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You should probably watch a longer video. Or a better one.

There's a lot more to it than that.

For starters, the idea that Cleopatra was corrupting him and he was flirting with the idea of becoming king (which it seems like he actually was, in fact if not explicitly in name). And the underlying social tension that had been manifesting as conflict between the Optimates and Populares for years beforehand.

Of course, the real problem is that in killing him, they just fulfill all of their fears by allowing Octavian to accomplish all of the things they were afraid of Caesar doing.