Caesar thus endeavored to efface all
recollections of the civil war.
Caesar had appointed both Brutus and Cassius praetors for that year. With
the exception of the office of _praetor urbanus_, which was honorable and
lucrative, the praetorship was a burdensome office and conferred little
distinction, since the other praetors were only the presidents of the
courts. Formerly they had been elected by lot, but the office was now
altogether in the gift of Caesar. Both Brutus and Cassius had wished for
the praetura urbana, and, when Caesar gave that office to Brutus, Cassius
was not only indignant at Caesar, but began quarrelling with Brutus also.
While Cassius was in this state of exasperation, a meeting of the senate
was announced for the 15th of March, on which day, as the report went, a
proposal was to be made to offer Caesar the crown. This was a welcome
opportunity for Cassius, who resolved to take vengeance, for he had even
before entertained a personal hatred of Caesar, and was now disappointed
at not having obtained the city praetorship.
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