Similarities
ü
Both loved by the
people
ü
Had enemies
ü
Killed by
conspirators
ü
Both had disease
ü
Both had good
rhetoric
ü
Both got
assassinated
ü
Countries mourned
their deaths
ü
Both ruled for
short period
ü
People will
always remember them
ü
Both noble
ü
Both ruled
powerful nations
ü
Both charismatic
ü
Both had wives
and affairs
ü
Both war time
leaders
ü
Both chosen to
lead by people
ü
Both had peoples
trust
ü
Both assassins
killed
ü
Both
civilizations segregated
ü
Both political
families
ü
Both killed
during important events
ü
Both had “right
hand men”
ü
Both in politics
Differences
ü
JFK shot, not
stabbed
ü
JFK died in
hospital
ü
JFK wanted peace
ü
Different ages
ü
One person killed
JFK
ü
Different
civilizations
ü
Different time
periods
ü
Kennedy was
president, Caesar was king
ü
Rome’s riot after assassination worse
ü
Technology
ü
Caesar known as a
great general
ü
JFK against
absolute rule (communism), Caesar for absolute rule
ü
Kennedy accepted
defeat
ü
JFK calm
ü
Civil War in Rome, Cold War with America
ü
Caesar didn’t
have children
ü
JFK lived in a
more “advanced” culture
ü
Different
languages