Follow up to the Ides of March post I made before.
Its actually really funny when you think about how much Tumblr really romanticizes the idea. Because hilariously it is EXACTLY what the senators believed would be celebrated. They believed what they were doing was a means of stopping a monarch and restoring the republic. They believed that blatant murder was the right course of action and that their actions would be celebrated by the Common people. Because they believed themselves smarter and more capable than the common people. Brutus made f***ing coins commemorating it. (That is such a tumblr move)
When in reality, these senators all ganged up on and stabbed a man that many considered to be a beloved leader and idolized him (whether he deserved in or not is irrelevant). The assassins ended up fleeing and were hunted down by the people that they believed would cheer for them.
The assassins all died horrible deaths, the senate was not saved and it resulted in a civil war and the rise of an ACTUAL Roman Empire because the people who took over all trying to be Caesar's avenger.
So you could say the senate was really catering to a tumblr audience with that one. And as a result made the very thing that they wanted to destroy.
