In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Caesar is murdered in the Senate at the begining of Act III. Caesar's ghost later returns to warn Brutus that he will die at Philippi - a warning that Brutus seems neither surprised, nor much troubled by.
Julius Caesar grew arrogant near the end of his life. All the honors and power he accumulated "went to his head", so to speak. The conservative Republicans saw this as a first step to a monarchy with...