Why was Julius Caesar
Murdered? Year 7 Assessment
Aim – To prepare for the
assessment and to become
confident about using sources
as evidence to support my own
points
Skill – Use of Evidence
Starter
• You have been appointed the head curator at
the Museum of very important art.
• The previous picture has been discovered in an
old warehouse in Rome.
• The only thing known about the picture is that it
shows Caesar’s murder.
• Write a possible explanation to display next to
the picture for the museum, of what you think is
happening in the picture. Explain the people’s
postures, expressions, surroundings etc.
Causes
Last lesson you looked at some cards
explaining the causes of Caesar’s murder.
Look back at the causes you wrote down.
Our job is now to find some evidence from
the cards to support these causes. We
need to find suitable quotes from these
pieces of evidence to support OUR points.
They thought he was becoming too
powerful (like a tyrant)
Some thought he wanted to
become King, and that would mean
the end of the Republic
Some Senators were jealous of him
The Senators disliked Caesar
because he was arrogant and
acted as though he was superior
The Senators worried that he was
on the side of the Plebians and
wanted to make the Senate less
powerful
Other possible reasons?
• He had many enemies because he had
been so cruel
• He was promiscuous and this upset a lot
of people
• People were angry about his affair with
Cleopatra and thought she was leading
him astray
Essay
Introduction
Paragraph 1 – Most important factor
Paragraph 2 – Linked to first paragraph (e.g.
Another very important factor)
Paragraph 3 – Linked to second paragraph (e.g.
This helps us to understand that…)
Paragraph 4 – Linked to third paragraph and so on
Conclusion
Connectives
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As a result of…
This resulted in…
Due to this factor…
This had an effect on…
The most important cause was..
Another cause was..
Because of this…
Therefore…
Introduction
You need to set the scene and put down the main
‘theme’ of your essay.
Caesar was a powerful general and created a great
deal of suspicion and rivalry due to his direct style
of rule. He was popular with the plebeians and this
resulted in other powerful Roman generals and
Senators becoming jealous of Caesar’s influence.
When he was murdered in 44BC, by members of
the Senate, it signalled the end of the Roman
Republic. His murder cannot be explained by
jealous Senators alone, there were a number of
other reasons about why he was murdered.