JFK /Caesar differences

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