Cinna the conspirator/ politician who helped to kill Caesar (Really, Cinna the poet had nothing to do with the conspiracy and was murdered even though he was innocent)
Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet are different people! Cinna the conspirator was named Lucius Cornelius Cinna. He was conspirator against Caesar, who plays a key role in enlisting Brutus to their cause. Cinna the poet was named Gaius Helvius Cinna, an influential poet of the time who was killed after Julius Caesar's death. Many plebeians, in their rage after joining Antony, killed him because, though he claimed he wasn't Cinna the conspirator, he shared the name.
There are two characters named Cinna. One is a conspirator, the other is a poet.
They murdered him because they mistook him with another Cinna who had conspired against Julius Caesar.
Well there's Caesar like Julius Caesar, Cinna like Cinna the poet or on of the conspirators who killed Caesar, Octavia from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cato like Cato the elder, there's also a Brutus and Portia form Julius Caesar play.
Cinna the conspirator/ politician who helped to kill Caesar (Really, Cinna the poet had nothing to do with the conspiracy and was murdered even though he was innocent)
Casca and Cinna were two of the conspirators who murdered Caesar.
Cinna the poet was mistaken for Cinna the conspirator
Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet are different people! Cinna the conspirator was named Lucius Cornelius Cinna. He was conspirator against Caesar, who plays a key role in enlisting Brutus to their cause. Cinna the poet was named Gaius Helvius Cinna, an influential poet of the time who was killed after Julius Caesar's death. Many plebeians, in their rage after joining Antony, killed him because, though he claimed he wasn't Cinna the conspirator, he shared the name.
There are two characters named Cinna. One is a conspirator, the other is a poet.
Cinna the Poet, who unfortunately had the same name as Cinna the conspirator.
Cinna the poet was murdered by the mob instead of Cinna the conspirator because he had the same first name. This shows how crazy mobs are and what they do. The mob will kill anyone that they think is a conspirator.
They murdered him because they mistook him with another Cinna who had conspired against Julius Caesar.
Cinna.
The crowd likely killed Cinna the poet during the Roman civil war because they mistook him for another man with the same name who had sided with Julius Caesar's assassins. The crowd was fueled by anger and confusion, leading to the tragic mistake.
A poet who has the misfortune to be named Cinna. Cinna was also the name of one of the conspirators.
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