... getting to powerful and would become a threat to them. In 63 B.C. he was elected pontifex maximus, meaning high priest. After serving Rome as praetor, Caesar returned to Spain in 61 B.C. as propraetor where he won a considerable military reputation with a victorious campaign against the Lusitanians. At 39 years old, he now was able to seek the Consulship, the highest and office in the Roman Republic ... that all transactions were to be made public, and summaries of all debates and proposed bills were posted in the forum for all to see. Caesar made Rome a prosperous, and trustworthy plac...

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... prominent figure at almost every stage our interest is focused on his deliberations and decisions" (Dorsch 39-44). Brutus lives till the end of the play unlike Julius Caesar who dies after only being in three scenes. Brutus is seen more than Caesar who the play is named after. Brutus is a respectful man. Which is often seen threw his actions and words. "Not that I loved ... rightly fears Caesars rule. He feels it would be best for the citizens of Rome for Caesar to be dead. "Brutus acts without any selfish motives He only follows his duty, obeying that which he calls his honor" (Schucki...

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... dream. She told him of this and begged Caesar to stay home, but he dusted her aside as a weak woman. Furthermore, "Plucking the entrails of an offering forth, they [the augurers] could not find a heart within the beast." (Servant, Act I Scene 2, Lines 39-40) On the morning of the Ides of ... March, a sacrifice was made to the gods. This sacrifice had no heart, a clear sign of the future that lay ahead for Caesar - soon he too would not have a heart; he would be killed. Caesar listened to this warning, but ... if Antony were left alive, he would come after them to avenge Caesar's death....

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... into exile in Syria. Cleopatras relationship with Julius Cesar Brought on an alliance between Rome and Egypt and also helped her regain her throne. In order to regain her throne she amassed an army on Egypt's border. Caesar took over the city of Alexandria after he heard of the death of his old friend Pompey. Cleopatra and Pompey were to dismiss their armies and ... maids Iras and Chrmion dying at her feet; she was 39 years old. Two pricks were found on Cleopatra's arm: she allowed herself to be bitten by an asp a poisonous snake. She was buried beside her true love Mark Anthony. Cleopa...

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... become too powerful and is too ambitious to be the ruler of Rome and that it would be best for Rome if Caesar did not rule Rome. Finally when Brutus realizes that Caesar is going to be offered the crown he realizes that: " It must be by his death I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general- ( II, i, 10-12). Brutus says ... also claims that they are " sacrificers, but not butchers" ( II, i, 179) and that they should "carve him [Caesar] as a dish fit for the gods." (II, i, 186) instead of murdering him. 3 After the conspirators and Brutus finish their act of murdering Ca...

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... XIV. In 47 B.C., Cleopatra had a baby boy Ptolemy Caesar, also called Caesarion. Julius Caesar invited Cleopatra and Caesarion to Rome. Cleopatra was in Rome when Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. With his death, Cleopatra lost a friend and a lover and a source of political power. She then ruled Egypt again, this time with her son. Back in Rome, after Caesar's death, a struggle for power took place. It ended with victory ... for two leading men: Gaius Octavian, who was Caesar's nineteen-year-old adopted son; and Mark Antony, forty-year-old military commander and politician. Octa...

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