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The reaction of plebeians to the speeches by Brutus and Antony may best be described as what?
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How does Antony use Caesar's cloak to manipulate the crowd?
According to the ancient historian Appian, Marc Antony presented Caesar as a tribune of the plebeians who was sacrosanct (could not be hurt without the violators being subject of religious sanction) and that the plebeians (the mass of the people) had a duty to protect him. He straightened Caesar's bier, praised him as a deity and listed his battles and victories. He stripped Caesar's clothes from his body, put them on a pole and waived them. In Appian there is no mention of Marc Antony naming any of the conspirators. His account is not wholly reliable because he wrote a long time after the event and ancient historians usually used to make up the content of speeches. However, is not saying that Marc Antony named the conspirators could be reliable.
Who was elected by plebeians?
At first the tribunes were elected to guard the interests of the plebeians, but by the late republic, at least one consul had to be a plebeian, as Caesar and Mark Antony in 44 BC.
How did the role of the plebeians in roman government change over time?
Once the Plebeians gained their civil rights, they were able to hold public office and may of them rose to important positions and even counsuls. Marc Antony is an example of a man from a plebeian family becoming a counsul.
Why did Cicero wanted to give Mark Antony power?
Cicero never wanted to give Marc Antony anything least of all power. They were bitter enemies. Cicero executed Antony's stepfather without a trial and later gave a series of scathing speeches against Antony called the Philippics. Also, it was well known that Antony was a close ally of Caesar. When Caesar was assassinated in the Senate, by luck, Brutus did not include Antony on the Senate's death list. That was why Antony insisted that Cicero be included in the proscriptions that the triumvirate ordered and had his head and his hands nailed to the rostra in the forum.
What was the effect of brutus letting Antony speak at caesars funeral?
The crowd did react to Brutus and Anthony funeral speeches because they had much intellectual appeal.
How do the plebeians react when Brutus and Antony give their speeches?
I don't totally remember but, i think the plebeians reacted by stabbing someone. I think Julius Caesar
What kind of appeals do Antony and Brutus use in their funeral speeches?
Brutus appeals to reason, Antony to emotion.
Who were the important people in the roman republic?
Romulus, plebeians, Julius Caesar, Pompey, Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus.
What role did the plebeians play in Julius Caesar?
Plebeians didn't have an actual role in the play. Although Plebeians were important they were the ones that Mark Antony and Brutus were trying to manipulate. Rome only runs in what the Plebeians say. If they say they don't want that person to be king;he will not, if they say he shall then he will. Even though the Plebeians are illiterate they still understand the right and wrong. They are very fickle, easily swayed and manipulated. If you have realised, in Mark Antony's speech,(in the film) the plebeians follow each other as an "Mexican wave" if one plebeian says 'The will, the will! we will hear Caesar's will!' everyone else copy's and repeats the same words. Hope that helped!
How does Antony use Caesar's cloak to manipulate the crowd?
According to the ancient historian Appian, Marc Antony presented Caesar as a tribune of the plebeians who was sacrosanct (could not be hurt without the violators being subject of religious sanction) and that the plebeians (the mass of the people) had a duty to protect him. He straightened Caesar's bier, praised him as a deity and listed his battles and victories. He stripped Caesar's clothes from his body, put them on a pole and waived them. In Appian there is no mention of Marc Antony naming any of the conspirators. His account is not wholly reliable because he wrote a long time after the event and ancient historians usually used to make up the content of speeches. However, is not saying that Marc Antony named the conspirators could be reliable.
Who was elected by plebeians?
At first the tribunes were elected to guard the interests of the plebeians, but by the late republic, at least one consul had to be a plebeian, as Caesar and Mark Antony in 44 BC.
How did the role of the plebeians in the Roman government change over time?
Once the Plebeians gained their civil rights, they were able to hold public office and may of them rose to important positions and even counsuls. Marc Antony is an example of a man from a plebeian family becoming a counsul.
How did the role of the plebeians in roman government change over time?
Once the Plebeians gained their civil rights, they were able to hold public office and may of them rose to important positions and even counsuls. Marc Antony is an example of a man from a plebeian family becoming a counsul.
Why does Marc Antony go to war against Brutus and Cassius if Brutus has told Antony not to tell the Roman plebeians not to blame the conspirators?
Because Antony had no intention of allowing Brutus and Cassius to get away with murdering Antony's friend Caesar, or with impeding Antony's desire to become as powerful a ruler as Caesar was. He didn't give a hoot what Cassius and Brutus told him to do; he agreed with them temporarily because they were a dozen dangerous men holding bloody knives, but had every intention of breaking his word the moment he could.
Why did Cicero wanted to give Mark Antony power?
Cicero never wanted to give Marc Antony anything least of all power. They were bitter enemies. Cicero executed Antony's stepfather without a trial and later gave a series of scathing speeches against Antony called the Philippics. Also, it was well known that Antony was a close ally of Caesar. When Caesar was assassinated in the Senate, by luck, Brutus did not include Antony on the Senate's death list. That was why Antony insisted that Cicero be included in the proscriptions that the triumvirate ordered and had his head and his hands nailed to the rostra in the forum.
What does Antony say that anticipated the crowds hostile reaction to Caesar?
"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."
What was the effect of brutus letting Antony speak at caesars funeral?
The crowd did react to Brutus and Anthony funeral speeches because they had much intellectual appeal.
