Caesar in the Civil War ‐ Pompey, Cleopatra, and Catodeath of Julius Caesar ‐ Shakespeare's forerunnersCaesar first appears on stage in a Latin tragedy and Julius Caesar, by the French scholar Marc Antoine MuretMuret ending with the ghost of Caesar announcing his translation to the heavens ...
Caesar in the Civil War ‐ Pompey, Cleopatra, and Catodeath of Julius Caesar ‐ Shakespeare's forerunnersCaesar first appears on stage in a Latin tragedy and Julius Caesar, by the French scholar Marc Antoine MuretMuret ending with the ghost of Caesar announcing his translation to the heavens ...
Marcus Porcius Cato, the ultra conservative leader of the optimate party, then swung the decision back in favor of the death penalty. The budding rivalry between Caesar and Cato was turning into outright enmity, and Cicero would forever hold a grudge against Caesar for his opposition. ...
He also managed to remove Cato from the front and center of Caesarian opposition by sending him off to annex Cyprus. A rivalry with Pompey was also developing, and he intimidated the great man into inactivity through veiled assassination threats. Clodius' support of Caesar's position wouldn't ...
During this time, many staunch Senate conservatives, such as Cato the Younger, were either killed or committed suicide, thereby greatly decreasing the number of optimates in Rome. Caesar as Dictator Bust of Julius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, consul, and notable ...
I grant I am a woman; but withal a woman that Lord Brutus took to wife; I grant I am a woman; but withal a women well reputed, Cato's daughter. Think you I am no stronger than my sex, being so father'd, and so husbanded? Tell me your counsels, I will not disclose'em. I ...
While Pompey was dead there were still forces that were loyal to him, and some Roman senators, such as Cato the Younger, refused to accept Caesar's rule. Caesar fought successful battles against these forces in North Africa and Spain. There were also battles against Pontus, a Black Sea king...
among them Marcus Porcius Cato and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, with the sometime support of Marcus Tullius Cicero. Caesar's conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world to the North Sea, and in 55 BC he also conducted the first Roman invasion of Britain. These achievements granted him...
Julius Caesar: With Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Valeria Golino. Twenty-year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictat
In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass power through populist tactics were opposed by the conservative elite within the Roman Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the frequent support of...