Julius Caesar
was killed in 15th March 44 BC by 60 of Roman senators that led by
Gaius Cassius Longinus and his adopted son, Marcus Junius Brutus. They stabbed
Caesar about 23 times until death in the Theatre of Pompey. Brutus claimed in
his speech that the reason he killed Caesar was because he loved Rome than
Caesar and it shows that he wanted to save Rome from Caesar domination. In my
opinion, I do not think that Brutus had a noble motive in murdering Caesar because
of some reasons.
First, he did
not precise his motive well as he only claimed that he loved Rome more and
Caesar was an ambitious man. He did not tell that the reasons the led to his
conviction. He afraid that Julius Caesar would turn Rome into a chaos after he
had been titled as a King, however he could not guarantee and did not have any
evidence that this would happen. In addition, he was the one who turned Rome
into chaos as there was a battle between him and Mark Anthony after the tragedy. He also ran away to Asia with Cassius since the Romans were looking for them and
it shows that the Romans still wanted Caesar as their dictator.
Besides, he had
no intention to kill Caesar since he had been pressured by Cassius who seduced
him to murder his own forefather. Cassius used Brutus for his innocence
attitude to succeed his personal revenge towards Caesar as he wanted to be as
powerful as Caesar. It is also shown when Brutus hesitated in stabbing Caesar
like what other senators did and he murdered himself after the tragedy. It is
believed that he felt guilty in killing his adopted father for unsure reason.
In conclusion,
Brutus did not have a noble motive because he just made it to confuse the
Romans and murdering is not the way for freedom and the act itself is brutal.