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Caesar a Tragic HeroCaesar ended up doing something that partly defines him as a person and that would be he could no let go of something and that he just had to do something about it, which what he did was worse than them taking him hostage. This is a direct quote from the first site I went on, "Caesar made good on that threat. He had the pirates' throats slit before crucification, however, in a show of leniency owing their easy treatment of him in capyivity. This determination of Caesar's, to do exactly what he said he would do, become one of his defining characteristics throughout his life." Caesar should have never taken lives of people yes I know it was wrong for the pirates to take a person hostage and he may have prevented anyone
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else from being kept hostage, but you never take matters into your own hands alwyas let the law handle it or karma. He was great on on the battlefield which is great and he won an alliance with his troops that way, "Caesar defeated the warring rival tribes, brought stability to the region and, won the personal alliance of his troops through his skill on the battelfield." Alright it does not mention in this section yet but I thought this fact is important to know for later on to what I tell you. "Caesar entered into buissness/political agreement with Pomeyand Crassus. in 60 BCE. doubbed The First Trumvirat by modern scholors and historians. Caesar mmarried Calpurnia, the daughter of a weathy and powerful popular Senator, and married his daughter Julia to Pompey to further cement their arrangements. The three together then effectively ruled Rome, Caesar as councul, by pushing through measures favored by Pompey or Crassus in the sanate." This all means hat they had an alliance and agreed to work together under any circumstances but you will understand what happens next.Alright for the next link this is what i found out about Caesar, " Gaius Caesar, oneof the world's greatest military leaders, was born into a senatorial, patrician familyand was the nephew of another famous Roman general, Marius." This shows it was passed down generations which is great, because being a general in those times were like gods. They took care of their people and defended them so they can have their freedom, just like now it was passed down to out great soliders who de exactly what I just said it is honestly selfless and incredible. Alright this part gives you an idea of what went down between Caesar and Pompey even though they had an alliance. "Caesar and Pompey, after Crassus's death, went towar against eachother in 49 b.c." They all did not agree with eahother very much but they cam to a conclusion to keep peace between them three than Crassus passed away, so they ended up just dropping the alliance and went after eachother. "Pompey the Great, who had allied himself with the Roman Senate against Caesar." "Since Pompey had a fleet and Caesar did not, Caesar decided to attack Spain, where Pompe had strong support, while Caesar's a constructed warships.
Victorious in Spain, Caesar then sailed to Macedonia, but he could not dislodge Pompey from his base at Dyrrachium (modern Durazzon). Caesar finallyraised the seige, fell back into genral Greece, and defeated Pompey, who had pursued him, at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 b,c."This is what i found from the third link, "Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus, former enemies of Julius Caesar who'd joined the Roman Senate, led Caesar's assassination, dubbing themselves 'the liberators." "After Caesar's victor, Brutus was encouraged to join the government. His mother, Servilla, was also one of Caesar's lovers." Every superhero has eneimies after they make one mistake people will look at you differently, it can be ffor better or worse. "The strategic political alliance among Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus and Pompey came to be known as The First Triumvirate." "In an early centroversial Move, Caesar tried to pay off Pompey's soldiers by granting them public lands. Caesar hired some of Pompey's soldiers to stage a riot. In the midst of all the chaos, he got his way." "On January 10 to 11, 49 BC, Caesar led troops accross the river Rubican. As Pompey further aligned himself with nobility, who increasingly saw Caesar as a national threat, civil was between the two leaders proved to be invitable. In the end, however, Pompey and his troops were no match for Caesar's military campaign. By late 48 BC, Caesar had pushed his enemies out of Italy and pursued Pompey …show more content…
into Egypt. There Pompey was killed and Caesar aliggned himself with the egyption queen Clepatoa." Caesar plannedto kill him, what I believe the alliance was always a desguise just to get close to Pompey and take him out of the picture, because he thought he would be doing everyone a favor."Upon his return to Rome, Caesar was made dictator for life and hailed as the father of his country." " A number of politicians saw Caesar as an aspiring king." Caesar became what he wanted and he was taking care of his people and everyone admired him for how he takes charge and how he does things. "A mob of lower- and middle- class Romans gathered at Caesar's funeral,with the angry crowd attacking te homes of Cassius and Brutus. Just two years after his death, Caesar become the first Roman figure to be defied. The Senate also gave him the title "The Divine Julius." It shows Caesar had his enemies and his supporters just like any other tragic hero.The fourth link has a bit more details about his military status and his politics. ''Julius Caesar joined the Roman Army in 81 BC and was the first Roman army commander to invade England which he did in 55 BC and again in 54 BC." "After serving in the Roman Army, Caesar developed an intrest in polotics. He became a driven man who wanted to get to the highest positions in Roman politics."Caesar was a brilliant general and commanded an army of over 50,000 loyal men. His success at a military level all but guaramteed the loaylty of his soldiers.
But he was seen by some as a cruel man ssolely driven by expanding his own personal power. As a result, he made enemies of important politicians in Rome itself. Some senior army generals, such as Pompey, were also very concerned abou Caesar's intentions." "Caesar ignored this law, crossed the Rubican and advanced to confront his enemies in Rome. The Senate consideredthis to be a treasonable offense but there was little they could do. Caesar had a very powerful and experienced army and his opponets were frightened. Pompey was killed in Egypt in 48 BC. For the next three years he picked off his enemies one by one whether they were in North Africa, The Middle East or Europe." " Caesar did not take away their wealth and these men plotted agaianst him." Caesar took a choice that no one could stop him from making and it shoud not have been done in that way, but it was so he had to make the best of it in his ownway. I do not think Caesar should of killed his enemies maybe put them in jail, butI am not sue of they had one back in those days. " " Our tryant deserved to die Here was a man who wanted to be king of the Roman people and master of the whole world. Those who agree with an ambition like this must also accept the destruction of existing laws and freedoms. It is not right or fair to want to be king in a state that used to be free and ought to be free today." Cecero." This is a person who did not agree with Caesar did or the people who followed him, so there for
this is another one of Caesar's enemies. " "People blame me for mourning the death of my friend. They say my country should be preferred to my friends, as if they had proved that killing him was good for the state. I did not abandon him as a friend however much I disapproved of what he was doing." Gauis Matius." This is one of his friends who did not agree with him on what he was doing.This is from the fifth source "Victor in the civil war of 49-45 BCE, and director (46-44 BCE), who was launching a series of political and social refroms when he wasassassinated by a group of nobles in the senate House on the Ides of Macrh." "Caesar's gens (clan) name, Julius (lulius), is also familiar in the Christian world, for in Caesar's lifetime the Roman month Quintilis, in which he was born, was renamed "July" in his honour." I found this very intresting, usually a hero who diesusually has something or someone named after them which symoblizes the hero to keep them alive or the thought of them alive.Alright this is the last source I have which is the sixth one. "That was the momentfor the men to set to work. All quickly unsheathed their daggers and rushed at him. First Servilius Casca struck him with the point of the blade on the left shoulder a little above the collar-bone. He had been aiming for that, but in the excitement he missed. Caesar case to defend himself, and in the uproar Casca shouted out in Greek to his brother. The attar heard him and drove his sword into
Julius Caesar elected himself as the dictator of Rome. He became a favorite of many of the people of the lower classes. Unlike many leaders, Caesar valued the poor. Most people agreed with his decision, but some of the higher classes’ did not. On March 15 44 BCE, now called the Ides of March, a few of Caesars’ closest peers decided to murder Caesar.
Caesar should not be assassinated by the conspirators because they had personal reasons for hating him. Firstly, ...
It was clear to the people of Rome that the concerns of the common man were now of little importance to the aristocrats that held positions in government. Additionally, new policies paid the army with gold and land instead of it being a public service for the good of the Roman Republic leading soldiers to be more loyal to the generals than the republic itself. Julius Caesar, a successful military leader, utilized the control he had over his soldiers to rise to prominence in Roman politics in 78-60 BCE. Caesar joined the 1st triumvirate, a mutual split of power between himself, Pompey, and Crassus for control of Rome, but after the death of Crassus and the defeat of Pompey in Northern Italy was the only remaining leader. Caesar then focused on social and economic reforms that addressed the class inequality that resulted from the aftermath of the Gracchi brothers, subsequently making him very popular with the commoners. Caesar most likely saw his popularity as an advantage, knowing that having the people of Rome on his side would make it much more difficult for him to be stripped of his title. Unfortunately, popularity would prove not to be enough to keep Caesar in office. Because Caesar’s initiative was focused around the concerns of the common man, some of Caesar’s senate did not approve of the way he was utilizing his power. In 44 BCE, Julius Caesar would be stabbed to death while in a senate meeting. Upon hearing that Caesar had fallen to the aristocrats, his followers, mostly commoners, were enraged and caused the Roman Republic to go into a state of disarray once
Caesar is all about conquering power and he is afraid of nothing. Before he is murdered, he says “The things that threatened me ne’er looked but on my back. When they shall see the face of Caesar, they shall vanish” (II, ii, 575). This shows how his mind is only set on killing others to get rid of a problem.
First of all, Caesar always felt entitled to himself and always had the audacity to see everyone as beneath him. A great example of Caesar’s bravery and fearlessness is when he was eighteen and was escape the punishment from the dictator Sulla, so in the process he was captured by pirates, who decided to be help for ransom. “When they demanded twenty talents for his ransom, he laughed at them for not knowing who he was, and spontaneously promised to give them fifty talents instead, Next after he had dispatched friends to various cites to gather the money…he felt so superior to them that whenever he wanted to sleep, he would order them to be quiet” . Even being surrounded by murderous pirates clearly out numbered, he refused to let them think that they were in charge while he was in their captivity for thirty-eight days.
If there were to be a villain in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar Cassius would be it. Cassius is the character who first thought up of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar. His motives weren’t as noble as Brutus’ but he made Brutus believe they were. Cassius did whatever it took to get Brutus to join in the conspiracy. We can clearly see Cassius’ true nature by what he does and says in the play.
Julius was born from Aurelia and Gaius Julius Caesar. His family had nobility status, although they were neither rich nor influential in the time period. Caesar was made military tribune before 70 B.C. and was quaestor in Farther Spain in 69 B.C. he helped Pompey to obtain the supreme command for the war in the East. As a general, Caesar was the best Rome had ever seen. He returned to Rome in 68 B.C. and in Pompey's absence was becoming the recognized head of the popular party. His love of Marius and Cinna made him popular with the people, but earned him the hatred of the senate. In Dec. 63 B.C. Caesar advocated mercy for Catiline and the conspirators, thereby increasing the enmity of the senatorial party and its leaders, Cato the Younger and Quintus Lutatius Catulus.
In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", Caesar is displayed as a powerful and dynamic figure in Rome because of his many accomplishments in previous wars as well as battles. When Caesar returns to Rome from a recent victorious defeat in battle, he receives a warm welcome by all the citizens of Rome. They consider and see Caesar as a hero and a strong individual, which is why they attempt to crown him King three times. A group of generals in Caesar's army are jealous and concerned with the amount of power Caesar has; they make arrangements to kill him. "Power is said to be a man's greatest desire he'll do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, even to kill." In comparison to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and the film Julius Caesar, we see many similarities. Furthermore, I will discuss these similarities in great depth.
Caesar was popular among the citizens because he had created a stable government and did a lot for the city of Rome. Roman senators were scared that Caesar was beginning to have too much power so they murdered him. Following his death, Caesar’s friends and family wanted revenge. His cousin, Marcus Antonius, friend, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and nephew, Gaius Octavius Thurinus, also known as Octavian, joined forces to form the Second Triumvirate. Similar to the men in the First Triumvirate, these three men were also aggressive and seeking more power. Immediately after they rose to power, Lepidus was granted Hispania and Africa to rule over, which made him satisfied and out of the affairs in Rome. Octavian and Antonius agreed that Octavian would rule the west and Antonius the east but because of Antonius’ connection with Queen Cleopatra, Octavian was disappointed with the unbalance. This feud eventually led up to another civil war when Antonius, along with Cleopatra’s army, went into war with Octavian and his army. Octavian came out victorious and Antonius and Cleopatra both decided to commit suicide. With Octavian in power, he send Lepidus into exile and changed his name to
Expository Essay The decisions that one man makes can determine the length of life. Rome has many people that have the characteristics to be great leaders. Antony is a manipulative man, Brutus is an honorable man, and Octavius is a quiet strength. All three men would do an excellent job in leading Rome. Antony is a manipulative man. This is shown throughout the play in several cases, but most prominently at Caesar’s funeral. “I thrice presented him a kingly crown which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (III, ii, 96-96). Antony is very cleaver in the way that he presents his case to the people. He uses rhetorical questioning to show the people that Caesar was in fact not ambitious.
and Caesar, ^I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown (yet ^twas not a crown
Brutus murdered Caesar with honorable purpose so that the Roman people would not “die all slaves”, but “live [as] freemen” (117). Caesar’s death was believed to be in the best interest of Rome and a necessary loss to the empire. Brutus did not seek glory or power, but stability for Rome (unlike most of the conspirators). The Tragic Hero makes an ethical decision, in which the repercussion of his choice was the bringing forth of his own downfall. Brutus did not seek glory and power because he was dissatisfied with his life — he sought to protect the place he loved. He already held a noble status, and was married to a “true and honorable wife” (71). He had no need to stir up the empire and his own personal life, but he felt obligated to protect the country and i...
His family finally paid his ransom. Soon after it was paid, Caesar learned that the government was not going to take action and pursue the pirates. Caesar took matters into his own hands. He organized a fleet of ships, captured the pirates and crucified their whole gang. The news of this spread quickly, and Caesar was both admired and criticized for acting so quickly.
In this case, the rise of Caesar’s power was considered by some as disregard and disrespect of authority, tradition, and Roman rules. Caesar on many occasions challenged Roman commander Pompey and his main opponent, thus leading to many civil wars. Additionally, his decision to cross Rubicon was contrary to the Roman law that restricted him to enter Rome because he was a governor of Gaul at the time. Additionally, following Pompey’s death, Caesar conferred more powers to himself by diluting the Senate’s reaches and powers (Alvin 82). One major flaw that Caesar possessed was his strong ambition. This made him overconfident and thought he had become invincible both in Rome and battle. Because his soldiers respected and loved him, Caesar thought that he would pursue whatever he desired. This is what led to his
Julius Caesar, The man famous for the quote, “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Well known for being a renowned Roman general as well as a statesman, Julius Caesar went on to be a dictator of the Roman Empire. This one man impacted the course of history of the Roman Empire through alliances, gaining widespread support, and changing policies in the government. Although to comprehend how he impacted the Roman Empire, one must first look upon his rise to power.