Julius Caesar Synopsis. Act I: The play opens humorously with a little word play between Flavius‚ Marullus‚ and a few workers. The workers are on their way to see Julius Caesar who has recently returned from his victorious battle against Pompey. The reader immediately sees the dislike the tribunes have towards Caesar. However‚ the commoners seem to love Caesar. The scene moves to a large gathering where Caesar is the focus. As Caesar converses with Mark Antony‚ we learn that Caesar is superstitious
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Transitional Council (NTC) was the group created during the Libyan Civil War to oppose Gaddafi’s regime. They overthrew Gaddafi for fears of his leadership‚ corruption‚ human rights violations. Cassius and his conspirators killed Caesar in the Theatre of Pompey on the fifteenth of March‚ 44 B.C. Members of the National Transitional Council killed Gaddafi in Sirte‚ Libya‚ on the twentieth of October‚ 2011. Cassius formed his group of approximately sixty members mainly from Rome’s senate. They called themselves
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The fifteenth of march‚ better known as the Ides of March‚ shall be forever remembered in the histories of the Roman Republic. For on that day a great leader and arguably the best Rome has ever seen was killed. It took twenty and three plunges of envious knifes to bring down great Julius Caesar‚ as he started to address the senate that day. This tragic event created by those who have the nerve to call themselves liberators should not go unpunished. Their action has led to disunity and chaos inside
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The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus At times it seemed as if Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus’ fortunes are tied to each other. While one is successful‚ the other has to make sacrifices. Brutus sides with Pompey‚ and then Caesar kills his ally. Both of their lives are complicated and entwined into a horrible‚ confusing mess. Caesar is adored by the people who give him power‚ and then Brutus kills him. They are never quite on the same page at the same time. Still‚ they suffer together‚ in varying degrees
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The response of the Romans was hampered by the absence of the Roman legions‚ which were already engaged in fighting a revolt in Spain and the Third Mithridatic War. Furthermore‚ the Romans considered the rebellion more a policing matter rather than a war. Rome dispatched militia under the command of praetor Gaius Claudius Glaberus‚ which besieged the slaves on the mountain‚ hoping that starvation would force the slaves to surrender. They were surprised when Spartacus had ropes made from vines‚ climbed
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Nicole Richie had once said‚ “It’s hard to tell who has your back‚ from who has it long enough just to stab you in it”. She is correct in her suspicion because even foes pretend to be allies‚ so that they can have an advantage over their opponents‚ as their pretences are difficult to detect. The theme of betrayal‚ a theme made evident in the quote‚ is also present in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The quote by Nicole Richie is correct because foes may appear as allies to gain an advantage‚ which is
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Ancient History: Assessment Task 1 1) What do we mean by Hellenistic civilization? Include the features a city needed to have to be seen as Greek The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open and sometimes exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Greek culture and power extended itself across the known world: while the classical age of Greece produced great literature‚ poetry
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undoubtedly would have resulted with a far different outcome. Even before Caesar’s death‚ Cleopatra was in the Roman scene. Cleopatra was the daughter of Ptolemy XII and the sister of Ptolemy XIII who was actually involved in conflict with Roman General Pompey as well as Cleopatra herself. Her and her brother reigned together after their father’s death but‚
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Cleopatra VII was born into a Macedonian family that had rule over Egypt. They were the descendents of Ptolemy I‚ a general of “Alexander the great” that became king of Egypt once Alexander’s death in 323 B.C... Cleopatra was known for the love she had for her country‚ and how she would do whatever was necessary for the best of here country. Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt in 69 B.C… Her father was the pharaoh of Egypt‚ Ptolemy XII‚ nicknamed Auletes or "Flute-Player." Cleopatra’s mother was most
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Ancient History Essay on the Rise of Octavian Discuss the rise of Octavian Gaius Octavius was born in 63 BC‚ the year of Cicero’s consulship‚ into a wealthy and respected family (Octavii) from the countryside south of Rome. With his birth‚ the future of the Roman Empire was radically changed. He was to become one of the most powerful men the world has ever seen‚ using his wit and ruthlessness to achieve the ultimate positions in the Roman Empire…becoming ‘tribunicia potestas’ and ‘imperium maius’
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