her son that he committed the murder, Michelle still remains on death row. In this case, justice has not prevailed because Michelle Byrom is held on death row for a crime her accomplice committed. Her accomplice is free from charges.
The conspirators assassinated Caesar for personal, political, and philosophical reasons. Cassius’ jealousy towards Caesar and desire for power lead him to killing Caesar. Cassius’ jealousy towards Caesar is shown when he says “the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. ‘Brutus’ and ‘Caesar’ what should be in that ‘Caesar?’ why should that name be sounded more than yours” (Shakespeare, 23). Cassius is asking Brutus why Caesar is more famous than him.
Brutus also trusted Cassius. Cassius only asked Brutus to be a part of the conspiracy as a way of getting closer to Caesar. He never suspected that Brutus would take over the group and become their leader. Cassius thought that he was getting someone to lead the men, but that he would still be the head man. Brutus, however, took all power away from Cassius, and Cassius no longer had any say in the happenings of the group.
So much so Crown Prince Dan of the kingdom of Yan sent a person named Jing Ke to assassinate Qin Shihuangdi. Qin Shihuangdi was not supposed to know about the assassin, but he found out. He then had Jing Ke ripped limb from limb as a warning to all others that wanted to oppose him. (95) Shortly afterwards Qin Shihuangdi allied with Xin Sheng and they both attacked and defeated
The murders would also have left less evidence behind for the fear of being caught. 4. Brutus was born in Rome in June 85 BC; he died in late October 42 BC. If Brutus lived in our century he probably would have died either trying to escape the police or died in prison either from lethal injection, old age, suicide, or murdered by another prisoner. 5.
Once he had his much desired position as ruler he killed anyone who could possibly take his place. There are speculated reasons as to why he did this, one of the reasons could be because he was paranoid that someone would try to kill him and take over as king. Another reason Alexander could have killed of possible suitors was because he wanted complete and total domination of the Empire. Although he was king there were a few details that Alexander didn’t check into when he became king. He though that with the death of his father he would gain everything that his father possessed but in reality he never got full possession of Corinthian League, which was created by king Phillip after Macedonia victory over the Greeks which establish control over the Greeks and to make them provide soldiers for the expedition to Asia.
Gaius Cassius Longinus, the main conspirator in the assassination of Caesar voted to kill Lepidus V as well, but was prevented from doing so by Marcus Junius Brutus, who argued that two killings could no longer be justified as a political coup. After the assassination, the remaining members of the senate worked to keep the peace in Rome. The death of Caesar had greatly upset the middle and lower classes, to the extent of riots and public violence. In a thirst for power, Mark Antony and Lepidus V worked together in secret to turn the Plebeians
War was also a big topic in both of their views. Machiavelli said that war should be one of many professions a prince should have as a leader. Lao Tzu did not. He did not want anything to do with violence because he thought forcing anyone would make them want to have revenge on them. “No greater wrong than