Question: Was Cicero One of Caesar's Assassins?
Answer:
Like the Ides of March conspirators, Cicero believed killing Julius Caesar was an act of liberation. Caesar's opponents claimed Julius Caesar was trying to reinstate the monarchy, but the conspirators were criticized for lack of foresight in not planning what would come next. Bloodshed and more civil war ensued. Cicero, who, although he sympathized with the plot against Caesar, had not been among the knife-wielding assassins, went on to support Julius Caesar's heir, Octavian, the first emperor of Rome.
