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by kind of making the Senate nervous and winning a few
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battles, and that was against the law.
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It was against the law for Julius Caesar to do that,
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but he did it anyway.
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He tried to consolidate his power, though,
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by putting forth policies that moderately helped the lower classes.
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He didn't cancel debts, but he mitigated debts.
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He eased some of the strains on the poor.
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He was assassinated by conservative Senate forces--
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you know, Brutus and Cassius and others--
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on the Ides of March, as you all know,
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March 15^, 44 BCE.