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i collaged this two together btw thought some you might like, happy march 15 tumblr!
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reasons to kill caesar (in order of importance):
he slept with my mother
hes a dictator
Cassius doesn't like him.
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sweetmorninglamb · 11 months
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et tu, brute?
1. david foster wallace, infinite jest 2. growrotten, a brief story about saying goodbye x 3. k. wright, judas 4. @demiiwhiffin x 5. @frenchtoastlesbian x 6. x 7. unknown 8. taylor swift, the archer 9. @demiiwhiffin x 10. x
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beardedmrbean · 3 months
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oh shit. oh fuck. they actually did it. brutus what the FUCK
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strawlessandbraless · 27 days
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‘Caesar? I hardly know her!’ - Marcus Brutus after he stabbed his friend probably
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professorerudite · 1 year
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terenos · 1 year
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Tobias Menzies as Marcus Brutus in Rome (2005)
Gentlemen, this is not some cheap murder! It is an honorable thing that we do, and it must be done honorably. In daylight. On the senate floor. With our own hand.
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O' noble Brutus..
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Thy fate wast writ in the stars
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zluty-spendlik · 14 days
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Just need you guys to know that my friend and I came to school dressed up as Ceasar and Brutus and acted out Ol' man Julius' assasination in the latin classroom.
We didnt have daggers so the Master sword from Legend of Zelda was used.
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calliopesartblog · 14 days
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it’s the ides of march! time to stab your father figure 🔪
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quasi-normalcy · 13 days
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I did it. They're going to drive me out of Rome for it and I know that. I need to pack up. I need to leave.
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orisnitsa · 15 days
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theantonian · 14 days
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The death of Julius Caesar | ca. 1975 Oil on Canvas
Doughty, C.L. (1913-85)
Beware The Ides of March! One of the most famous moments in classical history as Julius Caesar is assassinated by Brutus, Cassius and their followers in 44 BC.
Caesar was due to appear at a session of the Senate. Mark Antony accompanied Caesar on his way. The plotters, however, fearing that Antony would come to Caesar's aid, had arranged for Trebonius to intercept him just as he approached the portico of Theatre of Pompey, where the session was to be held, and detain him outside. When Antony realized what had come to pass, he fled the scene fearing he might be next.
According to Plutarch, as Caesar arrived at the Senate, Tillius Cimber presented him with a petition to recall his exiled brother. The other conspirators crowded round to offer support. Both Plutarch and Suetonius say that Caesar waved him away, but Cimber grabbed his shoulders and pulled down Caesar's tunic. Caesar then cried to Cimber, "Why, this is violence!" ("Ista quidem vis est!").
At the same time, Casca produced his dagger and made a glancing thrust at the dictator's neck. Caesar turned around quickly and caught Casca by the arm. According to Plutarch, he said in Latin, "Casca, you villain, what are you doing?" Casca, frightened, shouted, "Help, brother!" in Greek. Within moments, the entire group, including Brutus, was striking out at the dictator. Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men continued stabbing him as he lay defenceless on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around 60 or more men participated in the assassination. He was stabbed 23 times.
Caesar's body was cremated, and on the site of his cremation the Temple of Caesar was erected a few years later. Only its altar now remains. A lifesize wax statue of Caesar was later erected in the forum displaying the 23 stab wounds. A crowd who had gathered there started a fire, which badly damaged the forum and neighboring buildings.
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What are the reasons do you think the caesars assassins failed in their goals in the end?
Lack of force, lack of planning, and lack of social infrastructure. Also, Octavian.
Lack of Force.
I hate to say it, but Brutus' decision to leave Antony and Lepidus alive severely weakened the conspirators' safety and political influence after the Ides. Purges are awful, but they did secure Sulla and the second triumvirate's grip on power. The conspirators also did not show enough force on the rostra or in the Senate to pressure everyone else into following them in those critical hours after the Ides. Their hesitation granted Antony and Lepidus the initiative, and things could've gone very badly for the conspirators at any moment after that.
Lack of Planning.
The conspirators appear to have expected republican government to return to functioning as usual once Caesar was out. They didn't form concrete plans for what to do with Caesar's laws, how to deal with all the military officers, senators, and magistrates who owed their positions to Caesar, how to replace them or with whom, what to do about the planned Parthian campaign, what to do about Caesarian rebels and public protests, etc.
They also appear to have miscalculated public opinion. Although Caesar had been growing unpopular in the last months of 45-44 BCE, that doesn't mean most soldiers or citizens wanted him dead. His death made most people terrified for another war, not relieved. Unless the conspirators could rapidly assuage those fears and preserve government stability, people were likely to blame them for any ensuing disorder.
Lack of Social Infrastructure.
By "social infrastructure," I mean the invisible network of institutions, businesses, laws, agreements and knowledge that keep society running. Rome's social infrastructure imploded soon after the war started in 49, thanks to a debt crisis and many magistrates absenting themselves from their offices (i.e. to join Pompey). The next five years of civil war only made things worse.
Caesar himself was a very effective administrator (at least when he was in the city), but that was part of the problem, because he took on a tremendous amount of decision-making and legislation that would normally be managed by the Senate, magistrates, and public assemblies. The authority and experience of other magistracies withered, and they couldn't easily step back into their public duties when confronted with the mountain of paperwork and unfinished legislation that Caesar, personally, left behind. It was an administrative nightmare that the conspirators hadn't accounted for.
Octavian.
But even with all these problems, Cicero and the conspirators might have been able to slowly rebuild a functioning government. Antony restrained Lepidus from attacking the conspirators, and worked out a peace deal early on. He was already consul, and may have originally intended to serve his term in the traditional cursus honorum, ending up as a powerful leader but not necessarily as dictator. Lepidus was, well...the Lepidus of this story. So what changed?
Octavian was a stroke of horrible luck for both Antony and the conspirators. He created competition for the status of "Caesar's heir," and for the loyalty of Caesar's soldiers. He also insisted on punishing the conspirators, which massively re-escalated tensions. With Octavian as a rival, Antony was pushed to take a harder line against the conspirators, to shore up his own military strength, and a battle between at least two of the three factions became difficult to avoid.
I don't blame the conspirators for these problems. 44-42 BCE was a time of extreme uncertainty, and I think it could have gone in many different directions. Brutus and Cassius could've won at Philippi, Hirtius or Pansa might've survived Mutina, or Lepidus might've sided with Cicero or Sextus Pompey instead of Antony. Who knows?
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