• @PugJesusM
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    111 month ago

    Such is an example of why the Senators murdered Julius Caesar to restore the democracy.

    To restore the oligarchy, you mean.

    Caesar was part of the Populares. The Optimates, the conservative opponents of the Populares, had repeatedly murdered democratic politicians and stripped the Republic’s democratic institutions of their power over the past 70 or so years.

    • @SirDerpy
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      11 month ago

      I was wrong. I edited my post to say so.

      • @PugJesusM
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        71 month ago

        The OP is in reference to Domitian, an Emperor who reigned some 130 years after Caesar. Caesar himself was known for his clemency towards his enemies, including those who had taken up arms against him.

        Domitian, on the other hand, is widely recognized as a tyrant who, in addition to (admittedly a little funny) threats like the one in the OP, demanded to be referred to as ‘Lord and God’ and was eventually assassinated after pissing off everyone in his social circle.