The True Tragic Hero In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar are different characters‚ but somehow similar. Marcus Brutus is a Roman political leader‚ son-in-law of the Roman philosopher Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger‚ born in Rome‚ and educated in law. Julius Caesar is a Roman general and statesman‚ who laid the foundations of the Roman imperial system. Brutus’s honorable ideals leave him open for manipulation by Cassius‚ a man opposed to Caesar. He believes
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Antony until Octavian arrived in Rome and with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus formed the second Triumvirate. At this time somewhere between 100-300 senators were executed due to their support of Liberatores‚ the group responsible for Caesar’s death. This triumvirate broke the empire into 3 parts: Lepidus was left to Africa‚ Antony to the eastern provinces‚ and Octavian remained in Italy and controlled Hispania and Gaul. After deteriorations of relationships‚ Lepidus was forced to retire‚ and Antony lived in
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create what became the First Triumvirate. The First Triumvirate included Pompey the Great‚ and Marcus Licinius Crassus‚ along with Julius Caesar. (Balsdon 75) In seventy one BC Pompey the Great‚ who had earned his epithet in service under Sulla‚ returned to Rome‚ after having defeated the ever so popular general Sertorius in Spain. At the same time Pompey was returning to Rome‚ Marcus Licinius Crassus‚ a rich aristocrat‚ was restrained in Italy. (White 14) Pompey and Crassus
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to see that the Roman gladiatorial combats were first started to honor the memory of the dead‚ other examples of different authority figures are that of M. Aemilius Lepidus. "( ) the three sons‚ Lucius‚ Marcus‚ and Quintus‚ gave funeral games for three days and twenty-two pairs of gladiators in the forum for [their father] M. Aemilius Lepidus‚ who had been consul twice and augur." ‚ which took place in 216 B.C.. Theirs is also one more quote involving Caesar‚ and the gladiatorial games he put on
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into his will. When Caesar was assassinated‚ Octavian had been in Greece attending school and quickly returned to lay claim to Caesar’s legacy. Together with Marc Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus‚ the three formed the Second Triumvirate (or the Avengers) to fight against Caesar’s assassins‚ the Liberators‚ in 43 BC. While Lepidus remained in Rome to look after things‚ Antony went to face Cassius and was able to defeat him while Octavian finally managed to defeat Brutus after two battles (Mathisen 2012:
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state as people impatiently waited and searched for some sort of political power to come back and help reorder the state. A few political players came into play in the search for power: M. Antonius‚ C. Octavius‚ Sextus Pompeius‚ Pompey; and M. Aemilius Lepidus. These four of these political figures had different ideas as to what they wanted to become of Rome. Rome soared into a cycle of Civil wars‚ which played the deciding factor of one of the most significant constitutional transformations in history
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Coriolanus and Julius Caesar. Key Dates Date Written: Between 1606 and 1607. First Printing: 1623 as part of the First Folio‚ the first authorized collection of Shakespeare’s plays. Sources .Shakespeare’s main source for the play was the Life of Marcus Antonius‚ by Plutarch (46? BC-AD 120?). This biography is part of a larger Plutarch work‚ Parallel Lives‚ focusing mainly on famous Greek and Roman government and military leaders. Shakespeare used the English translation of Parallel Lives written
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effect on being a better ruler. In 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was assassinated by his senate chamber. Soon his nephew and adopted son‚ Gaius Octavian‚ would join forces with Mark Anthony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus into a three-way dictatorship. This transformed Rome from being a Monarchy into being a dictatorship. Lepidus left Rome soon after Octavian began reign and went on to lead parts of Africa and Hispania. In 37 B.C. Mary Anthony met Cleopatra. They fell in love and Mark followed her back to Egypt
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How Art and Literature are used in an Imperial World The Roman Empire was filled with beautiful art and insightful literature‚ but none knew how to use this literature to their advantage like Gaius Octavian Thurinus also know as Augustus. Augustus the most influential people in all of Rome’s history and was responsible for turning Rome into an empire. Octavian was not directly linked to royalty‚ but he proved his loyalty to his uncle Julius Caesar. Caesar and Octavian had a close relationship and
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given 300 sesterces‚ which was a great deal because they earned a wage of about three sesterces a day. When people found out about what happened‚ they became angry. The second triumvirate was formed with Romans Mark Antony‚ Octavian‚ and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. There anger grew so much that their revenge for the killing of Julius Caesar was to enter what is now called the Liberator’s Civil War. The war went on for thirteen years and resulted in Octavian earning power over Sicily‚ which meant power
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