The play is tightly structured. It establishes the dramatic problem of alarm at Julius Caesar's ambition to become 'king' (or dictator) in the very first scene and introduces signs that Caesar must beware the Ides of March from the outset. Before its midpoint, Caesar is assassinated, and s...
Rome being a corrupt cesspool immediately few into civil war. People tried to get Diocletian to come back and restore order. Diocletian was capable of turning down unlimited power. In one of the most epic statements in human history he said “fuck off, I’m raising a garden”. “If you ...