oppression (Lendering). By oppression they mean protection against any people who try and
come to bring them down or to take them over and have them under their authority. In the fifth
century, the republicans were controlled by aristocrats called patricians (Lendring). What this did
is caused great tensions with two groups: the poor people, who had to request to a patrician judge
against random decisions made by patrician magistrates, and the rich non-patricians, who were
supposed to fight in battle and pay taxes, they were not allowed a vote in the decision about war
and peace and not able to manage the spending of their money (Lendering). In 490 BC these two
groups came together …show more content…
But Flavius didn’t care he wanted to take everything down, he wanted nothing to be decorated
for Caesar, he wanted nobody acknowledging Caesar when he came into town. Flavius told
Marullus, “To make you dispers any of the crowds. If we take away his supporters, maybe he
will be more realistic and start trating us fairly, instead of using fear” (Shakespeare). What he is
saying by “using fear” is that’s all Caesar does is use fear or threat people to do what he wants
them to do. He is also saying is that when Pompey was in charge he wouldn’t use fear or threat
his people he would come to a calm conclusion with them.
I think that Marullus and Flavius are worried about Caesar is because they think that he is
going to runin everything that Pompey once created. Like they think that he is going to change
everything and have it go his way. By like not considering the people and there problems, he
would just think about him and his problems and whats good for him and not whats good for
everyone. They also might worry about how hes going to treat crime. Just how he killed