06-17-2009, 08:30 PM
In a documentary Valerio Massimo Manfredi, when commenting on his assasination, mentioned the possibility, among others, that Caesar could be tired of living.
My theory:
He was an old man by those days’ standards, and was probably (very) sick.
On the one side, he had run a very good and successful information/spying net for a long time. On the other, the Liberatores numbered about forty. At least a few of them may not have kept the secret. Even his wife and Mark Antony had heard rumours or tip-offs.
He had already rejected his escort of lictores.
Maybe he never meant another campaign in the East, and just looked for a fitting and tragic end to his life.
My theory:
He was an old man by those days’ standards, and was probably (very) sick.
On the one side, he had run a very good and successful information/spying net for a long time. On the other, the Liberatores numbered about forty. At least a few of them may not have kept the secret. Even his wife and Mark Antony had heard rumours or tip-offs.
He had already rejected his escort of lictores.
Maybe he never meant another campaign in the East, and just looked for a fitting and tragic end to his life.
Antonio Lamadrid
Romanes eunt domus - Monty Python
Romanes eunt domus - Monty Python
