Michelangelo is being chased by a couple of cannibals who will kill him as soon as they get a hold of him. The only way to get rid of them is crossing the river bridge made of ropes and cut it on reaching the other end. He have found two diamonds in the woods each weighing 8 lbs...
Caesar's most loyal ally. Afterward, Brutus's wifePortiaconfronts him, demanding to know why he is troubled. On theIdes of March, Caesar's wife Calpurnia entreats him to stay home because she dreamed
Instead of assisting Pompey, Ptolemy killed him and presented his head to Caesar when he arrived in Alexandria. Ptolemy expected Caesar to react positively at having his enemy removed, but Caesar was not happy and had not wanted the pharaoh to kill Pompey, Plutarch wrote. Caesar stayed in Egyp...
The real Marcus Junius Brutus was a close friend of Caesar who appointed him (Brutus) to oversee a city in northern Italy. This appointment showed how well Caesar trusted Brutus. However, when Caesar crowned himself dictator, even going so far as to deify himself, Brutus, along with Cassius...
Velleius reported: "Caesar, victorious over all his enemies, returned to Rome, and pardoned all who had borne arms against him, an act of generosity almost beyond belief. He entertained the city with the magnificent spectacle of a gladiatorial show, a sham battle of cavalry, infantry, and ...
“It’s a great irony,” Strauss says of those who plotted Caesar’s murder. “They thought they were liberating Rome, but instead they put the nail in the coffin of the free republic. HISTORY Vault: Colosseum The Roman Empire is vividly brought to life through the lens of the Colosseum...
Julius Caesar transformed Rome from a republic to an empire, grabbing power through ambitious political reforms.
While this is completely unlikely, there is no question that Caesar maintained a relationship of fondness for Brutus, and had supported him for many offices of importance. Brutus was the key for one simple reason. His supposed ancestor, Lucius Junius Brutus, was the man who took the lead in...
6、 conspirators crowd around Caesar on a pretext and stab him to death. Brutus persuades them to leave Antony unharmed and let him speak at Caesars funeral after he himself explains their deed to the public. Antony cleverly works on the emotions of the mob and stirs them to seek out and...