He rewarded Decimus in other ways, but the slight still smarted. Another possible influence on Decimus was his wife, who came from a family that was opposed to Caesar. In winter 44 B. Cassius originated the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Like Decimus and Brutus, Cassius belonged to the nobility. He was a professional soldier, like Decimus, but also an intellectual like Brutus.
A man of action, Cassius inspired Brutus to move. Brutus was no soldier but he was a philosopher and orator and much admired in Rome. Decimus joined the plot as well, as did more than 60 prominent Romans. As a past master at ambush, Cassius might have come up with the plan to surprise Caesar in the Senate. Decimus, however, made the wheels turn. Caesar even had Decimus at his side at a dinner party the night before his assassination.
On the morning of the Ides Caesar suddenly decided not to go to the senate meeting, probably because of rumors of conspiracy. In fact, the soothsayer warned Caesar a month earlier to beware a day period ending in the Ides of March , that is, the times from February 15 to March But the Ides had finally come. Decimus did his job. Could he possibly have survived long enough to utter his famous last words? Afterwards Decimus provided security to the killers.
He owned a troupe of gladiators who doubled as a private police force. The blasts, which took place at a Phillips Petroleum Company plant, were caused by inadequate safety procedures. A polyethylene reactor at the Phillips A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing U. That same morning, 58 French soldiers were killed in their barracks two miles away in a separate suicide terrorist attack.
Throughout the story, Brutus was one of the few characters that understood the way power could change a man. He feared that Caesar would become a tyrant with all his new power and that Rome would suffer from his rule. He states this multiple times in the story. It is clear to see here that Brutus was justified in killing Caesar because his intentions are good. So if he wants Rome to be safe, and have a good leader, Brutus has to kill him, he has to get things done soon and fast. So finally, I believe that Caesar is to dangerous to be the person in charge of everything here.
Brutus has the respect and honor to become the leader of Rome. I have no personal reason to strike at him—only the best interest of the people. Brutus is a trusted friend to Caesar and is against the plot. Eventually, Brutus turns on Caesar and partakes in his murder. The play ends will Brutus committing suicide. Brutus is faced with a serious decision in Act II.
He would be crowned. I have not known when his affections swayed more than his reason. Your friend or your country, this decision is burdensome and a choice that Brutus needed to make.
In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, readers are confused about Brutus being a patriot or a traitor. Others, however, decided that he had to be stopped, and so they decided on assassination.
True, they acted in the name of the Republic and liberty and against a budding monarchy but they also saw in his growing influence a threat to their own power and privilege. Plans to assassinate Caesar are attested as early as the summer of 45 BC but the conspiracy that struck on the Ides of March did not gel until February 44 BC. At least 60 men joined it of whom we can identify just 20 today — and some of them are little more than names. As for Brutus, he was hardly the friend of Caesar whom Shakespeare depicts.
However, Brutus supported Pompey until the latter lost to Caesar on the battlefield in 48 BC, at which point Brutus switched sides.
He promptly betrayed his ex-chief by providing Caesar intelligence about the likely whereabouts of Pompey, who had escaped after the battle.
Afterwards, Caesar rewarded Brutus with high office. In the summer of 45 BC, Brutus divorced his wife and remarried. And so, through a combination of pride, principle — and, perhaps, love for his wife — Brutus turned on Caesar. On the History Extra podcast: Emma Southon explores the extraordinary life of Agrippina the Younger, who was the wife of Claudius, the mother of Nero and the sister of Caligula.
The plot to assassinate Caesar succeeded because it was meticulously planned, and flawlessly executed. And by striking at a Senate meeting they made it a public act rather than a private vendetta — an assassination and not a murder. The latter were too big to sneak into the Senate House and too unwieldy for use in close quarters. In particular, the killers used a military dagger the pugio , which was becoming standard issue for legionaries.
Military daggers were not only practical weapons but also honourable ones. Again, he wanted to show that the assassins were no mere murderers.
The Roman Senate House still stands in the Roman Forum and most visitors assume that Caesar was killed there — but he was not, nor on the Capitoline Hill, as Shakespeare states.
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