/lit/ - Literature

So I was in class on Thursday. My teacher asked the class to name a few persons, or "dictator's whom the 'people' actually liked". I piped up and said Julius Caesar.

The girl next to me was quick to say, "No, you big dummie," and my teacher shunned my opinion. I acknowledged that even though it was Brutus and the rich-elite (senators) who all took part in Julius Caesar's assassination, that the working and middle classes loved him. My teacher replied "no, let's move on."

I do realize that on Thursday, my understanding of Julius Caesar's life could have been more complete. I am currently doing research on this, and I am only finding information that backs up my opinion (maybe it's just me). Julius Caesar was loved by his people for doing amazing things. As I do more research I find that greed was an all pervasive concept in Rome, and by using the ideals of "democracy and equality" the republic had successfully drained the poor of all their wealth, meaning that the roman empire had to pillage elsewhere, and thus seize control of Gaul. When he seized power, Julius Caesar payed off the national debt, revamped the calendar, and gave much needed opportunity to the proletariat.

First off, am I right? Am I looking at the whole picture? If I am wrong, what evidence is there against Julius Caesar's popularity? Lastly, if my professor is flat out wrong, how can I inform him in a respectful manner? Should I allow him, a political science teacher at the college level, to maintain wrong ideas about Julius Caesar?