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Question
How did Brutus justify Caesar’s assassination?
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Solution
Brutus justified Caesar’s assassination by saying that Caesar had grown so ambitious that he would have eventually enslaved all the Romans and become their dictator. He further added that he loved Caesar, but his love for Rome and its people was greater. He concluded by saying that Caesar had to be killed so that the people of Rome could be free.
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