 Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, can be viewed as a victim of assassination.It is a fact, however, that by the fall of the Roman Republic assassination had become a commonly-employed tool towards the end not only of improving one's own position, but to influence policy—the killing of Gaius Julius Caesar being a notable example, though many Emperors met such an end.In whatever case, there seems to have not been a good deal of moral indignation at the practice amongst the political circles of the time, save, naturally, by the affected.