Julius Caesar

Augustus was respectful of the senate despite his power because he was much smarter politically than his uncle/father Julius. He learned from Caesar's assassination, which was caused by Caesar's ignoring the senate and actually insulting it. He also knew that his form a government was a change and change came slowly to the old men of the senate. One of his sayings was "make haste slowly".

Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) and his lieutenants in the Civil War, who led the Senatorial forces. He then was appointed Dictator--but never actually considered Emperor in his lifetime.

It was his adopted son, Augustus (Octavian, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus) who became the first Emperor by gradually accumulating and holding offices that gave him the appearance of power to go along with his actual power (from control of the treasury and army). He had defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra (at Actium, 31 BCE) to gain undisputed control of the Roman World.

Julius Caesar was a politician his whole life. There were a set of positions a Roman politician had to climb before he was eligible for consulship. First they worked in the treasury. After building their reputation there they were appointed a position abroad. After doing these things Caesar was appointed a governorship in Spain. While there he built his reputation as a great General. These things led to his popularity for the Consulship.

It was a put up job to prove to the people that Caesar did not want to be a king. This meant that Caesar, as dictator-for-life, could have and exercise all the powers of a king, and the people of Rome (who had a history of anti-monarchism since the days of Tarquin) would not think of him as a king.

As we see from later scenes with the Roman mob, they are indeed thick enough to fall for this kind of propaganda, and it is only a few (like Brutus and Cassius) who can see through it. Unfortunately, this kind of political machination is as effective now as it was then.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life

Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

On such a full sea are we now afloat,

And we must take the current when it serves,

Or lose our ventures

Julius Caesar wore red boots because he was a member of the senate. All Roman senators wore red shoes as a symbol of their senatorial status; the purple stripe on their tunics and togas was another status symbol. Now these "senatorial shoes" were actually closed boot-type footwear and the red that was used for their dye was a deep red similar to a maroon.

weak and gentle

Shakespeare read Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Brutus and Life of Caesar.

"Good Cinna, take this paper,

And look you lay it in the praetor's chair,

Where Brutus may but find it; and throw this

In at his window; set this up with wax

Upon old Brutus' statue; all this done,

Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find us." (1.3 lines 142-147)

The three messages Cinna is to make sure Brutus gets are to encourage him to oppose Caesar's ambition.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

A tribune in the Roman republic was an elected official who's original job was to protect and promote the interests of the plebeians. He had the power to veto any senatorial resolution or proposal except that of a dictator. In later years, ambitious politicians such as Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian used the tribunes to further their own interests.

Julius Caesar's heirs were, Octavius, who was the main beneficiary inheriting 3/4 of his estate. Lucius Pinarius and Quintus Pedius were also heirs each getting 1/8 of his estate. Ironically, Decius Brutus, one of Caesar's assassins was mentioned as an heir in the second degree, who would only inherit if the main heirs refused the legacy.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was basically a Roman politician who rose through the elected offices to counsul. After his counsulship he was given the supreme military command in Gaul, where he proved his generalship. His political enemies in Rome were out to destroy him and rather than lose everything he started a civil war in which he was victorious. He was made dictator, the highest office the senate could confer on a man, and when the senate extended his dictatorship for life, he was assassinated. Never in all his extraordinary career was he an emperor.

A supposed poltical truth is that assassinations don't change anything, but the fact is that they do--just seldom for the BETTER. What they really don't do is accomplish their intended purpose. The bottom line here is that murder isn't justified no matter how noble and idealistic the reason.

Yes and No. She does not have any biological children. She does have 2 adult step-children by marriage. Harold I Williams Jr and Rev Hope I Mason

. They have been her children for 28 years.

No, Rome was established 653 years before Julius Caesar was born. The mythological founder of Rome was Romulus. But in reality Rome was probably founded by a group of villages allied together for protection.

The people along the route to Philippi are loyal to the conspirators only because they were forced to be. When the enemy takes the route to Philippi they will likely side with the enemy to add to their numbers. Cassius goes along with Brutus. - See more at:

Metellus distracts Caesar.

Octavius is the heir to Caesar's throne. The last lines represent his leadership and sense of sensitivity as the next ruler.

'Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna, trust not Trebonius: mark well Metellus Cimber: Decius Brutus loves thee not: thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar. If thou beest not immortal, look about you: security gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover, 'ARTEMIDORUS.' Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, And as a suitor will I give him this. My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation. If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.

Yes, Julius Caesar did win the civil war. The war began in 49 BC and ended in 45 BC.

Caesar may have looked as though it were a surname but in fact it was a title such as emperor or king. However, it didn't start out like that. It was the surname of the Emperor Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Although later Roman emperors had different surnames, the name Caesar was always associated with the emperorship and continued to be so long after its connection with the Julius Caesar family ended.

Mark atony hates Brutus because brutus helped kill caesar

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A taper is an Elizabethan word for a specific kind of candle.

. At the end of Act I, a terrible storm comes up. Casca and Cicero each believe that the storm foreshadows events surrounding Caesar's impending assassination. Casca is fearful of a host of strange sightings and believes that these signs prognosticate evil. Cicero believes that the storm's power mirrors the power of the conspirators. Cassius is also energized by the storm. Caesar's wife, Calpurnia has a dream about a statue of her husband that was full of holes that bled profusely. Fearing evil, she tried to convince Caesar that her dream was a warning for him not to go to the senate that day. Ceasar even has one of his servants go to the priests to do a sacrifice to see what they have to say about Calpurnia's fears. When the animal was sacrificed, there was no heart in it... a bad omen indeed. Caesar even ignores this omen when Decius Brutus re-interprets Calpurnia's dream to have a favorable meaning just to entice Caesar to come to the Senate (and to his doom). Brutus' conscience conjours up the ghost of Ceasar who tells Brutus that he will see him at Philippi. Brutus is feeling guilty for his part in the conspiracy and his conscience manifests his guilt in the form of a ghost. It is at Philippi that Brutus meets his end, so the appearance of the ghost foreshadows his demise. by NEHA