1. Revenge for 'chasing' tribunes out of Rome.
2. Cicero: tribunes were never in dangeer- Caesar staged this to provide an excuse.
3. Sacrosanctity of tribunes not really issue for Caesar.
4. Insufficient funds to carry out Caesar's grandiose schemes:
- had sent booty back to Rome
- Paying off Curio's debts
- 250 drachmas to each of Pompey's soldiers of borrowed legion
- Broke into treasury on taking Rome 49BC
5. Indignity of prospect of prosecution
6. No indication that Caesar conciously aimed for civil war- last resort- defence of his honour.
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