Little Caesars

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Antony uses persuasion to manipulate the audience for his own political agenda. The play takes place in Ancient Rome, where the senators have all gathered with concerns of their leader, Julius Caesar, and fears his growing ambition. A small group senators formed a group of conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius, to vanquish Caesar’s ambition and rising power by stabbing him 23 times. Now with Caesar dead, Mark Antony, Caesar's right-hand man,…

The Roman Empire was established after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 27 B.C.E. Every emperor, starting with Augustus, brought something new to the table that is the impressive Roman Empire, that stretched throughout most of the Western world. The third to come to power after the murder of Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, more commonly known as Caligula, may easily be one of the most mad of them all. Gaius Caesar was born on August 31 in the year 12 C.E to his father Germanicus…

Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar was co-authored by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni. Goodman has a Ph.D. in Political Theory, with a minor in Law. Goodman was a speechwriter for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Senator Chris Dodd. He has a B.A in English and a M.A in Public Policy. He likes to study the history of political thought, classics, and rhetoric. Soni was a managing editor at the Huffington Post. He was also a speechwriter for the office of the…

aggressive expansion in the north under the guise of claiming the tribes were barbaric savages. In Julius Caesars “The Gallic wars” he says tells of how “All Gaul is divided into three parts.”(Caesar, p.1) These three parts were inhabited by the native tribes of the Belgae in what we would now call Belgium, the Nervii and the Helvetii in what is now known as France. At this time Julius Caesar had convinced his Roman friends in politics that they should take a war into Gaul, against these…

Marullus and Flavian are worried about Caesar. In this paper I will hit on some important facts about the Roman Tribune and some of the other tribunes and why Flavian and Marullus are so worried about Caesar. I have organized my paper into six sections. The first portion of my essay discusses information about an Roman Tribune and details covering the topic.…

A Roman tribune is defined as a Roman official whose task was to protect people against oppression. The word tribune comes from the Latin word Tribunes, which means a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people. Roman tribunes came about in the fifth century when the republicans were controlled by patricians, who were the rich people, which caused problems with the plebeians, who were the poor people. In 490, these two groups came together and demanded political justice and…

There's many different things that authors incorporate into their writings to make them superior and so they can persuade people easier. In Julius Caesar Shakespeare uses rhetorical situation to help him create masterpieces, he also uses a certain style, appeal and arrangement. In act three Shakespeare has two characters Brutus and Antony include those devices in their speeches to persuade the people to be on their side. Antony has a better argument than Brutus because he uses arrangement,…

This year we started English class off by reading “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare. So far it 's been an interesting play, but we can 't read it without understanding it. As we know that the setting of this play is in Ancient Rome, therefore we must understand the role of the characters. Some of the characters that we know of are Flavius, Marullus and Casca, who are Roman tribunes. They play a major role in this play as tribunes. Therefore we need to know the role of a Roman tribune in ancient…

In Julius Caesar, Brutus’ tragic flaw is what made him a tragic hero. In Shakespeare’s play, the entire play is centered around his model of a tragic hero and his tragic flaw causing the downfall of the play. Brutus must decide if he should kill his best friend for the benefit of the country or let him live and lose the democracy they love to a tyrant. All in all, Brutus’s relationship with Caesar is strong, but his love for his country is stronger. In Shakespeare’s play, a tragic hero has five…

- Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, resulting in her being the most famous woman of classical antiquity. This eventually effectuated to her downfall as it is said that her beauty was what captivated Caesar and Antony. Foreign/Political Struggles - (Explain the Foreign/Political struggles that were present during Cleopatra’s youth): The Romans had political and economic dealings…