Chapter 6 Rome ’s great political achievement was to transcend the narrow political orientation of the city-state & to create a world state that unified the different nations of the Mediterranean world. Rome overcame the limitations of the city-state mentality & developed an empirewide system of law & citizenship. Their genius found expression in law and government‚ the practical‚ not the theoretical. Historians divide Roman history into 2 broad periods: the Republic began in 509 B.C.‚ w/ the overthrow
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arouse the audience in pity or fear. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ written by the world renowned author William Shakespeare‚ Julius Caesar is the tragic hero‚ for he fits all the characteristics stated above. Succeeding his triumph defeating Pompey in battle‚ Julius Caesar‚ who was to be crowned the king‚
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put on Caesar by himself to conquer Gaul. He was in deep political debt to Rome and its leaders‚ and he saw the conquest of Gaul to the best way to get out of debt and make a name for himself. Caesar making the first [1]Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey gained the power of the election and became consul for the year 59 B.C. During this year he was made‚ “Governor of Illyricum‚ or Dalmatia‚ and of Gaul‚ that is to say of Gallia Cisalpina” (Pg. 40)‚ this land is really known as a Province that Caesar
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* Brutus * supporter of the republic * believes strongly in a government guided by the votes of senators * While Brutus loves Caesar as a friend‚ he opposes the ascension of any single man to the position of dictator‚ and he fears that Caesar aspires to such power. * Torn between his loyalty to Caesar and his allegiance to the state‚ Brutus becomes the tragic hero of the play. * inflexible sense of honor makes it easy for Caesar’s enemies to manipulate him
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* Crisis in the Later Middle Ages‚ 1300-1450 * CLIMATE CHANGE * 1300-1450: “Little Ice Age” * Cold weather and storms * Poor harvests * 1315-1322: “The Great Famine” Little Ice Age Too much rain‚ storms‚ cold Scarcity and famine * People’s immune systems were low; vulnerable to disease AND * Workers underfed‚ less productive… higher grain prices * BLACK DEATH * 1347: Ships bring plague to Italy * Symptoms: * Bleeding‚ vomiting‚ black sores
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Julius Caesar William Shakespeare THE PLAY THE PLOT The working people of Rome are overjoyed: Julius Caesar has beaten Pompey ’s sons in battle‚ and everyone ’s getting a day off from work to celebrate Caesar ’s triumphant return. But two Roman officers‚ Flavius and Marullus‚ chase the crowds away: how dare the citizens support a tyrant who threatens to undermine hundreds of years of Republican (representative) rule! Don ’t they know that Caesar wants to be king? Caesar parades by in
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The play Julius Caesar opens on a cramped street in Ancient Rome‚ 45 B.C. Julius Caesar has just defeated Pompey‚ the former co-ruler in the first Roman Triumvirate. Caesar’s power is growing and although Romans can finally take a breath‚ now able to recover from a lengthy civil war‚ many people are guarded about the new leader in charge. William Shakespeare’s play continues as a conspiracy group forms‚ filled with members who question Caesar’s power and ability to rule. They gain the membership
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Canto I -The Dark Wood-Dantes meets the Lion‚ Wolf‚ and leopard that blocks his path to leave. Meets Virgil Canto II -Ante-Inferno-those who live without disgrace or praise (stuck constantly chasing after a banner (goal) for they never had a goal when they were alive. Passes Acheron‚ guarded by Limbo to enter Limbo. Ghosts do not feel compassion for those in other levels of hell except for their own. Canto III and IV -First circle of hell-limbo-virtuous but un baptized -punishment=no hope
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however Don Johns plans workout‚ causing the two lovers to brake up. Although they returned together in the end. 4. Julio Caesar: In this time‚ the Roman general‚ Caesar has returned from a successful military campaign against his defeated rival Pompey in a civil war. On the same day‚ Cesar participates in the traditional festival of Lupercal‚ where he receives a warning from the Soothsay about the ideas of March. Cassius intendeds to persuade Brutus to turn against Caesar. This results an agreement
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Julius Caesar‚ the Tragic Hero in this story‚ was loved by the citizens‚ but killed for the greater good of Rome. Walking down the Roman streets you’d hear his followers yelling‚ “Hail Caesar!” This proves‚ how he was greatly admired by his people‚ and goes to show what would result from his death; angered citizens and war between the two factions. During his crowning‚ this was chanted by the crowd showing this was what they believed was good for Rome. After Caesar’s brutal assassination‚ Mark Antony
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