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While many of the conspirators were angered by the apparent pretensions of Caesar to royalty. There were many who , others were angered over his apparent lack of respect that he was showing the for Roman senators. Several of the conspirators were linked to senators and the plotters believed that they were acting in the name of the senate. These Senators were technically the law givers lawmakers and the ultimate source of authority in the Republic.<ref>Holland, p. 197</ref>. However, Caesar treated that body in high-handed manner and often with contempt. He did not act in a respectful manner towards the senate and this alienated many of them.  Many senators saw his dismissive behavior as an affront and they say believed this as an was a thinly veiled attempt effort to marginalize the body and Senate. They saw his actions as overt attempt to subvert the traditional form of government. Moreover, during the civil wars when Mark Anthony had governed Italy , the senate had been cowed into submission and many by him. Many senators yearned for a return to the days when it was the main decision-making body in the Republic.  Moreover, many senators who had conferred honorific titles and powers on the general were shocked when he used this largely symbolic powers to cement his position in Rome.<ref>Holland, p. 199</ref>. The senators believed that the conqueror of Gaul was engaged in illegally gathering more personal power at the expense of the traditional elite and was subverting the constitution. The strained relationship between Caesar and the senate was one of the factors that persuaded many that the most powerful man in the Republic Caesar had to be assassinated. For example, it led many such as Cassius to see him as a tyrant who wanted to overturn the old order and end the traditional liberties<ref>Plutarch xxi</ref>.