Back in the days of Ancient Rome, tribunes were some of the most feared and respected
people in society. There were many different types of tribunes. These tribunes all had different
roles and played major parts in the Roman society. The most common type of tribune was an
elected position whose job was to defend the civil and religious liberties of the Roman people, to
protect them from oppression from nobles, and to solve certain military issues (TribunesAnd
Triumphs.org). The word tribune is derived from the word tribe, which is appropriate because
these types of tribunes would be assigned a tribe to protect and defend.
Another type of tribune was a military tribune. Military tribunes were officers who were
placed in charge …show more content…
Sometimes, other people of high rank were also called tribunes. For example, a Tribune
of the Treasury was thought to be a tax collector (Wikipedia.org).
Marullus and Flavius were Roman tribunes who distrusted and disliked Julius Caesar in
the Shakespeare play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Their distrust of Caesar stems from the
death of Pompey. Pompey was a leader in Rome who was killed by Caesar, supposedly because
of Caesar’s lust for power. According to Marullus, Pompey was a very popular person,
constantly having parades thrown in his honor and he was trusted by many Romans. Marullus
and Flavius were enraged at Caesar because now that he murdered Pompey, he has a parade
(Shakespeare 3). They believe that the Roman people lost sight of how much they loved Pompey
as a leader, and they think that they are stupid for turning their backs to Pompey so soon and
immediately going to Caesar. They get so angry, in fact, that they start to tear down decorations
off of statues of Caesar (Shakespeare 3). This anger towards Caesar can be viewed two …show more content…
As distrust grew, this led to Marullus and Flavius
tearing down Caesar’s decorations and Cassius and Casca forming an alliance to try to kill him
and make Rome a better place.
The phrase “never judge a book by its cover” fits very well in this situation. Marullus and
Flavius only know Caesar by the decisions he makes, which are morally ambiguous at best. They
are, in essence, going off of a hunch. But who’s to blame them? Everyone must make decisions
in their life. Everybody must decide for themselves whether the “Caesar’s” or “McDonald’s” of
life are the real deal, or fake. In this case, Marullus and Flavius chose fake, and that’s not
necessarily a bad thing. They were doing their duty to their people and to Rome. As Roman
tribunes, it was their duty to decide what was good for their tribe and their people, and to make
sure that they were not being needlessly oppressed. In their eyes, Caesar was a power hungry
maniac who would do anything, even murder, to get the crown and rule Rome. They made sure
that people did not mindlessly fall in line with Caesar’s agenda.
While we read this play, we must keep in mind that even people like Cassius are
people in society. There were many different types of tribunes. These tribunes all had different
roles and played major parts in the Roman society. The most common type of tribune was an
elected position whose job was to defend the civil and religious liberties of the Roman people, to
protect them from oppression from nobles, and to solve certain military issues (TribunesAnd
Triumphs.org). The word tribune is derived from the word tribe, which is appropriate because
these types of tribunes would be assigned a tribe to protect and defend.
Another type of tribune was a military tribune. Military tribunes were officers who were
placed in charge …show more content…
Sometimes, other people of high rank were also called tribunes. For example, a Tribune
of the Treasury was thought to be a tax collector (Wikipedia.org).
Marullus and Flavius were Roman tribunes who distrusted and disliked Julius Caesar in
the Shakespeare play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Their distrust of Caesar stems from the
death of Pompey. Pompey was a leader in Rome who was killed by Caesar, supposedly because
of Caesar’s lust for power. According to Marullus, Pompey was a very popular person,
constantly having parades thrown in his honor and he was trusted by many Romans. Marullus
and Flavius were enraged at Caesar because now that he murdered Pompey, he has a parade
(Shakespeare 3). They believe that the Roman people lost sight of how much they loved Pompey
as a leader, and they think that they are stupid for turning their backs to Pompey so soon and
immediately going to Caesar. They get so angry, in fact, that they start to tear down decorations
off of statues of Caesar (Shakespeare 3). This anger towards Caesar can be viewed two …show more content…
As distrust grew, this led to Marullus and Flavius
tearing down Caesar’s decorations and Cassius and Casca forming an alliance to try to kill him
and make Rome a better place.
The phrase “never judge a book by its cover” fits very well in this situation. Marullus and
Flavius only know Caesar by the decisions he makes, which are morally ambiguous at best. They
are, in essence, going off of a hunch. But who’s to blame them? Everyone must make decisions
in their life. Everybody must decide for themselves whether the “Caesar’s” or “McDonald’s” of
life are the real deal, or fake. In this case, Marullus and Flavius chose fake, and that’s not
necessarily a bad thing. They were doing their duty to their people and to Rome. As Roman
tribunes, it was their duty to decide what was good for their tribe and their people, and to make
sure that they were not being needlessly oppressed. In their eyes, Caesar was a power hungry
maniac who would do anything, even murder, to get the crown and rule Rome. They made sure
that people did not mindlessly fall in line with Caesar’s agenda.
While we read this play, we must keep in mind that even people like Cassius are