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The assassination proves the opposite of the conspirators' fear: Caesar could be killed only because he did not surround himself like a would-be king.
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Assassination
The assassination proves the opposite of the conspirators' fear: Caesar could be killed only because he did not surround himself like a would-be king.
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Jiang presents Caesar as a historical problem organized by three questions: his motivation, his exceptional success, and why intimates who received mercy still assassinated him.
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Jiang argues that Caesar was killed because his new myth of Rome surpassed the old myth of Rome and made the old guard uncomfortable.
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Caesar is killed by friends and close associates because changing Rome, even for Rome's good, produces cognitive dissonance and anxiety about the future.
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Jiang says Philip was assassinated by his bodyguard in 336 BCE and that no one knows why it happened.
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Jiang emphasizes that Philip was assassinated before invading Persia, while still young and in the prime of life, leaving Alexander to inherit the army.
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Jiang evaluates Philip's assassination using motive and opportunity and rejects Persia as likely because it had motive but no plausible access to Philip's inner court.
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Jiang also treats the personal-lover explanation as unlikely because Philip was unusually good at inspiring loyalty and reading people.
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"Okay? He could become king, but he chose to not become king because to become king would mean the death of the Republic. And..."
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"Right? Otherwise, Caesar would surround himself with party guards. Otherwise, Caesar would not make himself available to his enemies. So, upon the death of..."
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"Okay, so today we are doing Julius Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar is considered the greatest historical figure of..."
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"In only... 55 years. And the last question is, why did they kill him? Because he was killed, actually, by his friends, by his..."
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"Okay? Does that make sense? That's what a myth maker is. And that's why ultimately Julius Caesar was so successful. Okay? But the problem..."
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"And that's why he was able to accomplish so much. Okay? Does that make sense? And so he became a myth maker. The problem..."
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"Caesar because even though Caesar was making Rome better, he was changing Rome, which caused them to feel uncomfortable and anxious about the future..."
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"Okay, and actually at the wedding ceremony Between Eurydice and Philip, Attalus gave a toast and he said here's a toast and I pray..."
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"Okay? Okay? And Philip was about to go over and lead the invasion, but his daughter was about to get married. Okay? So he..."
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"It was Alexander who would lead his army into Persia and conquer all Persia and move all the way to India. Or like the,..."
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"Okay? Right? So these are the three explanations. So if you want to, and like, honestly, we'll never, ever know what happened. Okay? But..."
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"And that's kind of strange. Right? Because Philip, he's very good at inspiring loyalty from others. He's also good at reading people. Right? So..."
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