Julius Caesar Social Responsibility In Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar
In 60 BC, Caesar s0ught electi0n as c0nsul f0r 59 BC, al0ng with tw00ther candidates. The electi0n was s0rdid – even Cat0, with his reputati0n f0r inc0rruptibility, is said t0 have res0rted t0 bribery in fav0r 0f 0ne 0f Caesar's 0pp0nents. Caesar w0n, al0ng with c0nservative Marcus Bibulus.[41]
Caesar was already in Crassus' p0litical debt, but he als0 made 0vertures t0 P0mpey. P0mpey and Crassus had been at 0dds f0r a decade, s0 Caesar tried t0 rec0ncile them. The three 0f them had en0ugh m0ney and p0litical influence t0 c0ntr0l public business. This inf0rmal alliance, kn0wn as the First Triumvirate ("rule 0f three men"), was cemented by the marriage 0f P0mpey t0 Caesar's daughterJulia.[42] Caesar als0 married again, this time Calpurnia, wh0 …show more content…
was the daughter 0f an0ther p0werful senat0r.[43]
Caesar pr0p0sed a law f0r the redistributi0n 0f public lands t0 the p00r, a pr0p0sal supp0rted by P0mpey, by f0rce 0f arms if need be, and by Crassus, making the triumvirate public.
P0mpey filled the city with s0ldiers, a m0ve which intimidated the triumvirate's 0pp0nents. Bibulus attempted t0 declare the 0mens unfav0rable and thus v0id the new law,but was driven from the forum by Caesar's armed supporters. His bodyguards had their ceremonial axes broken, two high magistrates accompanying him were wounded, and he had a bucket of excrement thrown over him. In fear of his life, he retired to his house for the rest of the year, issuing occasional proclamations of bad omens. These attempts toobstruct Caesar's legislation proved ineffective.Roman satirists ever after referred to the year as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar."[44]
When Caesar was first elected, the aristocracy tried to limit his future power by allotting the woods and pastures of Italy, rather than the governorship of a province, as his military command duty after his year in office was over.[45] With the help of political allies, Caesar later overturned this, and was instead appointed to govern Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) and Illyricum (southeastern Europe), with Transalpine Gaul (southern France) later added, giving him command of four legions. The term of his governorship, and thus his immunity
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Caesar was already in Crassus' p0litical debt, but he als0 made 0vertures t0 P0mpey. P0mpey and Crassus had been at 0dds f0r a decade, s0 Caesar tried t0 rec0ncile them. The three 0f them had en0ugh m0ney and p0litical influence t0 c0ntr0l public business. This inf0rmal alliance, kn0wn as the First Triumvirate ("rule 0f three men"), was cemented by the marriage 0f P0mpey t0 Caesar's daughterJulia.[42] Caesar als0 married again, this time Calpurnia, wh0 …show more content…
was the daughter 0f an0ther p0werful senat0r.[43]
Caesar pr0p0sed a law f0r the redistributi0n 0f public lands t0 the p00r, a pr0p0sal supp0rted by P0mpey, by f0rce 0f arms if need be, and by Crassus, making the triumvirate public.
P0mpey filled the city with s0ldiers, a m0ve which intimidated the triumvirate's 0pp0nents. Bibulus attempted t0 declare the 0mens unfav0rable and thus v0id the new law,but was driven from the forum by Caesar's armed supporters. His bodyguards had their ceremonial axes broken, two high magistrates accompanying him were wounded, and he had a bucket of excrement thrown over him. In fear of his life, he retired to his house for the rest of the year, issuing occasional proclamations of bad omens. These attempts toobstruct Caesar's legislation proved ineffective.Roman satirists ever after referred to the year as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar."[44]
When Caesar was first elected, the aristocracy tried to limit his future power by allotting the woods and pastures of Italy, rather than the governorship of a province, as his military command duty after his year in office was over.[45] With the help of political allies, Caesar later overturned this, and was instead appointed to govern Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) and Illyricum (southeastern Europe), with Transalpine Gaul (southern France) later added, giving him command of four legions. The term of his governorship, and thus his immunity
from