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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) was a Roman general who played a vital role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He was dubbed the Republic’s “dictator in perpetuity.”
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The angry mob assaults cinna in Julius Caesar because?
The peacekeeper beat up Cinna because he was ordered to.
Cinna designed a dress and told Katniss to spin around in it, when she did so, the dress turned into a mockingjay - the symbol of the rebellion. President Snow couldn't allow Cinna to go unpunished and sent a peacekeeper to beat him up.
President Snow planned it so that Katniss would see Cinna being beaten up just before she entered the arena, providing her with a disadvantage.
the peacekeepers beat up cinna because P. Snow thought he was a rebel, which is dangerous the the country of penem
What excerpt from Act III scene ii of Julius Caesar is an example of Brutus's use of pathos?
". . . believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge."
What made Julius Caesar a great general?
We don't know that he was a good general. He may have had good advisers. Or he may have been 'lucky'. We need some back ground to understand why he was 'lucky'.
His main claim to fame was the defeat of the Carthaginians in England. After the Punic Wars, Rome thought she had rid herself of her most dangerous enemy - the daughter colony of ancient Tyre. Tyre had virtually ruled the ancient commercial world (900-200 BC) which enabled her to hire armies to protect her economic interests. Tyre received her economic privilege by assisting King Solomon of Israel. The King of Tyre helped Solomon build the great temple that once existed in Jerusalem. Since the Queen Sheba of I Kings 10:1 in the Bible is now thought to be the great Hatshepsut (Hat-Sheba-Sut) of Egypt and Ethiopia (18th Dynasty), the temple she built at Deir el-Bahari is probably a replica of Solomon's Temple. Solomon allowed Tyre to have exclusive access to the Mediterranean to Eilat (Red Sea) trade route.
Thus Rome had much to fear from Tyre, and the resources (capital) she had acquired from centuries of commercial prowess. And much to fear from Carthage and the new bases Carthage (Phoenicians) had built in England. In England they helped (or hired) the Gauls to attack Rome from France. As Caesar wrote, "Omnia Gallia inter tres partis divisi est" [Gaul (France) is divided into three regions]. He went on to describe the geographic and social dimensions of the France of that era. But it was the shadowy Phoenicians from bases in England like Exeter (or Ishtar) that Caesar had to knock out if Rome were to be secure.
(Another point to consider is that "Gaul" or "Galatia" is named after the Chaldeans. The Gauls, Celts or Gelts (the Welsh 'c' and 'g') were Chaldeans who had fled the destruction of their ancient homelands in Southern Iraq (Isaiah 23). In Spain the 'W' is read 'G' so "welsh" is 'Gelsh' or 'Gelth'. The point to make from this etymology is that Caesar realised both 'Babylon' and 'Tyre' were in league against Rome which itself had been settled by Trojan Chaldeans originally from 'Babylon'. In some ways this shows Satan's kingdom is divided against itself until Satan decides who will win. In this case he backed the Chaldeans of Rome against the Phoenicians and Chaldeans of England and France. This principle works itself out in other ways, for example the battle between the colonists of the 13 states of America against Britain.)
Few people are aware of the reason why Rome built up its empire. According to her Prophet Daniel, Israel was about to receive her Messiah some 483 years after the Persians approved the rebuilding of the Jewish temple. This meant that in the decades before the 'year zero' of the Vatican calendar we now use, many pretenders to the Messiah-ship of Israel were emerging. The exact date for the Persian decree had been lost due to technical reasons. However, the head of the angels (Satan) knows that when Israel receives her Messiah his career goes down the drain. In order to destroy Israel, Satan either has to destroy the nation, destroy their self belief (by distorting ancient history so that they disbelieve their true historic and prophetic calling) or map the heavens and the floor of the ocean (Jeremiah 31:37). According to various government statements, which are in the hands of this author, the world economy and science system are currently being 'manipulated' to achieve those ends. They don't admit these things are 'manipulated' but it's clear that is what is happening. That explains why and how Mr Madoff managed to cheat so many people of their savings. He was authorised to collect that money for these ends.
Thus Satan is once again under pressure to prepare for the Coming of Christ just as Satan (and this world which he controls) was under pressure when Julius Caesar began his campaign to defeat the Gauls, then Britain (dominated by Phoenicia-Carthage). After Caesar, effectively Satan's servant as his moral behaviour confirmed, won some amazing victories, Caesar went on to control Rome and prepare Rome for world domination on behalf of Satan. Rome became Satan's vehicle for this objective. After Caesar's 'murder' (or removal), Octavian, Caesar's adopted son, carried on the plan until his general Quintilius Varis lost two huge legions in Germany's forests for the same reasons Caesar won his battles - Satan controlled the situation. God, in His permissive, will lets these things happen as the plan for His Kingdom unfolds. We are witnessing the rival plans for control of this world. When Adam took of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (refer the Bible) he handed dominion of this world to Satan. But Jesus (Yeshua) is going to win it back. When the Jewish leaders began rejecting Jesus, or taking no notice of Him at His Bar Mitzvah year when He appeared in the temple and amazed the leaders with His knowledge, Satan began to realise the pressure to establish a world empire to destroy Israel was no longer necessary. So Satan allowed the Romans to be deceived or lured into the trap which Quintilius Varus blundered into.
Another name for Satan is Lucifer and we get the work 'lucky' from that name. Satan can work wonders and his antichrist will appear to do just that as he rises to take over the world. Satan was likened to the King of Tyre in a chapter (28) the Jewish Prophet wrote. The Kings of Tyre became corrupted and proud. Their fall was at the hands of the Romans (Scipio and Caesar). Satan's Fall was at the Hands of God and Jesus said "I saw Satan fall" which showed He is the Son of God because he was at the Throne of God when Satan disobeyed God long before Man was created.
So the background to what happens here on Earth reflects ancient pre-human events. Julius Caesar was just lucky and had a 'successful' career until he grew too big for his boots and Satan had him murdered (removed). The demonic world knew this which was why some demons told the witch to say "Beware the Ides of March". Those who serve Satan lose their lives when he decides. Those who serve Jesus (Christians) die at the time God appoints for them when they have finished their work for Him. Historians do not understand these things. They can record and collect the facts but they cannot explain them without accepting God's Word and the record of that Word in the Bible.
God has allowed Satan to distort ancient history in the Halls of the Academy. That has been done by distorting ancient Egyptian history by adding dynasties that should not exist and by placing them in the wrong millennium to confuse the dates. Thus the world's history prior to Caesar is misunderstood. A proper reading of that history reveals that people like Caesar rise up becaue either God or Satan has a purpose for them. God's servants get a bad press. Satan's servants get a good press.
However, the most brilliant 'Caesar' is yet to arise. He will call himself "King of Kings". However, only Jesus is legitimately entitled to this name. We actually do know of a child whose name comes from Imperial Roman traditian. The child's eventual surname, assuming he adopts it from the step-father his mother married (c.f., Mary marrying Joseph, who became Jesus' step-father or 'father-in-law'), means "king of kings" if one studies the names given to kings in the Bible. One needs to examine the etymology of the foreign names of the Biblical kings and how the scribes transliterated these into Hebrew. Because it is by doing the transliterations that one can obtain a value for this child's name. We get the value six, six, six. The first name is classical Roman and the surname is simple to understand biblically. The letters used by the Jewish scribes, for ancient imperial or royal titles in the Bible, set the precedents for us to use in transliterating modern names such as this one we are thinking of at the moment.
For reasons of security and sensibility it is unwise to release such a name especially for the reason that the person concerned might actually reject Satan's offers (as Jesus did). But the information to hand does show that it is possible to identify the ultimate 'Julius Caesar' if we can call the Antichrist that. This yet-future 'Julius Caesar' will make the former look a nobody in comparison.
What does Brutus want the conspirators to do to Caesar?
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius is jealous and envious of Caesar. He sees Caesar as just an ordinary man, like himself. He tells the story of a time when he rescued Caesar...
Which city did Brutus and Cassius gather their armies in Julius Caesar?
Brutus and Cassius met to join their armies at Saris, in western Turkey. They had levied 19 legions. Then they crossed into Macedon (northern and north-eastern Greece) and encamped near Philippi.
Brutus had levied his troops in Greece and Cassius in the Roman province of Asia, in western Turkey. By 43 BC Cassius had gathered 12 legions and was ready to take on Publicus Cornelius Dolabella, the governor of Syria and a supporter of Marc Antony (who at that time was the leader of the Caesarians, the supporters of Caesar) whom he defeated at Laodicea (modern Latakia in Syria).The senate, which had pitted itself against Marc Antony, made Cassius governor of Syria. Cassius then wanted to march on Egypt. However, with the formation of the Second triumvirate, Brutus asked him for help. Cassius turned west and reached Smyrna, on the west coast of Turkey with most of his forces. Before meeting up at Saris, Cassius and Brutus attacked the allies of the Second Triumvirate in the east. Cassius sacked the Greek island Rhodes. Brutus sacked Lycia, in western Turkey.
What is a example of personification in 'Julius Caesar'?
Act 2 scene 2 lines 44-45. "Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he."
What reforms did Julius Caesar make?
Julius Caesar's most enduring reform was the calendar. He switched from a lunar to a solar calendar. Apart from some minor changes introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in X, this is the calendar we still use today.
Caesar introduced a land reform to distribute land to the poor and to retiring soldiers. He passed a law which wrote off 1/4 of all debts. He put a limit on the purchase of luxury items by the rich as conspicuous consumption was a problem. He banned professional guilds, except for the old ones, because many of them were subversive political factions.
On the political front he weakened the senate. He replaced the senators who had died in the civil war with his supporters and increased its size from 600 to 900 to fill it with more of his supporters. He ended the election of the officers of state and started appointing them instead. Finally, he had himself appointed dictator for one year (the normal term for this officer was six months), for ten years, and then for life. The dictator was an extraordinary officer of state who was usually appointed briefly to deal emergencies. He had more powers than ordinary officers. Caesar changed this into a permanent post for himself.
Why is Brutus the hero of the play Julius Caesar?
Brutus was Julius Caesar's friend.but, he accidentally betrayed him because he once received a letter from Cassius which was thought to be a citizen of Rome by Brutus , which was a plan to meet him and kill Julius Caesar because he was acting to much like a king.:(
What is the main idea in Antony's speech in Julias Caesar?
In the play, Julius Ceasar was killed by a mutiny of roman senators. Principal among them are Brutus, who was JC's best friend -- bright, charasmatic and naive, and Casius, who Shakespeare renders as heartless, ambitious and disingenuous.
Mark Antony was the leader of one of Ceasar's armies. It was assumed knowledge in the Elizabethan era that Roman generals could not legally lead their armies over the Rubicon river, into Rome, lest they foment insurrection (hence the phrase, "crossing the rubicon"). Antony's motives are not clearly examined until after JC's death. Up until then it is apparent that Marc Antony is a soldier, not exceptionally witty, not terribly formidible without his troops, but a dear friend to JC (but perhaps less so than Brutus).
To really grasp this part, you need to understand that this is a political drama of the highest order -- something Shakespeare loved to play with (consider his historical plays around the War of the Roses, Henry VI-1, Henry VI-2 and RIchard III). In Julius Ceasar, everyone has their own agenda and, in the end, perhaps only JC himself is guileless.
After the murder of Ceasar, Brutus and the cadre that rna the assassination (including Cassius) temporarily lead Rome. And at the beginning, the ROman populace is convinced that Ceasar was about to dissolve the democracy and take of the crown of an emperor. Hence, this rebellion is popular but shaky. We enter as Antony asks Brutus if he can speak at Ceasar's funeral, over his body.ANTONYThat's all I seek:
And am moreover suitor that I may
Produce his body to the market-place;
And in the pulpit, as becomes a friend,
Speak in the order of his funeral.
BRUTUSYou shall, Mark Antony.
Brutus, as we see, is actually sort of a noble spirit. He'll allow this. But Cassius, more cynical and a better politician, interjects:CASSIUSBrutus, a word with you.
Aside to BRUTUS You know not what you do: do not consent
That Antony speak in his funeral:
Know you how much the people may be moved
By that which he will utter?
Evil, cynical or political realist, Cassius senses that this may be more than just a eulogy (and it is -- it is perhaps one of the most famous soliloquies of all time). Brutus considers this and claims the right to speak first:CASSIUSI know not what may fall; I like it not.
BRUTUSMark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body.
You shall not in your funeral speech blame us,
But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,
And say you do't by our permission;
Else shall you not have any hand at all
About his funeral: and you shall speak
In the same pulpit whereto I am going,
After my speech is ended.
ANTONYBe it so.
I do desire no more.
BRUTUSPrepare the body then, and follow us.
Exeunt all but ANTONY
Shakespeare's appeal was to the masses and, as such, he felt a need to explain the subtleties of his plays to his not-too-noble audience. So we get to hear Antony's inner dialogue here. Antony truly does feel a loyalty to Ceasar and a heartfelt friendship, but he's going to be somewhat manipulative when he speaks to the crowd -- this, in order to preserve Ceasar's Rome -- and perhaps to elevate himself. So Antony, now alone with Ceasar's corpse, speaks to the body and explains:ANTONYO, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:...
In short, Antony appologies to the corpse of Ceasar, and says his wounds will speak, and the reality of the assassination will cause a revolution so awful that "...mothers shall but smile when they behold their infants quarter'd (killed most horribly) with the hands of war..." In other words, Antony is going to cause hell. In fact, he anticiipates and will try and cause a war, and says so when, near the end of this lengthy speech, he says,"Cry Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!"
Antony is so sure of himself, he calls Octavius Ceasar -- the next in line -- back to Rome, to prepare for the revoution that will overturn Brutus and company.
As you recall, the next day, Brutus will speak first. And his speech to the people of Rome is wonderful. He says he loved Ceasar, but could not let him overturn the democracy of Rome. And the crowd agrees with him, finally saying they'll appoint Brutus in Ceasar's place.
Then it's Antony's turn to speak. He has promised Brutus he won't say anything bad about Brutus's or his group's part in the assassination. Here then is what he says:ANTONYFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest--
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
All through this speech Antony never says one bad thing about Brutus. However, he keeps repeating the phrase, "...and Brutus is an honorable man... ", each time more and more ironically, until it becomes more than an insult -- an accusation. And SURE He is an honorable man!...
Then, rather miraculously (and possibly dishonestly?) Antony produces Ceasar's last will and testiment:ANTONYBut yesterday the word of Caesar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there.
And none so poor to do him reverence.
O masters, if I were disposed to stir
Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,
I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong,
Who, you all know, are honourable men:
I will not do them wrong; I rather choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Than I will wrong such honourable men.
But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar;
I found it in his closet, 'tis his will:
Let but the commons hear this testament--
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read--
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood,
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And, dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto their issue.
Antony now says, "If I tell you what's in the will, I'll break my word to Brutus and Cassius -- and stir you to revolution - because his will is going to break your hearts..." At this point, the mob has swayed from Brutus' standpoint and are now remembering Ceasar very kindly. And the will has them more than interested.
The citizens beg and beg to hear the will, and Antony refuses, saying it will drive them to rebellion -- and all the time repeating "...and Brutus is an honorable man..."...ANTONYWill you be patient? will you stay awhile?
I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it:
I fear I wrong the honourable men
Whose daggers have stabb'd Caesar; I do fear it.
He's saying that he shouldn't even have mentioned the will. This is pure, overt manipulation of the mob, but they don't notice, rememebering the good in Ceasar now....
Now he "warns" the mob not to be swayed against Brutus, because the will is a heartbreaker. He carefully notes each cut in Ceasar's gown, and each wound. And the final stroke -- Brutus -- Ceasar's most loved. By now the mob is frothing.ANTONYIf you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
You all do know this mantle: I remember
The first time ever Caesar put it on;
'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent,
That day he overcame the Nervii:
Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through:
See what a rent the envious Casca made:
Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd;
And as he pluck'd his cursed steel away,
Mark how the blood of Caesar follow'd it,
As rushing out of doors, to be resolved
If Brutus so unkindly knock'd, or no;
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,
Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart;
And, in his mantle muffling up his face,
Even at the base of Pompey's statua,
Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
O, what a fall was there, my countrymen!
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.
O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel
The dint of pity: these are gracious drops.
Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold
Our Caesar's vesture wounded? Look you here,
Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Then the will:ANTONYHere is the will, and under Caesar's seal.
To every Roman citizen he gives,
To every several man, seventy-five drachmas.
Serious money! But there's more....ANTONYMoreover, he hath left you all his walks,
His private arbours and new-planted orchards,
On this side Tiber; he hath left them you,
And to your heirs for ever, common pleasures,
To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves.
Here was a Caesar! when comes such another?
He leaves them land -- a huge deal because ownership of land, even as a populace, was very restricted. By this time, the mob has completely been won over and is ready to revolt.
The citizens are screaming for the blood of Brutus and Cassius now, and the mob takes to the street.
With Octavius on his way in, and the entire populace of Rome uprising against Brutus and Cassius, the power has swung completely to Antony. The crowd leaves and Antony is alone, when he reveals the fruits of his plan:ANTONYNow let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot,
Take thou what course thou wilt!
Antony has turned the mob completely against Brutus' cadre and, together with Octavius, make war on Brutus and Cassius....
Thus ends the funeral scene :}
Why was Julius Caesar the play written?
The original author of the Julius Caesar play is William Shakespeare. Throughout time many people have tried to improve or take credit for the marvelous work of William Shakespeare.
What era Julius Caesar play belong to?
Your question is ambiguous. Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar was written in 1599; it's an Elizabethan play. The events in the play are based on historical events in the first century BCE, which you might call the Classical or Roman Era.
In 'Julius Caesar' Who were the members of the second triumvirate?
Mark Antony
Octavius Caesar
M.Aemilius Lepidus
Why did William Shakespeare write The Tragedy of Julius Caesar?
To entertain his audience and make a living. That's the practical answer.
As to his psychological motivations, he isn't available to ask. There must have been something about it he liked.
How does Caesar liken himself to the northern star and mount Olympus?
the northern star Act 3 Scene 1 Caesar: I could be convinced if I were like you. If I could beg others to change their minds, begging would convince me, too. But I'm as immovable as the northern star, whose stable and stationary quality has no equal in the sky. The sky shows countless stars. They're all made of fire, and each one shines. But only one among all of them remains in a fixed position. So it is on earth. The world is full of men, and men are flesh and blood, and they are capable of reason. Yet out of all of them, I know only one who is unassailable, who never moves from his position. To show you that that's me, let me prove it a little even in this case. I was firm in ordering that Cimber be banished, and I remain firm in that decision.
What events occurred before Caesars death?
At Caesars death there was turmoil, both political and physical. The assassins thought they would be hailed as heroes, but were wrong and had to flee to safety in a temple on the Capitoline. Marc Antony, Caesar's co-counsul, thought they might be after him too, so he went into temporary hiding. When Antony finally realized he was safe, he tried his best to calm the storms and did succeed politically. In the physical sense, at Caesar's funeral, the crowd saw the wounded body of Caesar and when his funeral pyre was lit, they began enlarging it with their personal possessions and anything else they could find until it became a raging blaze. Some lit torches from the pyre and set out to burn down the houses of the conspirators. It took quite a few days to calm the city.
What does Brutus promise Portia?
Scene 4 of Act II in "Julius Caesar" takes place on the morning of March 15 (the Ides of March), shortly before Caesar's murder in the Senate House. Portia is concerned because she knows her husband, Marcus Brutus, is involved in something secretive and potentially dangerous (the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar), although she does not know exactly what it is. She is sending their servant Lucius to find out what is going on. The primary function of this scene is to build suspense leading into Act III.
In 'Julius Caesar' how did Antony persuade the crowd to turn on the conspirators?
Antony showed crowd the will of Julius Caesar, showed where all the conspirators stabbed him and made the crowd think what would happen to Caesar when he actually was stabbed by Brutus. He told that Julius Caesar cried with the poor, gave money to Romans and the biggest thing " That he Rejected the Crown 3 Times."
What are some character traits of Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar was a dictator of the Roman Empire. He commanded the Roman armies which conquered Gaul and helped pave the road for the Roman Empire.
Caesar is remembered as one of history's greatest generals and a key ruler of the Roman empire. As a young man he rose through the administrative ranks of the Roman republic, accumulating power until he was elected consul in 59 B.C. Over the next 15 years he led Roman armies against enemies abroad, especially in Gaul, while fighting Pompey and others for political control at home. In 43 B.C. he reached his ultimate success, being named dictator of Rome for life. That rule was short-lived: the next year he was stabbed to death in the Senate by a group led by his follower Marcus Junius Brutus. he died of 23 stab wounds all over his body. He was also in a relationship with Cleopatra in 46 B.C. When Cleopatra heard of Caesar's death, she went off in a relationship with Marcus Antony and also died.
Julius Caesar is seen as the greatest military commander the Romans ever had. He was also a statesman, a lawyer and an author.
Cesar is famous for his conquest of Gaul during the Gallic Wars he fought between 58 BC and 50 BC. He also fought the Great Roman Civil War (also known as Caesar's Civil War, 49-45 BC) against the forces of the senate which opposed him. He won all the battles of this war and during its course became the ruler of Rome. Caesar concentrated power in his hands and ruled for five years, even though constitutionally, you could be the head of the Roman Republic for one year.
Caesar wanted to restore stability in a Roman Republic which was poorly equipped to deal with the weight of imperial expansion. The central government had lost control over the empire. The governors of the Roman provinces (conquered territories) behaved as if the provinces were their personal fiefs. Tax collection was entrusted top private individuals who "farmed" taxation to line their pockets. Military commanders used military violence, or the threat of it, to obtain what they wanted. Corruption was rampant. Caesar concentrated power in his hands because he wanted a strong central government which was capable of controlling the empire. He also implemented a land reform to redistribute land for farming to the poor, wrote off ¼ of all debts, and donated money to the poor. He reformed the Roman calendar and introduced the Julian calendar, which, apart from some minor modifications introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, is the calendar we still use today.
Caesar is also famous for his assassination. There were people who thought that Caesar wanted to become a tyrant and murdered him in a conspiracy. After Cesar's death there were more civil wars. The Roman Republic eventually fell and Augustus established the absolute personal rule by emperors.
What kind of conflict do the people have with Cinna In Julius Caesar?
He, too, hates the Capital's ways, especially after how Katniss went into the Games in the first place, and was angry at the injustice the Capital was constantly serving Katniss
What warning does the soothsayer give Caesar in Julius Caesar?
Caesar:
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry "Caesar!" Speak, Caesar is turn'd to hear.
Soothsayer:
Beware the ides of March.
Caesar:
What man is that?
Brutus:
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
(Figure something bad is going to happen on March 15th...knives will be involved.)
How do you compare and contrast Antigone in 'Antigone' and Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'?
Julius Cesar was a great Roman military figure. Ironically, he is not the main figure in the play. Brutus has a much more significant role in Shakespeareâ??s play. Cesar, however, holds a more significant status within the work as he is expected to be king. Brutus did not despise Cesar personally, but was the only one who believed the public would benefit from Cesarâ??s death.
How does Shakespeare portray women in Julius Caesar?
He represents Elizabethan attitudes towards women by giving Romeo and Juliet different priviledges and personalities. Romeo is free to go where ever he pleases and is as a result very impulsive, confident and brave. Juliet is rarely allowed to leave her house and when she does she has to tell her parents why (when she goes to marry Romeo she tells her parents she is going to confession) and is therefore shy, proper and reluctant (until she met Romeo anyway.)
