Question

Though Julius Caesar played a major role in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire and the Roman people had proclaimed him Rome's dictator for life, he was assassinated by a group of____________.

A. guards
B. insurgents
C. peasants
D. senators

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. senators

Step-by-step explanation:

Julius Caesar (100 BCE - 44 BCE) was a Roman politician who ruled the ancient Roman Republic during its last days and into its transformation into the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar was a very popular politician, widely renowned for his military victories and his political reforms. Already a very powerful politician, in early 44 BCE he was proclaimed dictator perpetuo, or perpetual dictator of the Roman Republic. Already angered by many of his reforms, a group of Roman senators conspired against him, fearing that Caesar's ultimate goal was to establish a monarchy. On March 15, 44 BCE, the conspirating senators ambushed and stabbed Julius Caesar to death.