The Tragedy of the Caesars
Title | The Tragedy of the Caesars PDF eBook |
Author | Sabine Baring-Gould |
Publisher | |
Pages | 702 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Claudia gens |
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Julius Caesar
Title | Julius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | Castrovilli Giuseppe |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | |
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Julius Caesar
Title | Julius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Heads of state |
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The Death of Caesar
Title | The Death of Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Strauss |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015-03-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1451668821 |
In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal). Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next civil war, which would end the Roman Republic and inaugurate the Roman Empire. “The Death of Caesar provides a fresh look at a well-trodden event, with superb storytelling sure to inspire awe” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Why was Caesar killed? For political reasons, mainly. The conspirators wanted to return Rome to the days when the Senate ruled, but Caesar hoped to pass along his new powers to his family, especially Octavian. The principal plotters were Brutus, Cassius (both former allies of Pompey), and Decimus. The last was a leading general and close friend of Caesar’s who felt betrayed by the great man: He was the mole in Caesar’s camp. But after the assassination everything went wrong. The killers left the body in the Senate and Caesar’s allies held a public funeral. Mark Antony made a brilliant speech—not “Friends, Romans, Countrymen” as Shakespeare had it, but something inflammatory that caused a riot. The conspirators fled Rome. Brutus and Cassius raised an army in Greece but Antony and Octavian defeated them. An original, new perspective on an event that seems well known, The Death of Caesar is “one of the most riveting hour-by-hour accounts of Caesar’s final day I have read....An absolutely marvelous read” (The Times, London).
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Title | The Tragedy of Julius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780140714685 |
Brutus, best friend of the Roman ruler Caesar, reluctantly joins a successful plot to murder Caesar and subsequently destroys himself. Includes notes and an introduction.
Julius Caesar
Title | Julius Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2021-03-10 |
Genre | |
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Enter, in procession, with music, CAESAR; ANTONY, for the course; CALPHURNIA, PORTIA, DECIUS, CICERO, BRUTUS, CASSIUS and CASCA; a great crowd following, among them a SOOTHSAYER.CAESAR.Calphurnia.CASCA.Peace, ho! Caesar speaks.[Music ceases.]CAESAR.Calphurnia.CALPHURNIA.Here, my lord.CAESAR.Stand you directly in Antonius' way, When he doth run his course. Antonius.ANTONY.Caesar, my lord?CAESAR.Forget not in your speed, Antonius, To touch Calphurnia; for our elders say, The barren, touched in this holy chase, Shake off their sterile curse.ANTONY.I shall remember.When Caesar says "Do this," it is perform'd.CAESAR.Set on; and leave no ceremony out.[Music.]SOOTHSAYER.Caesar!CAESAR.Ha! Who c
The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge
Title | The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge PDF eBook |
Author | Various |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2021-04-25 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
"The Tragedy of Caesar's Revenge" starts with Pompey's defeat at Pharsalia and his betrayal and murder. This beginning sets the stage for the greater drama of Caesar's assassination. This tragedy provides an excellent context for Shakespeare's contribution to the famous Elizabethan repertory of Caesar's plays.