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Answer the following question briefly
In the moments following Caesar's death what do the conspirators proclaim to justify Caesar's death ?
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Solution
The conspirators proclaimed that Caesar was so ambitious that he would have enslaved all the Roman citizens.. Thus they killed Caesar to protect Rome and her people from him. Also that he would have become a tyrant.
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